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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 5h
Don't let zombie (senescent) cells sneak up on you. Webinar in 1 week @uclastemcell.bsky.social @austad.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social @trowbridgelab.bsky.social @macauleylab.bsky.social ab.bsky.social @profbrunt.bsky.social @therasmussenlab.bsky.social nathanshockcenters.org/when-zombie-...
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Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) @rccn-aging.org · 18/09/2026
New RCCN Funding Opportunity! This mechanism will support and encourage PIs who have current pilot support through an NIA Center Program to incorporate interdisciplinary input, through services provided by investigators affiliated with one of the other NIA Center Programs. Learn more: bit.ly/4ADnmkL
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 11/09/2026
Aging affects almost every aspect of our health so research in the biology of aging is critical. Veronica Galvan, PhD, co-Director of @oknathanshock.bsky.social explains how & why the Nathan Shock Centers provide access to advanced technologies & mentor emerging investigators nathanshockcenters.org
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 08/09/2026
"No question this is one of the biggest biomedical problems the globe is facing" - Laura Niedernhofer, PhD, on chronic disease. Senescent (aging) or "zombie" cells contribute by driving inflammation, cancer, Alzheimer’s & more. Join "When Zombie Cells Attack" us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 13/08/2026
Register for the next Wisconsin NSC Method Spotlight, "Applying Molecular Dynamics Simulations!" This presentation will highlight skills and insights gained during a WiNSC Mini-Sabbatical, including the use of molecular dynamics simulations to study biological systems. Register here: bit.ly/4zgaQXn
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Clin-STAR Coordinating Center @clin-star.org · 13/08/2026
Upcoming Clin-STAR Webinar! Join us in October as Dr. Balentine outlines a practical guide to using AI to streamline your research productivity. Register here: bit.ly/4qhWxxt
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 10/08/2026
The UW Nathan Shock Center has reopened their Multi-Core Pilots call for applications! Applications are now due August 31, 2026. Learn more about this funding opportunity and apply here: bit.ly/4wn6JX1 @uw-nsc.bsky.social
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Multi-Core Pilots - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute
Application deadline is August 31st, 2026. About The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center is pleased to announce a new request for applications for larger interdisciplinary pilot projects that...
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 04/08/2026
Scientific mentors shape the future of aging research and deserve support! NIA invites trainees to nominate a mentor for the 2026 Mentorship Prize Competition ($100k awards) Webinar Tues 8.18 12pm ET grants.nih.gov/news-events/calendar-of-events/6a63b6f4e959c451db069ea2 Deadline 10.15.26
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 30/07/2026
A great scientific career demands strong communication skills. Check out Research to Impact: Building Science Communications - a free program for emerging investigators in aging biology Deadline Aug 7 bit.ly/4pOWfy0 @aogeroscience.bsky.social @xprize.org @geronsociety.bsky.social @austad.bsky.social
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 08/07/2026
Opportunity! Pilot awards from @oknathanshock.bsky.social $5-20,000, must utilize services from the OKNSC Research Cores (Multiplexing Protein Analysis, Genomic Sciences, Geroscience Redox Biology, and CRISPR Whole-Genome Screening). Deadline Aug 1 oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/pilot-grant/
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General Call Pilot Awards - Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center on Aging
The Research Development Cor​e provides expertise, instruments & facilities so investigators can solve complex problems of aging & age-related disease.
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 08/07/2026
Last call! Registration closes today for the Genome Integrity and Aging Symposium at the Minnesota Nathan Shock Center. Discover the Center's cutting-edge core services (DNA Damage & Epigenetic Changes, DNA Damage Signaling & Repair, and Models of Genome Instability) med.umn.edu/nsc/events/a...
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Minnesota Nathan Shock Symposium
The University of Minnesota Masonic Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism (MIBAM) is hosting its 1st annual Genome Integrity and Aging Symposium July 29th - 31st, 2026. This symposium is an...
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 08/05/2026
In case you missed it, the recording from the recent webinar, “Aging in the Wild: What Beavers, Mole Rats, Tortoises, Clams, and Other Exceptionally Long-Lived Species Can Teach Human Beings about Living Longer, Healthier Lives” is now available here: lnkd.in/e-KpBMEu
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 26/06/2026
Upcoming Deadline! The NIA Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research will immerse attendees in current concepts of experimental aging research. Junior faculty and advanced fellows are encouraged to apply. Applications are due July 1, 2026. Learn more: bit.ly/4wg5idq
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 22/06/2026
Great career growth opportunity for early career investigators in aging biology. Be part of the NSC Research to Impact: Building Science Communications program. Raise your communications game and tell your story better. But don't delay - deadline is Tues 6.30. nathanshockcenters.org/nsc-research...
