{"id":1873,"date":"2011-03-08T14:24:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T18:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2011-03-08T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T18:24:38","slug":"he%e2%80%99ll-try-to-unravel-an-nrf1-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2011\/he%e2%80%99ll-try-to-unravel-an-nrf1-riddle\/","title":{"rendered":"He\u2019ll try to unravel an Nrf1 riddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

STEVE COLLINS
\nMETRO OTTAWA
\nPublished: <\/strong>March 04, 2011 12:00 a.m.
\nhttp:\/\/www.metronews.ca\/ottawa\/local\/article\/792386–he-ll-try-to-unravel-an-nrf1-riddle<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Carleton student has won a research fellowship to explore the mysteries of aging with some of the world\u2019s top experts.<\/p>\n

PhD biology student Nikolai Chepelev leaves this weekend for a month at the University of Southern California\u2019s Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, thanks to a $2,500 grant from the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine.<\/p>\n

Chepelev studies the role a protein called Nrf1 plays in aging.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one knows why proteins like Nrf1 fail to function properly as we age or get sick,\u201d Chepelev said. \u201cIf we did figure this out, it would be a huge scientific discovery.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n