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Aging-related studies involving Proteomics, Metabolomics, Invertebrate Model Organisms, and Bioinformatics/Artificial Intelligence are supported by our center. Please visit our website: halo.dlmp.uw.edu/uwhalo/nsc

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 5h
Thank you for attending our George Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium last Friday! The program featured keynote talks by Dr. Mariya Sweetwyne and Dr. Jessica Young, as well as talks from: Dr. Claire Han, current and alumni T32 trainees, UW faculty, a Career Panel, and a trainee poster session.
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Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center @nathanshockcenters.org · 30/09/2026
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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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are thrilled to host the George Martin Memorial Symposium today, September 25th in person at the South Lake Union campus. Please find the agenda below! Join on zoom here: washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We are just over 2 weeks away from the George Martin Memorial Symposium on September 25th, 2026! Make sure to register for in person attendance (lnkd.in/gwkW7Vrx) or by Zoom (lnkd.in/g44mRKQZ)!
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
With less than a month until the annual George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium on September 25th, 2026, we'd like to invite you to register for in person attendance (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...) or by Zoom (washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...)!
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We are excited to invite you to the Biology of Aging T32 National Scholars Symposium, with trainees and researchers nationally sharing their work and connecting within the aging research community. Join us on September 2, 2026, 10am-1pm PT on Zoom (Register here: uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/regi...)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We are excited to co-sponsor our annual George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium with the UW Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology on September 25th, 2026! Please join us in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom. Register here! (washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...)
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Translational Bioenergetics -- Marcinek Lab! @tbl-marcinek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We're excited to build on 15 years of work on elamipretide from our lab and those in the Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute at the UW. Based on data from our feasibility study, we'll design a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial 🧪 www.linkedin.com/posts/mighty...
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#xprizehealthspan | Mighty Therapeutics
We are thrilled to share that Mighty Therapeutics, together with a joint research team from the University of Washington led by Dr. David Marcinek, has been named a Milestone 2 Awardee in the XPRIZE H...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The University of Washington NSC is pleased to announce a new request for applications for Individual Core Pilots (halo.dlmp.uw.edu/nsc/nathan-s...). Please follow the link below for additional details! Applications are due September 30th, 2026.
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Pilot Projects - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute
Application deadline is September 30th, 2026. About The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center is soliciting applications to support pilot projects in the biology of aging. Pilot funding of up t...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Please join us in congratulating the new Dr. Emily Teets on their wonderful defense titled “Investigating the role of glial pruning in Parkinson's Disease.” Emily is a T32 trainee who studies in the lab of Dr. Singhvi @singhvilabglia.bsky.social. Congratulations, Dr. Teets, we are so proud!
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Happy Friday! Only 8 more Fridays to go until the annual George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium on September 25th, 2026! We cannot wait to see you in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom. Register here! (washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Please join us in congratulating our co-director, Dr. Jessica Young on her recent promotion to Professor at the University of Washington! Congratulations on the well-deserved promotion!🎉
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We are excited share that we have a predoctoral opening with a start date of 9/16/2026. Applications are due to uwhalo@uw.edu by this Friday, July 31st, 2026! Please see the flyer below for more information.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Please join us for our annual George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium on September 25th, 2026, in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom. Register here! (washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
With the quarter coming to an end, we want to thank everyone who attended our Biology in Aging Spring Seminar Series talks and give a special thank you to our speakers Dr. Scott Kennedy Dr. Nathan Basisty Dr. Katherine Prater Dr. @monicadriscoll.bsky.social and Dr. Jonathan An!
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Please join us for our final Biology in Aging Spring Seminar Series in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom! (washington.zoom.us/j/9277154374...)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Please join us for our fourth Biology in Aging Spring Seminar Series in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom! (urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Please join us for our Biology in Aging Spring Seminar Series in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom (washington.zoom.us/j/9277154374...).
