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Estée Lauder Endowment Establishes New Epigenetics Fellowship at UC-Irvine via Happi

The University of California, Irvine has announced a new endowment from Estée Lauder to establish an epigenetics fellowship in honor of the late Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Ph.D., who was UCI’s Donald Bren Professor of Biological Chemistry and director of the Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism. Lauder worked with Sassone-Corsi on new discoveries in microRNA, epigenetics and circadian rhythms in connection with skin. The latest technology in the beauty brand’s iconic Advanced Night Repair face serum is inspired by his research, which helped Lauder understand how epigenetic factors can transform the way our skin ages, according to Nadine Pernodet, PhD, senior vice president, biosciences, the Estée Lauder Companies.

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