February 20, 2012
Bar-Joseph and Zinman published in Nature
Ph.D. student Guy Zinman and his advisor Ziv Bar-Joseph are among the authors of a paper in Nature that for the first time links overexpression of a gene called sirtuin 6 to increased life span in mammals, specifically mice. Researchers who study aging have been intrigued by the large family of ever since they were linked to longevity in yeast.