Arnaud Tauffenberger, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellows

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Research Interests

​Dr. Arnaud’s interest is the role of energetic metabolism in aging and, more specifically, brain aging. He is studying how modification of energetic status can influence the neuronal physiology in both normal and pathological aging such as Alzheimer’s or Huntington’s disease.

Selected Publications

  • ​Glucose delays age-dependent proteotoxicity 
    A. Tauffenberger, A. Vaccaro, A. Aulas, C. Vande Velde & J. A. Parker 
    Aging Cell, 11(5), 856–866, (2012)
  • Mutant TDP-43 and FUS Cause Age-Dependent Paralysis and Neurodegeneration in C. elegans
    A. Vaccaro, A. Tauffenberger, D. Aggad, G. Rouleau, P. Drapeau, & J.A. Parker
    PLoS ONE, 7(2), e31321, (2012)
  • TDP-1/TDP-43 regulates stress signaling and age-dependent proteotoxicity in caenorhabditis elegans
    A. Vaccaro, A. Tauffenberger, P.E.A. Ash, Y. Carlomagno, L. Petrucelli & J.A. Parker. 
    PLoS Genetics, 8(7), e1002806, (2012)
  • Reduction of polyglutamine toxicity by TDP-43, FUS and progranulin in Huntington's disease models
    A. Tauffenberger, B. P. Chitramuthu, A. Bateman, H. P. Bennett & Parker, J. A. 
    Human Molecular Genetics, 22(4), 782–794, (2013) 
  • Evaluation of longevity enhancing compounds against transactive response DNA-binding protein-43 neuronal toxicity
    A. Tauffenberger, C. Julien, & J.A. Parker
    Neurobiology of Aging, 34(9), 2175–2182, (2013)
  • Heritable transmission of stress resistance by high dietary glucose in caenorhabditis elegans
    A. Tauffenberger & J. A. Parker 
    PLoS Genetics, 10(5), e1004346, (2014)
  • Fragile lifespan expansion by dietary mitohormesis in C. elegans
    A. Tauffenberger, A. Vaccaro & Parker, J. A.
    Aging, (2016)

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 2015
  • B.Sc., Biomedical Science, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 2009

Professional Profile

  • ​2015 – Current: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Awards

  • ​1st presentation Prize at C. elegans aging meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 2014
  • 1st presentation prize at Journée Scientifique du CRCHUM, Montréal, Canada, 2013
  • CIHR/Huntington’s society Doctoral fellowship, 2010-2013

KAUST Affiliations

​Biological and Environmental 
Science & Engineering Division (BESE)

Research Interests Keywords

Metabolism Aging Neurodegenerative disorders C. elegans Neuronal physiology