Valter Longo
| Valter D. Longo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 9, 1967 Genoa, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian American |
| Fields |
Cell biology Biogerontology |
| Institutions | USC Davis School of Gerontology |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral advisor | Joan Valentine |
Valter D. Longo (born October 9, 1967) is an Italian-American biogerontologist and cell biologist known for his studies on the role of starvation and nutrient response genes on cellular protection aging and diseases and for proposing that longevity is regulated by similar genes and mechanisms in many eukaryotes. He is currently a professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology with a joint appointment in the department of Biological Sciences as well as serving as the director of the USC Longevity Institute.
Originally from Genoa, Italy, Valter Longo attended the University of North Texas majoring in Biochemistry.
In 1992 he joined the laboratory of "calorie restriction" pioneer Roy Walford at UCLA where he studied calorie restriction and aging of the immune system. He completed his PhD work in Biochemistry studying antioxidant enzymes and anti-aging genes under Joan Valentine at UCLA in 1997 and his postdoctoral training in the neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease under Caleb Finch at the University of Southern California. Since 1997 he has been a faculty member at the USC Davis School of Gerontology and Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center.
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