Laura Niedernhofer
Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics at the University of Minnesota
My research career has been dedicated to investigating the impact of DNA damage on the structure of DNA, cell function and organism health. The DNA in each of our cells is damaged thousands of times per day by exposure to environmental factors, dietary components, chemotherapeutic agents and even endogenous by-products of normal metabolism. Studying patients with rare diseases caused by inherited defects in DNA repair provides important insight into the consequences of DNA damage. These patients have a dramatically increased risk of cancer and age prematurely. We engineered mouse models of these genome instability syndromes as a sensitive tool to test hypotheses about how DNA damage promotes cancer and aging.
Visit website: https://cbs.umn.edu/contacts/laura-niedernhofer
See also: 
University of Minnesota
- Public Research university.
Details last updated 11-Mar-2020
Laura Niedernhofer is also referenced in the following:
ARDD 2021 - 8th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting
31-Aug-2021 to 03-Sep-2021
Online event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organized by University of Copenhagen chaired by Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, Daniela Bakula and Alex Zhavoronkov, and with many speakers.
ARDD 2022 - 9th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting
29-Aug-2022 to 02-Sep-2022
Event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organized by University of Copenhagen
ARDD 2023 - 10th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting
28-Aug-2023 to 01-Sep-2023
Event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organized by University of Copenhagen
Extending Human Healthspan and Longevity
19-May-2021
Online webinar focused on longevity extension without health related issues organized by The New York Academy of Sciences with Nir Barzilai and Pinchas Cohen as keynote speakers.
Undoing Aging 2022 CANCELLED
26-May-2022 to 28-May-2022
Focused on the cellular and molecular repair of age-related damage (Berlin)
XPRIZE Launches a $101 Million Health Competition
Live stream of XPRIZE Healthspan launch on YouTube
Laura Niedernhofer News
Why a drug for aging would challenge Washington
Politico - 13-Dec-2017
What if just one medical treatment could stave off heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s? First ...
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