The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
06/17/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/17/2025 09:18
WEDNESDAY: Governor’s Chair Presentation
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 12:00 to 1:00 pm
930 Madison, Freeman Auditorium
Join the Office of Research this Wednesday, June 18, for a special presentation by Rob Williams, PhD, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair, for "The Genetics of Aging and All-Cause Mortality in Large Families of Mice: Effects of Sex, Diet, Environment, and Prolongevity Drugs."
What do we know about the genetics of aging in mice or in humans? Surprisingly little because it is very hard to disentangle fundamental processes that control rates of aging from the innumerable genetic contributors to specific age-related diseases. Over the last five years, Dr. Williams' team at UT Health Science Center, and many collaborators, have developed a new actuarial method to estimate the tempo of aging and all-cause mortality in large cohorts of genetically diverse mice. We can now begin to tease apart DNA variants that modulate aging rates from variants that contribute to age- and sex-specific mortality.
Light refreshments will be served.
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