Valter Longo, Ph.D.
Professor in Gerontology
Professor in Biological Science
Cell Biology and genetics, regulation of aging and multiple stress resistance systems in yeast and mammals, Alzheimer's Disease.

Dr. Longo, Professor in Gerontology and Professor in Biological Science, is interested in understanding the fundamental mechanisms of aging in yeast by using genetics and biochemistry techniques. He is also interested in identifying the molecular pathways conserved from simple organisms to humans that can be modulated to protect against multiple stresses and delay or prevent Alzheimer's Disease and other diseases of aging. The focus is on the signal transudation pathways that regulate resistance to oxidative damage in yeast and mammalian neurons.

Valter Longo was born and raised in Genoa, Italy and received his undergraduate degree from University of North Texas in 1992, where he majored in biochemistry with a minor in jazz performance. He continued his studies at the University of California Los Angeles where he received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1997. He completed his postdoctoral training in neurobiology at USC.

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