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Please join us for our third Biology in Aging Spring Seminar Series in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom! (washington.zoom.us/j/9277154374...)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Please join us for our second Biology in Aging Spring Seminar Series in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom (washington.zoom.us/j/9277154374...)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Please join us for our annual George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium on September 25th, 2026, in person at our South Lake Union Campus or by Zoom. Register here! (urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Please join us for our first Biology in Aging Spring Seminar Series talk on April 9th. This talk will be held at SLU Campus in Building D, Brotman Auditorium and over Zoom (washington.zoom.us/j/9277154374... Meeting ID:927 7154 3741 Passcode:064443) More details below. We hope to see you all there!
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The University of Washington NSC is pleased to announce a request for applications for Individual Core Pilots (halo.dlmp.uw.edu/nsc/nathan-s...), Multi-Core Pilots (halo.dlmp.uw.edu/nsc/nathan-s...), and Infectious Disease Pilots(halo.dlmp.uw.edu/infectious-d...). Applications are due May 31st, 2026
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Pilot Projects - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute
About The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center is soliciting applications to support pilot projects in the biology of aging. Pilot funding of up to $20,000 is provided for services of one or m...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Our Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Program now has a postdoc opening(halo.dlmp.uw.edu/bmha/post-do...) for our T32 program with a start date of 8/1/26. Please see our application requirements(halo.dlmp.uw.edu/bmha/applica...) for more information. The application deadline is Monday, 7/15/26.
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Post-Doctoral Openings - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute
Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Training Program  We currently have a postdoctoral opening with a start date of 8/1/2026. Applications are due to  uwhalo@uw.edu by Monday, July 15th, 2026. Appl...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
On March 4th, our BMHA T32 program joined the T32 programs from the ADTP, BCTP, and CVTP departments in a half day retreat consisting of 3-minute thesis talks by trainees from every program, a guest faculty lecture by @nickchavkin.bsky.social, a career exploration workshop, and a networking hour.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
On February 27th, we cohosted the UW Healthy Aging Research Forum with other aging groups in the research, clinical, and social health communities to showcase the innovative aging work being conducted at UW across our disciplines and health science schools and for attendees to connect and network.
Group of attendees smiling at the UW Healthy Aging Research Forum
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Student-powered research from the Ruohola-Baker Lab, published this week in the journal Cells, explores how genetic differences explain why the anti-aging drug rapamycin works better in some cancer… |...
Student-powered research from the Ruohola-Baker Lab, published this week in the journal Cells, explores how genetic differences explain why the anti-aging drug rapamycin works better in some cancer pa...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Join us for the 2026 UW Healthy Aging forum hosted by aging-focused units, centers and departments from across the UW. Please RSVP so that we know you will be attending. When: Friday, 2/27/2026, 8am – noon Where: UW Health Sciences Education Building, Room 101 RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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UW Healthy Aging Forum Attendee RSVP
When: Friday, February 27, 2026, 8am – noon Where: Health Sciences Education Building Room 101 Join us for the 2026 UW Healthy Aging forum, which is being hosted by aging-focused units, centers and d...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Our final Trainee Spotlight! Dr. Bradley Ruple works in the Translational Bioenergetics Lab with a focus on the molecular and physiological adaptations to exercise and nutritional interventions, particularly in skeletal muscle aging, mitochondrial dynamics, and cardiovascular health.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Trainee Spotlight! Chris Hsu is a PhD student in the MacCoss lab in the UW Genome Sciences. He uses proteomics and mass spectrometry to study glomerular aging in the kidney and aims to identify protein signatures of aging and provide a model for exploring biological heterogeneity in the kidney.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
*Post on behalf of Nicolai Wohns, graduate student, co-lead of the UW Graduate Aging Group, research associate with the UW Neuroethics Research Group, internal medicine physician (MD), and guest editor with the AMA Journal of Ethics. journalofethics.ama-assn.org/issue/aging-...
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Aging Is Bad for You?
