Leonard P. Guarente
Leonard P. Guarente | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) Revere, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Genetics of Transcription Termination (1979) |
| Doctoral students | Brian K. Kennedy Matt Kaeberlein |
| Website | web |
Leonard Pershing Guarente (born 1952) is an American biologist best known for his research on life span extension in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, roundworms (Caenorhabditis elegans), and mice. He is a Novartis Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.