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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨New preprint from the Benayoun lab!🚨 LINE-1 (L1) #retrotransposons become transcribed with #aging and #senescence, and are thought to contribute to #inflammaging. But what actually happens to a healthy, non-senescent human cell when #L1 turns on? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A 🧵, 1/7

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#GLAM2026 is under way! Excited to hear exciting trainee-led science on aging today!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Ashley Webb, PhD @aewebb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The abstract deadline is coming up for the FASEB on Epigenetics and Aging! Oct 19-22 in Malahide, Ireland. Submit now to be considered for a short talk! Amazing lineup including Yang Shi @denadubal.bsky.social @brunetlab.bsky.social @bbparis1984.bsky.social and more! events.faseb.org/event/Chroma...

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Home - Chromatin and Epigenetics in Aging and Disease

Discover how epigenetics and transcription shape aging and disease, with new tools, therapies, and collaborations at this leading conference.

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Bart Collet @atbart.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Congratulations to Ella. The shared vs niche-specific split is the useful part: 'inflammaging' gets discussed as one thing, and a cross-tissue meta-analysis is what shows where the signature is common vs where tissue context rewrites it. On the reading list.

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Science Figures That Look Like Shitposts @science-shitpost.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

a rare example of a science figure that looks like a shitpost which is just photos of real events: babies trying to climb into tiny toy cars, sit on tiny toy chairs, and slide down tiny toy slides doi.org/10.1126/scie... (fig. 1)

three panels of a figure showing infants committing scale errors

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Fig. 1. Three examples of scale errors. (A) This 21-month-oldchild has committed a scale error by attempting to slide down aminiature slide; she has fallen off in this serious effort to carryout an impossible act. (B) This 24-month-old child has openedthe door to the miniature car and is repeatedly trying to forcehis foot inside the car. (C) This 28-month-old child is lookingbetween his legs to precisely locate the miniature chair that he is inthe process of sitting on.

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Mark Ziemann 🇺🇦🌻🦩 @mdziemann.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

Shared and niche-specific transcriptional signatures of macrophage aging revealed by a cross-tissue meta-analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s… #genomics #Bioinformatics

A scientific chart shows certain gene ontology and reactome pathways are consistently upregulated in aging across dozens of public mouse datasets

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Happy to share this new work by excellent Benayoun lab PhD Candidate #EllaSchwab, out today #BMCBiology: "Shared and niche-specific transcriptional signatures of macrophage aging revealed by a cross-tissue meta-analysis" @uscleonarddavis.bsky.social 1/4 🧬🖥️🧪🐁 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Across mouse tissues, aging macrophages shifted toward stress and damage responses, but the pattern was not uniform. Brain and lung macrophages showed distinct age-related changes, and sex-related differences also appeared. doi.org/hcbkqw

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Scientists discover how macrophages age differently throughout the body

Why does the immune system become less effective as we age? A new USC study published in BMC Biology offers fresh insights by examining a key immune cell type across tissues: macrophages.

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 11/06/2026

Finally, in their Essay, @bbparis1984.bsky.social &co argue that accounting for both sex and age is essential to advancing personalized medicine, considering the interactions between these factors and the immune system plos.io/4wkqdgd

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The problem with one-size-fits-all medicine: Biological sex and the aging immune system

Aging has effects on the immune system that are similar in men and women, but also reshapes their immune systems in unique, sex-specific ways, however these differences are rarely taken into considera...

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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📣 POSTDOC position available in the Feschotte Lab at Cornell to work on #TRANSPOSONS! More details below. Pls send informal application or inquiry ASAP by DM or email to cf458_at_cornell.edu. Pls spread the word 🙏 #TEsky www.thefeschottelabatcornell.com

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The Feschotte Lab at Cornell

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

A memorable #commencement ceremony today, where I had the honor to hood my talented trainee Dr. Ryan Lu! @uscleonarddavis.bsky.social 🎓🎊🍾

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Happy to share our new essay led by fantastic trainees 🔥🔥🔥 Clayton Baker, Victor Ansere and Cossette Sanqui: "The problem with one-size-fits-all medicine: Biological sex and the aging immune system" Here, we argue that any #personalized medicine must account for #sex for success. Enjoy the read!

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

🚨 New lab preprint alert! 🚨 A study 6 years in the making, made possible by @simonsfoundation.org support : "A multi-omic atlas in the African turquoise killifish reveals increased glucocorticoid signaling as a hallmark of brain aging" now on #biorXiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A 🧵 1/11 🧪🖥️🧬

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Dan Tyrrell @danis1337.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A multi-omic atlas in the African turquoise killifish reveals increased glucocorticoid signaling as a hallmark of brain aging 🤩 @bbparis1984.bsky.social doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Aging Science News @agingbiology.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A multi-omic atlas in the African turquoise killifish reveals increased glucocorticoid signaling as a hallmark of brain aging www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🚨LA and SoCal trainees: Submit your abstracts for #GLAM2026 - we have 16 grad/postdoc talk slots and 12 undergraduate talk slots! 🚨

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🔥 Attention Los Angeles and SoCal Geroscience trainees 🔥: Registration and abstract submission for the 2026 ✨ Geroscience Los Angeles Meeting (GLAM) ✨ are open: gero.usc.edu/laara/event/... #GLAM2026 will take place September 4th, 2026 at the California Science Center 🧪 🔬 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 1/2

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

A multi-omic atlas in the African turquoise killifish reveals increased glucocorticoid signaling as a hallmark of brain aging www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

