Stanley Fields

Who is Stanley Fields?

Stanley Fields is an American biologist best known for developing the yeast two hybrid method for identifying protein–protein interactions. He is currently a professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.

Along with Dr. Matt Kaeberlein and Dr. Brian Kennedy, Dr. Fields has carried out genome-wide screens for aging genes in yeast. Kaeberlein and co-workers have questioned the hypothesis that lifespan extension from caloric restriction is mediated by Sirtuins. Instead Kaeberlein, Fields, and Kennedy have proposed that caloric restriction increases lifespan by decreasing the activity of the Target of Rapamycin kinase.

Dr. Fields is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.