Dr. David Sinclair, Ph.D.
Overview
David Sinclair, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since 2004. Dr. Sinclair is a founder of Sirtris, Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging. He has made key contributions to the scientific understanding of aging. In 1997, he identified the cause of aging in yeast, a first for any species, and in 2003 reported the discovery of a conserved master regulatory gene controlling this process. His laboratory at Harvard is currently focused on slowing diseases of aging in mammals using genetic and pharmacological means. Dr. Sinclair has authored over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications, including several seminal papers in Nature, Cell and Science. He has received numerous awards and honors for his research. Dr. Sinclair performed his post-doctoral work with Dr. Leonard Guarente at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
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