Areas of Specialty:
Impact of aging on tissue stem cells
Metabolic regulation of stem cells and tissue
Homeostasis
Defining conserved mechansims regulating stem cell behavior
Leanne Jones
University of California, San Francisco, United States
Dr. Leanne Jones is a Professor of Anatomy and Medicine at the University of California-San Francisco. In addition, she serves as the Inaugural Director of the UCSF Bakar Aging Research Institute. Her research focuses on defining conserved mechanisms regulating adult (tissue) stem cell behavior in a range of systems, from flies to humans. Using that work as a foundation, her lab investigates how aging and chronic changes in metabolism disrupt those mechanisms, leading to loss of tissue homeostasis over time. In recognition of her contributions, she has won numerous awards, including an American Cancer Society Research Scholar award, Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine New Faculty Award, and the Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging from the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research.