Faculty accolades - December 2013

The work of Drs. McLaughlin and Marcogliese was highlighted on a government of Canada website (see the article here).

Congratulations to Adam Beach (Titorenko lab) for winning a Research Award for the best poster at the 9th Conference on Mitochondrial Physiology that was held in Obergurgl (Austria). The title of Adam’s poster was "Lithocholic acid delays aging in yeast and exhibits an anti-tumor effect in human cells by altering mitochondrial composition, structure and function". Adam also was awarded the Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Award which he will use to conduct his research project in the laboratory of Dr. Tomotake Kanki at Niigata University (Japan).

Vincent Richard (Titorenko lab) presented a paper as an invited talk at the 11th Euro Fed Lipid Congress in Antalya (Turkey). The title of Vincent’s talk was "Caloric restriction and an anti-aging natural compound extend yeast longevity by remodeling coordinated lipid metabolism and transport in the endoplasmic reticulum, lipid droplets and peroxisomes".