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Brian Kennedy

Kennedy_sm.jpg Brian Kennedy received his undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Biochemistry from Northwestern University in 1989. From there, he pursued graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving a Ph.D. in Biology in 1996. Working in the laboratory of Dr. Leonard Guarente, he studied the genetics of aging in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After receiving his degree, he joined the research group of Dr. Ed Harlow at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, where he studied novel functions of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor. He has been an Assistant Professor in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Washington since the fall of 2001. Major research efforts in his group are directed at defining the molecular determinants of aging in yeast and higher eukaryotes, as well as understanding mammalian nuclear organization.

Related Works
  • Kaeberlein, M. and Kennedy, B.K. 2005. Large-scale identification in yeast of conserved ageing genes. Mech. Ageing Dev. 126: 17-21.
  • Smith E.D., Kudlow, B.A., Frock, R.L. and Kennedy, B.K. 2005. A-type nuclear lamins, progerias and other degenerative disorders. Mech. Ageing Dev. 126: 447-460.
  • Kaeberlein, M., Kirkland, K.T., Fields, S., and Kennedy, B.K. 2005. Genes determining yeast replicative life span in a long-lived genetic background. Mech. Ageing Dev. 126: 491-504.

Website: http://www.uwaging.org