Poster for Caroline Kumsta Lecture

Healthy Aging Program Seminar | May 17

UBCV

May 17, 2023, 11:00 am

Zoom or Rudy North Lecture Theatre
Autophagy and Aging: Cellular Waste Management for Longevity
with Dr. Caroline Kumsta, Assistant Professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys

Dr. Caroline Kumsta is an Assistant Professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys since 2021 and her research focuses on studying the role of the cellular recycling process autophagy in hormetic stress responses, aging and neurodegeneration using the nematode C. elegans and human tissue culture. She received her Ph.D. from the Technical University in Munich, Germany, and her thesis research was performed at the University of Michigan in the lab of Dr. Ursula Jakob. She joined Sanford Burnham Prebys as a postdoc with Dr. Malene Hansen in 2009; and was then promoted to staff scientist, research assistant professor, and now assistant professor. In addition to her research, Dr. Kumsta is passionate about science education, scientific outreach, mentoring, and cultivating diversity and inclusion in science.

This lecture may be viewed in-person at the Rudy North Lecture Theatre in the Centre for Brain Health at UBC or over Zoom.

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