The Leonard Guarente lab at MIT

Publications


Principal Investigator

 
Leonard Guarente, Ph.D


Keeps laboratory running by walking around and asking? “So what are the new discoveries you have made today?”

Administration

Mary Gallagher
Assistant to the Director and the Lab.
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Lab Research Staff

Mohan Viswanathan, Ph.D.
Investigating therapies for patients with dysferlinopathies
Studies the role of sirtuins in C.elegans metabolism
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Eric Williams, Ph.D.
Studies the role of SIRT1 in the biology of embryonic stem cells

Alumni

Kana Tominaga, Ph.D.
Studied role of Dysferlin in Aging and Muscular Dystrophy
Naoomi Tominaga, Ph.D.
Studied role of Dysferlin in Aging and Muscular Dystrophy
Remy Tuyeras, Ph.D.
Used Computational Biology approaches to Study Brain Aging
Christin Glorioso, Ph.D.
Used Computational Biology approaches to Study Brain Aging
Wance Firdaus, Ph.D.
Studied role of Dysferlin in Aging and Muscular Dystrophy
Tanimul Alam, Ph.D.
Studied the neurobiology of Aging using C. elegans as a model
Caitlin Ondracek, Ph.D.
Studied the role of sirtuins in imprinting and behavior
Masaki Igarashi, Ph.D.
Studied the role of SIRT1 in the development of pancreas
Angeliki Chalkiadaki, Ph.D.
Studied the role of SirT1 in adipose tissue
Sergiy Libert, Ph.D.
Faculty at Cornell University
Abhirup Das, Ph.D.
Studied molecular dynamics of sirtuin enzymes.
Michael S. Bonkowski, Ph.D.
Studied the role of SirT1 in endocrine signaling.
Eric Bell, Ph.D.
Studied the role of SirT3 in cancer.
Hung-Chun Chang, Ph.D.
Studied the impact of SirT1 on circadian rhythm.
Gizem Donmez, Ph.D.
Faculty at TUFTS.
Allyson Evans-Vaughn, Ph.D.
Editor in Cell Press
Takashi Nakagawa, Ph.D.
Studies molecular dynamics of sirtuin enzymes. E-mail
Kayvan Zainabadi, Ph.D.
Danica Chen, Ph.D.
Faculty at UC Berkeley.
Ala Berdichevsky, Ph.D.
Novartis
Gil Blander, Ph.D.
Founder of Genstruct
Laura Bordone, Ph.D.
Novartis
Xiaoling Li, Ph.D.
Faculty at NIH
Marcia Haigis, Ph.D.
Faculty at Harvard
Namjin Chung, Ph.D.
Merk
David Sinclair, Ph.D.
Faculty at Harvard.
Brian Kennedy, Ph.D.
CEO and Professor of Buck Institute
Nick Austriaco, Ph.D.
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Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at University of Washington
Mitch Mcvey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at Tufts
Pierre Defossez, Ph.D.
Curie
Chris Armstrong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at Jackson Lab
Kevin Mills, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at Jackson Lab
David Lombard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology at UM
Heidi Tissenbaum, Ph.D.
Faculty at Umass med
Shin Imai, Ph.D.
Faculty ay Washington University
Su-Ju Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at UC Davis
Fred Picard, Ph.D.
Larval
Brad Johnson, Ph.D.
Penn
Bon Marciniak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at UTSA

Previous Research Assistants

Melissa Topolszki
Helped with mouse husbandry.
Arthur Topolszki
Helped with mouse husbandry.
Alexandra L Ghaben
Carlos Andres Castellanos
Dana Braff
Conducted behavioral assays
Jaime M Reyes
Jamie J Kang
Rachelle A Lim
Robin W Yeo
Sherry Fu
Jenny H Van
Yoonjeong Cha
Jennifer Fong
 

Contact

Administrative Assistant
Department of Biology MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 68-280
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
617-258-7360 Phone
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