Steven Austad, PhD., is Institute Visiting Scholar
Steven N. Austad will be the Gerontology Institute's Visiting Scholar March 19--21, 2008. He is a professor of cellular and structural biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center and a member of the faculty of the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies. On Thursday, March 20, Austad will present a lecture titled "The 150-Year-Old Human: How Soon? How Desirable?" at 7:00 p.m. in the Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Austad's research interest is in comparative biogerontology, where he is attempting to identify the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms that account for why some species live short lives with rapid physical decay and others live much longer.
For more information contact Marilyn Kinner at 607-274-1967 or mkinner@ithaca.edu.