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Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center @oknathanshock.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Applications for the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center General Call Pilot Awards are now open! For more information, visit oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/pilot-grant/
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 03/06/2026
Upcoming Deadline! Apply now for the Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (WiNSC) Pilot Awards which support innovative projects in the basic biology of aging, with a focus on metabolism and aging. LOIs are due June 30, 2026. Learn more here: bit.ly/4vvyfle
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 03/06/2026
Applications are open for the NSC Research to Impact: Building #ScienceCommunications program, which seeks to grow the communications capacity of early stage investigators in #AgingBiology. Learn more about this opportunity here: bit.ly/49D2M84
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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🧠 #NowHiring: @rouxinstitute.bsky.social & @jax.org are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to develop and validate models for early detection of Alzheimer’s and related dementias using retinal imaging and blood biomarkers. 📍Portland, ME ➡️ Apply: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 27/05/2026
Upcoming Deadline! The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards submission deadline is June 1, 2026. General pilots range from $5,000 to $20,000, depending on the specific research proposed. Learn more about the awards OKNSC offers, and how to apply: bit.ly/4fKT8Eb @oknathanshock.bsky.social
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The Jackson Laboratory @jax.org · 14/05/2026
🧪 Job opening at JAX 🧪 If you have experience managing capital projects from concept through occupancy and share our values and vision for making a difference across the globe, apply today for the Director of Engineering and Capital Projects role: go.jax.org/17n9eh 💼
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Director, Engineering & Capital Projects
Reporting to the Senior Director of Facilities, the Director of Engineering and Capital Projects is responsible for the programming planning, design, and construction of capital projects and physical ...
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 08/05/2026
In case you missed it, the recording from the recent webinar, “Aging in the Wild: What Beavers, Mole Rats, Tortoises, Clams, and Other Exceptionally Long-Lived Species Can Teach Human Beings about Living Longer, Healthier Lives” is now available here: lnkd.in/e-KpBMEu
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 28/04/2026
This Friday, join Nathan Shock leaders @austad.bsky.social, Vera Gorbunova & Andrei Seluanov for a conversation about #ComparativeBiology & the #BiologyofAging in this free webinar "Aging in the Wild!" Register here: bit.ly/4w1aOkM
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 23/04/2026
Attending AGE 2026? Join the Nathan Shock Centers Directors' Symposium on Using Animal Models for Translational and Preclinical Geroscience Research on June 2! Learn more here: bit.ly/3QqmU6E
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 23/04/2026
Save the Date! The UW Nathan Shock Center's annual George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium returns on September 25th, 2026! Virtual and in-person registration is now open here: bit.ly/4vNuad0 #BiologyofAging #AgingResearch @uw-nsc.bsky.social
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 07/04/2026
Bats, tortoises, elephants: why do some species live so long? What can they teach us about human #longevity? Join Nathan Shock leaders @austad.bsky.social, Vera Gorbunova & Andrei Seluanov for a conversation about comparative biology & the #biology of #aging nathanshockcenters.org/webinar-agin...
announcement of webinar about animal longevity and what we can learn about human longevity, with experts in the biology of aging who come from two Nathan Shock Centers
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Clin-STAR Coordinating Center @clin-star.org · 06/04/2026
Registration is open for the upcoming Clin-STAR Webinar "Recent Changes and Updates for NIH/NIA Grant Application!" Featuring NIH/NIA professionals, this webinar will provide an overview of the NIH grant funding process and recent policy and program updates. Learn more here: bit.ly/4c4bnkA
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Cell Press Events @cellpressevents.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Join us in Seville, Spain, Oct 4–6, 2026 for Cell Symposia: Hallmarks of aging! Explore the latest in aging biology from molecules to medicine. #CSAging2026 #CellSymposia Abstract deadline: June 5, 2026 dlvr.it/TMlhxj
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Our assessment of a person's epigenetic ("biological") age has been centered on DNA methylation. A new report shows that a set of 7 histone markers has comparable accuracy and also uncovers new pathways of aging biology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Dr. Todd Ewing PhD. @ewingt-phd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Researchers @hsph.harvard.edu find new insight to #exercise and #longevity: — more TOTAL exercise lowers mortality up to 17% — more VARIETY of exercise lowers mortality up to 19% hsph.harvard.edu/news/exercis... #health #science #aging #research 🧪
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Exercise variety—not just amount—linked to lower risk of premature mortality | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Consistently engaging in a variety of types of exercises—from walking to weightlifting to gardening—was associated with a lower risk of premature mortality, even when total physical activity level was...
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 01/04/2026
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Science Magazine @science.org · 01/04/2026
A pathway that acts as an intrinsic antidepressive mechanism in the brain can become disrupted by chronic, mild stress, shows new work that casts light on the neurological and biochemical origins of #depression. Learn more in #ScienceSignaling: scim.ag/4bRVNbG
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The protein RAB5IF promotes BDNF signaling by stimulating the SUMOylation of Gαi1/3 to reduce depressive-like behaviors in mice
A mitochondrial protein indirectly supports antidepressant BDNF signaling in the brain.
