Dr. Judith Campisi was a friend, mentor, collaborator, and icon to thousands in the field of aging biology. For decades, she blessed our community with her bright personality and essential scientific contributions, which will carry her memory forward forever. Rest in peace, Judy!
Congratulations to Dr. Holly Van Remmen for being awarded the Women in AGE Mentoring award for 2024! Dr. Van Remmen is a past president of AGE and studies muscle aging and oxidative stress
@OMRF
@AM_OMRF
.
#WomeninAGE
#WomeninSTEM
The deadline to apply for the NIA Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research has been extended. The course is scheduled for August 30th- September 4th 2021 at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. For more information and to apply see the attached flyer.
The NIA Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research is scheduled for August 30th- September 4th 2021 at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. For more information and to apply see the attached flyer.
Introducing the
#AGEHighlights
series! We will be featuring PIs and trainees to tell you more about AGE members and their research! Today, we highlight Dr. Benjamin Miller
@OMRF
. Dr. Miller has been a member of AGE since 2020, and in 2024 he has become an AGE Fellow.
#AGETC
📢📢Apply Today!!
We are looking for enthusiastic trainees studying aging or age-related diseases to apply for the AGE Early Career Scholar’s Program.
More Details>>
Check out the first video of our video lecture series on the biology of aging. AGE Presents: An Introduction to the Biology of Aging, presented by our CEO
@mkaeberlein
We are looking for enthusiastic trainees studying aging or age-related diseases to apply for the AGE Early Career Scholars Program! See the attached flyer for more information and apply at
#AGE
-TC
Meet the women in AGE! Over the next month, we will be highlighting these women and their excellent contributions to aging research. Today, we highlight
@DrDorotaSK
!
The 2020 Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging will be held virtually on October 14-16 2020. See the attached flyer for the killer lineup of speakers and registration information.
Planning to apply to the
@NIHAging
course in Experimental Aging Research for new faculty and advanced postdocs? The deadline is just around the corner! See the flyer below for more details
Please join us in celebrating our Early Career Scholars! Introducing James Occean, postbaccalaurreate researcher at
@NIHAging
@NIH
. Congratulations James, and see you at
#AGE2022
!
#AGETC
#AGEScholars
We are pleased to announce Dr. Suzanne Angeli (
@SAngeli_PhD
) as winner of this year's Women in AGE Scientific Achievement Award! Dr. Angeli is an Assistant Professor at
@UMaine
, whose lab focuses on
#mitochondria
stress response in aging.
#WomeninAGE
#WomeninSTEM
Congratulations to Marcos Garcia Teneche (
@mgteneche
), one of our 2024 AGE Early Career Scholars! Marcos is a PhD student
@sbpdiscovery
studying how age and senescent cells influence cancer development and progression. Congrats, Marcos!
#AGEScholars
#AGETC
#AGE2024
The eLife symposium on the Aging, Geroscience, and Longevity Special Issue, co-organized by our CEO
@mkaeberlein
, will broadcast on Zoom on December 14th. Info and registration:
Congratulations to
@MattYousefzadeh
for being named an Early Career Representative of the
@FASEBorg
Board and Science Policy Committee! Matt is also the Senior Trainee Advocate for the AGE Trainee Chapter. Congrats, Matt! 🎉🎉🎉
#AGETC
📣
#AGETC
Early Career Scholars applications are open!📣
#AGEScholars
supports AGE trainees from underrepresented groups and offers AGE membership, a travel award to
#AGE2023
, and mentorship by a senior AGE-TC member. Apply at the link below by Dec. 16th!
Today we highlight
@labmccormick
at
@UNM
! The McCormick Lab studies genetic mechanisms of aging and searches for compounds targeting the aging process.
#LabsofAGE
Calling all graduate students interested in transitioning to aging research! NIA has issued a F99/K00 award just for you. Apply here: and don't forget to join AGE to enjoy all the benefits of our trainee chapter!
Availability of naked mole-rats for your research
The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center can supply these animals and their tissues at no cost to qualified researchers. Contact Dr Adam Salmon for details ()
Attending
@sacnas
#NDiSTEM
? Come check us out at booth 1126 and hear about our Early Career Scholars program! Thanks to
@NathanShockCtrs
for helping sponsor us!
The
@time_initiative
is a program aimed at accelerating talent in aging biology. See the attached flyer for more details about this great opportunity for
#undergrads
!
🎉🎉
#AGE2023
kicks off TOMORROW! 🎉🎉
Be sure to check out the schedule on the Whova app and start meeting other attendees! Tomorrow's sessions feature the
@NathanShockCtrs
symposium and a lecture by Dr. Steven Austad
📢 Great opportunity for junior faculty and advanced postdocs!
📢
Please note the corrected application deadline (previous iterations of the flyer had a different date).
Free Radicals, Reactive Oxygen Species, Mitochondria... Everything you wanted to know about oxidative stress and aging in the latest video of our lecture series. AGE Presents: Holly Van Remmen is now streaming on our YouTube channel.