At some point along life’s trajectory, growing becomes aging. Gerotherapeutics—biologically-based approaches to health that target processes of aging—seem poised to respond. This theme issue investiga...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The Nathan Shock Center at UW has a unique opportunity to utilize multiple cores for a single pilot project at our center. Please see the RFA below:
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Trainee Spotlight! Josiah Quinn is a Neuroscience PhD student in the Gillespie Lab. He studies the neural correlates of cognitive decline in normal aging. His research involves evaluating hippocampal activity patterns in rats performing a spatial navigation task that requires cognitive flexibility.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Check out this interview UW News featuring our AI Core Lead Dr. Su-In Lee! www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
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Q&A: Transparency in medical AI systems is vital, UW researchers say
In a recent paper, University of Washington researchers argue that a key standard for deploying medical AI is transparency — that is, using various methods to clarify how a medical AI system arrives.....
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
The UW Nathan Shock Center is enthusiastic to announce a request for applications for a multi-center collaboration with the NSCs of the Jackson Laboratory and the University of Oklahoma. Please see the call below!
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Trainee Spotlight! Elyse Christensen is a PhD candidate in Dr. Nicolas Lehrbach’s lab at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She is investigating how the mechanisms and regulation of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation affect cellular function as we age.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Trainee Spotlight! Dr. Cristina Gildee is a postdoctoral fellow in the Primate Evolutionary Biomechanics Lab (PEBL) in the Department of Anthropology. Her work examines how reproductive history, cellular aging, and inflammation influence bone remodeling and aging.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Our Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging T32 Program has a postdoctoral opening with a start date of 1/16/2025. Application deadline is 12/12/2025. Please send applications in a single pdf and letters of recommendation to uwhalo@uw.edu. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/bmha/applica...
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Application Requirements - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute
BMHA Training Program Application Procedures We invite applications from individuals who are interested in being considered for this program. Please note that all trainees in this program must be elig...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Trainee spotlight! Dr. Shyleen Frost is currently as a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Alice Kane's lab. She is studying epigenetic patterns, including DNA methylation and histone modifications, and their relationship with frailty and sex differences in aging.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Trainee Spotlight! Sarah Tomlin is a PhD student in the Molecular and Cellular Biology program in the Lehrbach Lab at Fred Hutch. Sarah’s focus is on understanding how the scaffolding protein ECPS-1 influences proteasome regulation and elucidating the regulatory pathways that govern proteostasis.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We are one week away from our annual George M Martin Memorial Symposium! Please join us for this hybrid event (in person registration includes lunch and reception). Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Attend via Zoom here: washington.zoom.us/j/93799036730
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Registration for the 2025 George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium is now open! Please register at the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Trainee Spotlight time! Ellen Bakotich is a Neuroscience PhD candidate in the Buffalo Lab, studying the neurobiological mechanisms of cognitive aging. Her thesis work investigates how normative aging affects eye movement behaviors in aged non-human primates viewing natural images.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Trainee Spotlight! Dr. Joe Armstrong is a postdoc in Maitreya Dunham’s lab in the dept of Genome Sciences. His research focuses on using baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and modified continuous culture systems known as aging chemostats to evolve yeast cells to extend replicative lifespan.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Trainee Spotlight! Each week you will meet 1 of the 12 amazing trainees from our BMHA T32 program. First, Emily Teets! Emily is a PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Aakanksha Singhvi. They study the effect of disease-relevant genes on glia-neuron interactions and use C. elegans as a model organism.
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Please join us in celebrating former predoctoral T32 trainee, now PhD, Dr. Kira Evitts on her wonderful defense today! Pictured: Dr. Jessica Young (co-mentor), Dr. Kira Evitts, Dr. Ying Zheng (co-mentor)
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Jessica Young, Co-Director of the UW Nathan Shock Center and the BMHA T32 program, and the Young Lab have been awarded two Weill Neurohub Investigator awards for funding 2025-2027. The first with the Allen Institute for Brain Science and UCSF; the second with UC Berkeley and UCSF. Congrats!
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Registration for the 2025 George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium is now open! Please register at the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
6th ANNUAL CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL MUSCLE RESEARCH (CTMR) SYMPOSIUM WHEN: Friday, November 21, 2025, 9:00AM – 5:00PM PT WHERE: UW South Lake Union (SLU) campus (850 Republican St., Seattle, WA, 98109), C Building, Orin Smith Auditorium THEME: Modeling and Metabolism in Muscle Research
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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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