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The Jackson Laboratory @jax.org · 01/04/2026
At JAX’s Rare Disease Translational Center in Bar Harbor, Maine, innovations are transforming medicine through genomic research, tackling rare diseases and advancing personalized care - often one family at a time. bit.ly/4tpYXuv
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On the coast of Maine, the future of medicine is already here
WRITTEN BY ANGELA MARCOLINI On any given summer day in Bar Harbor, families gather on the grassy knoll overlooking Frenchman Bay, eating ice cream and
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Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) @rccn-aging.org · 27/03/2026
Virtual registration is now open to the public for the upcoming RCCN Workshop "Multidisciplinary Research in Aging & Team Science!" Learn more and register here: bit.ly/4bQzRh7
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 26/03/2026
New research on dietary restriction in @nataging.nature.com looks at potential to treat, prevent or delay age-related diseases like cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegeneration. Distinguished author list includes our Rozalyn Anderson @uw-nsc.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Dietary restriction in aging and longevity - Nature Aging
Schmauck-Medina et al. review dietary restriction as a class of geroprotective interventions, considering evidence across species, conflicting data, mechanisms, side effects and pharmacological mimeti...
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 26/03/2026
What's on @austad.bsky.social's mind? The 500-year-old clam with the secret to curing Alzheimer’s, his billion-dollar bet on whether the first 150-year-old human is already alive, & how to slow our biological clock www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJnh... @oknathanshock.bsky.social @uw-nsc.bsky.social
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The 500-Year-Old Clam with the Secret to Curing Alzheimer’s
YouTube video by The Dan Buettner Podcast
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The Jackson Laboratory @jax.org · 21/02/2026
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., yet it is still poorly understood. Learn how JAX Professor Greg Carter is using data and computational science to connect experimental models to real human disease. 🧪 🧠 go.jax.org/Carter5Q
The image shows a person standing in front of a whiteboard covered in colorful handwritten notes and diagrams. A large number "5" is on the left side, with text below that reads, "5 QUESTIONS with JAX Professor Greg Carter."
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Nature @nature.com · 12/03/2026
Nature research paper: Ageing promotes metastasis via activation of the integrated stress response go.nature.com/4uoWp0M
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Ageing promotes metastasis via activation of the integrated stress response - Nature
Ageing reprograms the evolutionary trajectory of KRAS-driven lung adenocarcinoma, limiting primary tumour growth while promoting metastatic dissemination through epigenetic activation of the integrated stress response, and a therapeutic opportunity in older patients is revealed.
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Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center @oknathanshock.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🧬 Registration for the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center 2026 Geroscience Symposium is now open! Register here: oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/geroscience-...
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Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center @oknathanshock.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Don't forget to register for the OK Nathan Shock Center Mentorship Research Showcase! 📍 Where: Zoom 🕙️ When: March 25, 10:00AM (CST) - 1:00P (CST) 🔗 Registration: oklahoma.zoom.us/meeting/regi... For more information, visit oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/mentorship-s... See you there!
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Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center @oknathanshock.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Applications for the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center Travel Awards are open now! For more information and instructions to apply, visit our website! 🔗 oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/geroscience-...
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Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) @rccn-aging.org · 26/02/2026
Upcoming RCCN Webinar! In this webinar, the speakers will discuss the use of AI in monitoring older adults for caregiving and research. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/4schA4e
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 13/02/2026
The McKnight Innovator Awards aim to identify emerging scientific leaders to lead transformative research in the field of cognitive aging. Learn more about the new LOI stage, application process, and eligibility here: bit.ly/4aBxnmh @afar.org
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Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) @rccn-aging.org · 22/01/2026
Join this afternoon's RCCN Webinar on AI Fairness and Bias in ADRD and Aging Research! This webinar will provide an overview of current use of AI in #AgingResearch, and cover how researchers can address bias in data for AI models. Register here: bit.ly/4r04HK2
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 20/01/2026
Deadline Extended! This funding opportunity offers support that will integrate specialized resources across the NSCs of Oklahoma, the University of Washington, and the Jackson Laboratory. Learn more in the updated RFA here: bit.ly/4a1TN0B
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 15/01/2026
Today! Join the informational webinar for this pilot program, which will be held this afternoon from 3-3:30pm ET, to learn more about the resources offered and the application process.
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Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) @rccn-aging.org · 15/01/2026
Upcoming Deadline Next Month! Travel support for the upcoming RCCN Workshop “Multidisciplinary Research in Aging/Team Science," is available for approximately 10 early career investigators. Learn how to apply here: bit.ly/48UOvlV
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 12/01/2026
This Week! Register now for the AGeD Pilot Award Informational Webinar, where learn more about this novel pilot program supporting gene and gene network discovery in aging: bit.ly/4aSaRqZ #GeneDiscovery #AgingResearch @jacksonlab.bsky.social @uw-nsc.bsky.social @oknathanshock.bsky.social
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 09/01/2026
View the RFA for this funding opportunity here: bit.ly/3LDpAM4!
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 09/01/2026
Interested in the Aging Gene Discovery (AGeD) Collaborative NSC Pilot Awards which integrates resources offered by the Nathan Shock Centers of Oklahoma, the University of Washington, and the Jackson Laboratory? Register now for the informational webinar to learn more: bit.ly/4jvyAPQ
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