Genes of aging, mechanisms of aging and resistance to stress in model organism C. Elegans

Place of work — Institute of
Healthy Aging, UCL, UK
Contacts — University College London,
The Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
+44 (0) 207 679 4381
david.gems@ucl.ac.uk
Publications — Antioxidant defense and aging in C. elegans: Is the
oxidative damage theory of aging wrong?
D. Gems, R. Doonan. Cell Cycle. 2009. 8: 1681–1687
Clustering of genetically defined allele classes in the
Caenorhabditis elegans DAF-2 insulin/
IGF-1 receptor. 'D. S. Patel, A. Garza-Garcia, M. Nanji,
J. J. McElwee, D. Ackerman, P. C. Driscoll, D. Gems. Genetics. 2008. 178: 931–946.
Sex-specific effects of the DAF-12 steroid receptor on
aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. D. Mc-
Culloch, D. Gems. Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences. 2007