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  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Cynthia Kenyon is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research mainly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant focus on Molecular Biology, Aging, Cell Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. Their work involves extensive investigation into genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, supported by studies in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, mitochondrial function and pathology, CRISPR and genetic engineering, as well as circadian rhythm and melatonin. Additional research topics include endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, alongside pluripotent stem cells research.

Among their recent publications are:

  • The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current 'myths' in naked mole-rat biology, 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Individual cell types in C. elegans age differently and activate distinct cell-protective responses, 2023, Cell Reports
  • Diverse partial reprogramming strategies restore youthful gene expression and transiently suppress cell identity, 2022, Cell Systems
  • Split-wrmScarlet and split-sfGFP: tools for faster, easier fluorescent labeling of endogenous proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans, 2021, Genetics
  • The complete cell atlas of an aging multicellular organism, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Cynthia Kenyon frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Jérôme Goudeau
  • Antoine E. Roux
  • Katie Podshivalova
  • Rex Kerr
  • Jonathan S. Paw

Their works have been published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Cell Reports

Cynthia Kenyon has received recognition in the form of election to prestigious bodies, including becoming a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997 and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2003.

Best Publications

  • A C. elegans mutant that lives twice as long as wild type

    Cynthia Kenyon;Jean Chang;Erin Gensch;Adam Rudner

  • The genetics of ageing

    Cynthia J. Kenyon

  • Genes that act downstream of DAF-16 to influence the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Coleen T. Murphy;Steven A. McCarroll;Cornelia I. Bargmann;Andrew Fraser

  • daf-16: An HNF-3/forkhead Family Member That Can Function to Double the Life-Span of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Kui Lin;Jennie B. Dorman;Jennie B. Dorman;Aylin R Rodan;Cynthia Kenyon

  • Genetic pathways that regulate ageing in model organisms

    Leonard Guarente;Cynthia Kenyon

  • The plasticity of aging: insights from long-lived mutants.

    Cynthia Kenyon

  • Regulation of Aging and Age-Related Disease by DAF-16 and Heat-Shock Factor

    Ao Lin Hsu;Coleen T. Murphy;Cynthia Kenyon

  • Regulation of the Caenorhabditis elegans longevity protein DAF-16 by insulin/IGF-1 and germline signaling.

    Kui Lin;Honor Hsin;Natasha Libina;Cynthia Kenyon

  • Signals from the reproductive system regulate the lifespan of C. elegans

    Honor Hsin;Cynthia Kenyon

  • Rates of Behavior and Aging Specified by Mitochondrial Function During Development

    Andrew Dillin;Ao Lin Hsu;Nuno Arantes-Oliveira;Joshua Lehrer-Graiwer

  • Tissue-specific activities of C. elegans DAF-16 in the regulation of lifespan

    Nataliya Libina;Jennifer R. Berman;Cynthia Kenyon

  • Lifespan extension by conditions that inhibit translation in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Malene Hansen;Stefan Taubert;Douglas Crawford;Nataliya Libina

  • Genetic analysis of tissue aging in Caenorhabditis elegans: a role for heat-shock factor and bacterial proliferation.

    Delia Garigan;Ao-Lin Hsu;Andrew G Fraser;Ravi S Kamath

  • A Role for Autophagy in the Extension of Lifespan by Dietary Restriction in C. elegans

    Malene Bredahl Hansen;Abha Chandra;Laura L. Mitic;Brian Onken

  • A conserved regulatory system for aging.

    Cynthia Kenyon

  • Widespread Protein Aggregation as an Inherent Part of Aging in C. elegans

    Della C. David;Noah Ollikainen;Jonathan C. Trinidad;Michael P. Cary

  • Regulation of lifespan by sensory perception in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Javier Apfeld;Cynthia Kenyon

  • DNA-damaging agents stimulate gene expression at specific loci in Escherichia coli.

    Cynthia J. Kenyon;Graham C. Walker

  • Regulation of life-span by germ-line stem cells in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Nuno Arantes-Oliveira;Javier Apfeld;Andrew Dillin;Cynthia Kenyon

  • The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Cynthia Kenyon

Frequent Co-Authors

Coleen T. Murphy
Coleen T. Murphy Princeton University
Andrew Dillin
Andrew Dillin University of California, Berkeley
Julin N. Maloof
Julin N. Maloof University of California, Davis
David A. Sinclair
David A. Sinclair Harvard University
Craig P. Hunter
Craig P. Hunter Harvard University
William R Schafer
William R Schafer MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Andrew G. Fraser
Andrew G. Fraser University of Toronto
Julie Ahringer
Julie Ahringer University of Cambridge

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