Post-doctoral Fellow
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming, United States
I am Daniel Adekunbi, a Postdoctoral Fellow with Texas Pregnancy and Life-Course Health Research (TPLH) Center. TPLH is part of the Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming but our lab is located at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio.
I transitioned to studying aging biology when I commenced my postdoctoral training about 3 years ago. I was attracted to aging science because my previous research touched on fields of study (neuroendocrinology) significantly impacted by the aging process. My current postdoctoral training focuses on unraveling the molecular signatures that underlie developmental programing and aging interactions in non-human primates (baboons). Our research team studies the effects of aging across the life course in a unique, well-established, well-characterized cohort of male and female baboon offspring of mothers bred and maintained in normal NIH primate methods and facilities. In addition, we have female and male baboons who are the offspring of both mothers fed 70% of the normal baboon chow and overfed mothers who were obese at conception. All offspring were fed the normal primate chow from weaning. These are excellent models to study the effects of developmental programming on aging. I have adapted cell culture models to delineate the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which prenatal development affects aging. Recent evidence suggests that developmental differences affect cellular response to a whole host of challenges faced during the aging process and are retained even in primary cell cultures. We are funded by the interinstitutional, interdisciplinary co-operative NIA U19 grant
I look forward to discussing new findings in this area during the meeting. Our group is open to collaborative research efforts on our unique baboon cohort.
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Sunday, November 6, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
Sunday, November 6, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET