AREAS OF SPECIALTY:
The importance of inter-organ communications for mammalian aging and longevity control
NAD metabolism and Sirtuins
Inter-organ communication management (IOCoM) as a novel anti-aging intervention
Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD
Shin-ichiro Imai is a Professor in the Departments of Developmental Biology and Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Professor Imai’s laboratory has been studying the roles of mammalian sirtuins and NAMPT-mediated NAD+ biosynthesis in the systemic regulation of aging and longevity in mammals. He has received many prestigious awards for his works, including the Ellison Medical Foundation New and Senior Scholar Awards in Aging, the American Diabetes Association Innovation Award, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Innovation Award, the Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, the WUSM 2008 Distinguished Investigator Award, Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award, and International Okamoto Award. He was also selected as one of “The Most Influential 100 people for Japan 2017” by Nikkei Business.