Rochelle Buffenstein
Rochelle Buffenstein | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town [2] |
| Known for | aging studies in naked mole-rats |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | aging, ecophysiology |
| Institutions | Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio[1] formerly at the Department of Biology at The City College of New York [2] |
| Website | physiology |
Rochelle (Shelley) Buffenstein is a professor of Physiology at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio naked mole-rats.[1][3][4]
Her research focuses on comparative vertebrate physiology, energetics, cancer biology, and aging. She has worked with marsupials, mole-rats, tenrecs, bats, subterranean mammals, and primates. Her lab is testing theories of aging including oxidative damage theory, the advanced glycation end product theory, and the telomere theory.[1]
In a 2010 interview following the death of a 32-year-old naked mole-rat named Old Man, Buffenstein said, "Mole rats are a lot like bees in their social structure. When the queen dies, the other females in the colony will fight to the death to succeed her."[5]
References
- ^ a b c http://barshopinstitute.uthscsa.edu/main/facultystaff/barshopfaculty/u25
- ^ a b http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~rfr/buf.htm
- ^ http://physiology.uthscsa.edu/faculty-profile/36
- ^ http://bionews-tx.com/news/news-tags/dr-rochelle-buffenstein/
- ^ http://www.oaoa.com/news/article_b4b36f78-af7b-5e16-ba60-3750c5071c76.html?mode=jqm
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