We are looking for enthusiastic trainees studying aging or age-related diseases to apply for the AGE Early Career Scholars Program! See the attached flyer for more information and apply at
#AGE
-TC
A few photos from the
#AGE2022
awards ceremony! Congratulations to the awardees of the Paul F. Glenn award:
⭐ 1st place: Adam Nyul-Toth (
@adam_nyt
)
⭐ 2nd place: Niran Hadad (
@HadadNiran
)
We are pleased to introduce Stella Victorelli as one of our 2023 AGE Early Career Scholars! Stella is an assistant professor at
@MayoClinic
studying mitochondrial dysfunction in cellular
#senescence
. Congrats, Stella!
#AGEScholars
#AGETC
We are pleased to introduce Mina Peyton (
@minapeyton
) as one of our Early Career Scholars! Mina is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota, where she studies skeletal muscle in the female aging process. Congratulations Mina!
@UMNews
#AGEScholars
#AGETC
🎉🎉🎉 Introducing the 2023
#AGEScholars
! These brilliant trainees are being awarded with AGE membership, travel awards to present their work at
#AGE2023
, and will be paired with a senior
#AGETC
mentor. Congratulations, and thanks for your dedication to aging research! 🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations to the awardees of the Walter R. Nicolai award at
#AGE2022
:
⭐ 1st place: Janet Faakye (
@jahnettefarchie
)
⭐ 2nd place: Rafal Gulej
⭐ 3rd place: Marina Brown
What are telomeres? Why are they important for biological aging? Professor Arnoult from the University of Colorado Boulder talks about telomeres and aging in the third installment of our AGE presents: video lecture series.
Want to recognize a woman for their support or achievement in the field of aging research? We are fielding nominations for our Women in AGE awards! See attached for more details.
#womeninSTEM
#womeninscience
Remembering our colleagues who passed this past year. Thank you for your amazing contribution to aging science, Ed Masoro, Jay Mitchell, and Michael Bonkowsky.
#AGE2021
We conclude
#AGE2023
with the in-person AGE membership meeting, award celebration, and closing reception. Special thanks to all of our sponsors, organizers, and participants for making this another great AGE meeting!
Highlighting our 2023 Early Career Scholars! Anner Harris is a graduate student
@UTHealthSA
! Anner's research focuses on senescence in tauopathy. Congratulations Anner!
#AGETC
#AGEScholars
@UTHSAResearch
Stem cells exhaustion is the hallmark of aging covered in our latest lecture series video, AGE Presents: Ashley Webb is now accessible on our YouTube channel.
To wrap up our session on sex differences in aging, Bérénice Benayoun
@BBParis1984
is discussing Sex-dimorphic regulation of innate immunity during aging
Today we are pleased to introduce Stephanie Roa Diaz as one of our Early Career Scholars! Stephanie is a Postbaccalaureate Research at
@BuckInstitute
, studying ketone bodies in aging in the lab of Dr. John Newman (
@GeriSciDoc
). Congratulations Stephanie!
#AGEScholars
#AGETC
Another reminder that applications for the AGE Early Career Scholars Program are due Tuesday, January 25th! Please see the attached flier for more details.
She may not have won at bingo, but she did win the GeroScience Outstanding Review Paper Award First Prize. Congratulations to both Ramasamy Selvarani and Sabira Mohammad-Jazir for this amazing prize!!
#AGE2024
#InternationalWomensDay
is as good a time as any to remember the disparities in aging across sexes, with reproductive aging being a leading example. Abstract submission is open for
#RACSRC22
! See more details below.
Are you a trainee interested in learning the peer review process? You can do so through GeroScience's peer review training program! Follow the link below for more details.
The 49th Annual AGE meeting will feature a talk by Dr. Dudley Lamming, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison!
@LammingLab
@uw_medicine
We are pleased to introduce Taylor Buchanon as one of our Early Career Scholars! Taylor is an
#IRACDA
/
#MERIT
Postdoctoral Fellow at
@UABExerciseMed
, studying pain treatment in older adults. Congratulations Taylor!
#AGEScholars
#AGETC
Congratulations to Dr. Arik Davidyan (
@TheMuscleTussle
), one of our Early Career Scholars! Arik is a Postdoctoral Fellow at
@OMRF
, studying mitochondrial aging in skeletal muscle. We look forward to seeing Arik at
#AGE2022
!
#AGEScholars
#AGETC
📢📢 AGE Members! 📢📢
Are you interested in learning more about longevity biotech? Introducing the AGE Trainee Chapter Longevity Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship (LBE) Committee! For more details, please contact LBE Chair
@mitchellblee33
#AGETC
The 49th Annual AGE meeting will feature a talk by Dr. Holly Van Remmen, Full Member at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City!
@AM_OMRF
The
#GeroScience
Peer Review Training Program welcomes
@MattYousefzadeh
as the new Chief Junior Reviewer!
#AGE
-TC members are encouraged to participate in the program.
For more details, follow the link below
Are you interested in Geroscience? The American Aging Association continues to foster
#DiversityandInclusion
by sponsoring new memberships for graduate students and postdocs. Respond by 2/28/21. Click the link for complete details!
We are looking for enthusiastic trainees studying aging or age-related diseases to apply for the AGE Early Career Scholar’s Program. Apply Today!
More Details>>