🚨 AGE VOYAGER Grants are OPEN! 🚨 ✔️ Up to $5,000 ✔️ For AGE trainee members (grad students & postdocs) ✔️ Supports travel, lodging, registration, childcare & more 🗓 Deadline: Jan 12, 2026 #AGEVoyager #AgingResearch #Geroscience #ResearchFunding #AGE

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Please share with your #killifish colleagues 🐟 #ZebrafishMeeting

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Beyond depressing situation for aging research funding in the US.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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$A line graph showing the fraction of R01 applications funded as a function of percentile for NIA. The estimated success rate for FY2024 was 15.8% compared with 5.8% for FY2025.$

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Excited to share our study "Estropausal gut microbiota transplant improves measures of ovarian function in adult mice" ♀️🐁💩 led by Dr. #MinhooKim, published online today at @nataging.nature.com, where we describe surprising findings on the gut/ovary axis. 🧪🖥️🧬. A 🧵1/11 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Gabriele Zaffagnini @gzaffagnini.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy Women's Day! Is there a better way to celebrate than reading the latest 📄 on our fav. female cells? 👉🏼 biomed.news/bims-cebooc/... Highlight: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41776310/ by @bbparis1984.bsky.social on the role of microbiota in ovarian aging! powered by @biomednews.bsky.social #cebooc

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Nature Aging @nataging.nature.com · 05/03/2026

Online now! A new study shows transplanting gut microbiota from estropausal female mice to young adult female mice improves ovarian hormone profiles, follicle metrics, and fertility-related outcomes. @bbparis1984.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s435...

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Estropausal gut microbiota transplant improves measures of ovarian function in adult mice - Nature Aging

To investigate the link between the gut microbiome and ovarian health, here the authors transplant gut microbiota from estropausal female mice to young adult female mice. Microbial transplantation imp...

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Ashley Webb, PhD @aewebb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

✨Registration is OPEN for the 2026 FASEB on Epigenetics in Aging and Disease in Malahide, Ireland!✨ Featuring @denadubal.bsky.social and Yang Shi from @ludwigcancer.bsky.social as Keynotes. Speaker slots available! With: @bbparis1984.bsky.social Ashby Morrison, Ernesto Guccione

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Fecal transplants from older mice have been shown to enhance ovarian function and fertility in younger mice, highlighting a direct connection between the gut microbiome and reproductive health. doi.org/hbq9fx

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Fecal transplants from older mice found to significantly improve ovarian function and fertility in younger mice

A new study details how fecal transplants from older female mice significantly improve ovarian function and fertility in young mice.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Surprising and notable if it holds up in humans: Extending ovary function and fertility via gut microbiome (fecal) transplant from young mice to old. estropausal mice "a direct link between the gut microbiota and ovarian health" www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Estropausal gut microbiota transplant improves measures of ovarian function in adult mice - Nature Aging

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

“Fish” can be both singular (one individual) and plural (multiple individuals of the same species.) “Fishes” is multiple species. 🐠 Fish 🐠🐠🐠 Fish 🐠🐡🐟 Fishes Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

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Juan I. Bravo, PhD @the-te-guy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Another group following up on the work from my PhD, linking LINE-1 transposon expression to aging phenotypes!

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Yes! We literally cannot shut up about our work.

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Joao Pedro Magalhaes @jpsenescence.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🚨 The Human Ageing Genomic Resources Are at Risk For over 20 years, our Human Ageing Genomic Resources (HAGR) have supported ageing and longevity research. We are raising funds to secure their continuity while we pursue long-term funding. www.justgiving.com/page/human-a...

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Support the Human Ageing Genomic Resources

Help Joao Pedro Magalhaes raise money to support University of Birmingham

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Nature Aging @nataging.nature.com · 19/02/2026

🗞️Our February issue is live! Read work on precision responses to therapy-induced senescence, senolytic resistance mechanisms, AD biomarkers in Latin America, the exposure of older adults to health misinformation, links from DNA damage in macrophages to autoimmunity & more ✨

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PLOS Medicine @plosmedicine.org · 03/03/2026

March is #Endometriosis Awareness Month, and this Editorial by Alex Tosun (@atosun.bsky.social) discusses why greater awareness, education, funding and research for this systemic condition is imperative to redefining pain, equity, and investment in women’s health 🧪🌻 #Medsky plos.io/4slvscE

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From pain to policy: Improving endometriosis awareness, diagnosis, and treatment

In recognition of Endometriosis Awareness Month, this Editorial by Alexandra Tosun discusses why raising awareness and education of endometriosis, as well as increasing funding and research for this s...

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Ashley Webb, PhD @aewebb.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Very excited to organize the 2026 FASEB Conference: Chromatin and Epigenetics in Aging and Disease with Ashby Morrison, @bbparis1984.bsky.social , and Ernesto Guccione! Join us in Ireland this fall! Speaker slots are available and trainees are invited to a pre-meeting career development event.

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Thanks to the efforts of lab member Mingfei Chen, we are celebrating one year of development of behavioral assays in the #killifish 🐠 🐟 today! 🎊🎊🎊 🔬🥼🧪👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Modeling mitochondrial inheritance enables high-precision single-cell lineage tracing in humans www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @bloodgenes.bsky.social @jswlab.bsky.social @bostonchildrens.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org

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Bérénice A. Benayoun, PhD @bbparis1984.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Registration is open for the 2026 @faseborg.bsky.social "Chromatin and Epigenetics in Aging and Disease" conference, which will take place in Malahide, Ireland, organized by @aewebb.bsky.social and Ashby Morrison. Join us this Fall: events.faseb.org/event/41ac15...

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Lovely review from @bbparis1984.bsky.social et al., with insight from #killifish 🐟

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