Siegfried Hekimi

Siegfried Hekimi (born 5 September 1956) is a Swiss former professional racing cyclist and a professor in the Biology Department of McGill University, specializing in the study of aging.[1][2]

Siegfried Hekimi
Personal information
Born (1956-09-05) 5 September 1956
Geneva, Switzerland
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RoleRider

He rode in the 1982 Tour de France. After his cycling career, Hekimi obtained a Ph.D. in neurobiology at the University of Geneva.

Hekimi was born in Zürich, on 5 September 1956. He became a full professor in 2004 at McGill University and his research has extended to include mouse models of aging and of age-dependent diseases. [3]

Education

Between 1984 and 1988, he obtained a Ph.D. in Neurobiology, at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.[4][5]

Research

Hekimi uses nematode Caenorhabditis elegans for translational studies in the biology of aging; in particular the genetic, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of the organisms. He believes the findings will translate into higher organisms like mice and humans.[6][7]

gollark: It has to store historical uptime data for things.
gollark: `sqlite3 monitoring.sqlite3`
gollark: Just change variables to what you want. Although to configure monitoring targets you have to edit the database.
gollark: I MAY integrate an actual command line parser soon™.
gollark: Also, you configure it by editing the code.

References
  1. "Dr. Siegfried Hekimi". McGill University. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. "Siegfried Hekimi". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. Dr Siegfried Hekimi: profile - Montreal Diabetes Research Center
  4. mdrc.ca
  5. hekimilab.mcgill.ca
  6. ABC Science - Free radicals not such a bad thing
  7. The Molecular Genetics of Aging pp 81-112 | Crossroads of Aging in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
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