LONGEVITY EVOLUTION

Evolution of longevity and senescence in long-lived Asian elephants and humans

Coordinatore	THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD    more  Organization address address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK city: SHEFFIELD postcode: S10 2TN contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Joanne Cognome: Watson Email: send email Telefono: +44 114 222 4754 Fax: +44 114 222 1455
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	209˙033 €
EC contributo	209˙033 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	0
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	0000-00-00   -   0000-00-00

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD  Organization address address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK city: SHEFFIELD postcode: S10 2TN contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Joanne Cognome: Watson Email: send email Telefono: +44 114 222 4754 Fax: +44 114 222 1455	UK (SHEFFIELD)	coordinator	209˙033.40

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Ageing is a central concept in biology and has implications for humanities, social sciences and public health. A few mammals with extreme longevity, including human women, represent a striking exception to general pattern, ceasing reproduction at age 50 and having a long post-reproductive lifespan, thus posing the question of whether and why long post-reproductive lifespan in such species has been under natural selection. I am applying to establish a new innovative project to investigate the evolution of extreme longevity in mammals, by combining my previous extensive expertise on longevity and senescence in humans with data on an another long-lived mammal with similar life-history, the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). Asian elephants have long lifespan (maximum of 80 years), live in social groups containing many generations and thus would make a fascinating comparison to humans and the patterns of longevity evolution in animals in general. My proposed approach is novel, the dataset used unique, and the results are likely to be highly interesting both across different disciplines of science as well as to the public. I am applying to conduct this study at the top-biological science Dept. in UK (as ranked in national survey 2009 based on the quality of research), Animal and Plant Sciences (APS) of the University of Sheffield. Working in Sheffield would allow me: to test my previous findings on humans with new avenues on elephants thus widening my personal research spectrum; continue working on topics and systems that attract lots of media interest in the positive sense; enable further international funding opportunities from inter-disciplinary sources; likely lead to high-impact publications; highly interest students both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. I believe that my career would greatly benefit from gaining an opportunity to work with top international researchers in my field in Sheffield.'