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S. Michal Jazwinski PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Co-Director, Center on Aging

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
1901 Perdido St., Box P7-2
Medical Education Building • Room 7124
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-4725

Fax: (504) 568-3370
sjazwi@lsuhsc.edu

Click here for a link to ongoing research in this laboratory.

   
Degrees:

PhD - 1975
Stanford University

 

 

Research Interests:

Genetics of Aging
Population Genetics
Centenarian Studies
Stem Cell Aging
Mitochondrial and Energy Metabolism
Cell Signaling

   
Teaching:

Lectures on Genetics and Epigenetics in the Molecular Biology Course at the School of Graduate Studies

   
Selected Publications:

Senkal CE, Ponnusamy S, Rossi MJ, Bialewski J, Sinha D, Jiang JC, Jazwinski SM, Hannun YA, Ogretmen B., Role of human longevity assurance gene 1 and C18-ceramide in chemotherapy-induced cell death in human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas., Mol Cancer Ther., Feb;6(2):712-22, (2007).

Borghouts C, Benguria A, Wawryn J, Jazwinski SM, Rtg2 protein links metabolism and genome stability in yeast longevity, Genetics Feb. 166(2):765-77, (2004).

Kirchman PA, Miceli MV, West RL, Jiang JC, Kim S, Jazwinski SM, Prohibitins and Ras2 protein cooperate in the maintenance of mitochondrial function during yeast aging, Acta Biochim Pol., 50 (4):1039-56, (2003).

Guillas I, Jiang JC, Vionnet C, Roubaty C, Uldry D, Chuard R, Wang J, Jazwinski SM, Conzelmann A., Human Homologues of LAG1 Reconstitute Acyl-CoA-dependent Ceramide Synthesis in Yeast, J Biol Chem., Sep 26. 278(39):37083-91, (2003).

Lai CY, Jaruga E, Borghouts C, Jazwinski SM, A mutation in the ATP2 gene abrogates the age asymmetry between mother and daughter cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Genetics, Sep. 162(1):73-87, (2002).

Jazwinski SM, Biological aging research today: potential, peeves, and problems, Exp Gerontol. Oct. 37(10-11):1141-6, (2002).

   
Additional Info: Publications at PubMed

 

 


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