UCSF biochemist to deliver lectures on youth, lifespan

Cynthia Kenyon, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UC San Francisco, will deliver lectures on Jan 24 and 25 at the UC Davis campus, presented by the Tracy and Ruth Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences.

Kenyon will deliver “Genes From the Fountain of Youth” on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 4:10 p.m. in 170 Schalm Hall. She will deliver “Mechanisms of Lifespan Regulation in C. Elegans” on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 12:10 p.m. in 170 Schalm Hall.

In addition to her appointment in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kenyon is the American Cancer Society Professor and director of the UCSF Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging.

The Tracy and Ruth Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences is an endowed lectureship established in 1960 to bring eminent biologists from other institutions to interact with the academic community at UC Davis. The lectureship generally sponsors three speakers in an academic year. Each speaker visits the campus for three days and presents two public lectures.

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