Another full house today for our monthly community seminar! one of our favorite professors, John Newman, MD, PhD is talking about How to Be Your Own Geriatrician. Registration for our next seminar on Sept 2: www.buckinstitute.org/events/lblse...
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The Buck Institute for Research on Aging aims to end the threat of age-related diseases for this and future generations.
Spreading the word to emerging leaders in aging biology: Great communication skills can build your career and help move the field forward! Free program from @nathanshockcenters.org and @afar.org Deadline Aug 7. nathanshockcenters.org/nsc-research-to-impact-building-science-communications-program
We're proud to announce a new partnership between Buck and Dr. Vonda Wright. Together, we've launched #MoveTheMountain, a bold campaign to raise $79M to advance women's healthy aging research and establish The Vonda Wright Women's Health Foundation at Buck. www.buckinstitute.org/news/dr-vond...
Dr. Vonda Wright and the Buck Announce the Move The Mountain™ Campaign
One Million Dollars Per Mile To Close the Biggest Gaps in Women's Aging Research
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We're honored to see @oprahd.bsky.social feature Dr. Vonda Wright's Move the Mountain campaign. This Sept., she'll tackle 3 mountain marathons in 3 days to raise support for women's aging research at The Buck. www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/...
Why One Doctor’s Brutal Mountain Challenge Could Help Change Women’s Health Research
Vonda Wright, MD, is taking on three mountain marathons to draw attention—and funding—to the science of women’s aging.
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AI is transforming biology—but only if we can trust it. Buck is partnering with Fennec Engineering to help build the safety infrastructure for AI-driven biological research, advancing innovation with safety at its core. 🔗 www.buckinstitute.org/news/the-buc... #BioAI #AI #Healthspan
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging and Fennec Engineering Partner to Build the Safety Infrastructure for Biological AI
Fennec and the Buck Institute partner to unite longevity science, functional safety, and autonomous systems engineering to make AI-driven biological research trustworthy at scale.
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Dr. Michael Stout from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation visited us on Friday for an exciting seminar on several research projects on sex differences in aging, reproductive longevity, and metabolic health. @omrf.bsky.social
We were honored to host Dr. Gabriele Zaffagnini @gzaffagnini.bsky.social who visited us from @CECAD.bsky.social in Cologne, and spoke about his exciting work on proteostasis in mammalian oocytes.
In the final episode of season 3 of the Buck Podcast we answer your biggest aging questions, from whether there is a single root cause of aging to why different organs fail in different ways, and much more. www.buckinstitute.org/podcasts/
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Hot off Buck Blog press! Meet Dr. Parminder Singh from Kapahi Lab. Dr. Singh's research explores how communication between organs influences biology of aging, uncovering new insights into mechanisms that drive health and longevity. www.buckinstitute.org/blog/faces-o...
Faces of Discovery:Parminder Singh, PhD
A new monthly installment to the Buck Blog, introducing the scientists unraveling the mysteries of aging and pioneering ways to help us all live better longer.
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New Buck podcast dropped today! Filtering Out Aging with guest Brad Younggren. What if removing and replacing part of your blood could turn back some of the measurable signs of aging?
Great tribute to Tom Johnson who discovered the first gene related to #aging, and a wonderful overview of the field by the Buck’s Simon Melov. Thanks to Colorado Public Radio for doing the story! www.cpr.org/2026/06/08/a...
Aging Matters: Colorado scientist’s discovery of a gene for longevity was a ‘game-changer’
Tom Johnson passed away this year at the age of 77. He was known as “the father of genetic gerontology.”
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Buck CEO Eric Verdin on "On with Kara Swisher". Longer Life: What does science say? youtu.be/2ZsXQ_jUy18?... via @YouTube
Supplements, Cellular Rejuvenation, and Longevity Escape Velocity: What Does Science Say?
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Another full house at the Buck today! Guest speaker is Executive VP at Buck, Remy Gross III. He’s helping to answer this question: “So, When Will All These Breakthroughs Be in My Medicine Cabinet?” Remy Gross is trained chemist who has overseen bringing 11 drugs to market ($180B)
Life is energy organized into purpose. Aging is what happens when that organization changes. Grateful for an inspiring conversation with Martin Picard, the mitochondria guy who makes ATP sound philosophical. #FRS@Buck
Our latest Decoding Longevity episode is now live. This week, we’re joined by Dr. Eric Verdin, President & CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, for a deep discussion on metabolism, immune aging, inflammation, epigenetics, and the future of longevity science.
Formal Research Seminar at the Buck today hosted by CEO @ericverdinmd. Dr. Vera Gorbunova from University of Rochester discussing comparative biology of aging.
We hosted the 26th BAAM Conference at Buck yesterday, bringing together scientists across institutions to share ideas, spark collaborations, and push the boundaries of aging and metabolism research. Keynotes: Rozalyn Anderson and Tony Wyss-Coray @pkapahi.bsky.social
Congrats to postdoc Olga Bielska, the winner of this year’s Impact Circle award! Our popular donor group is funding her early research aimed at restoring aged human immune cells. Meet Olga and learn about the “mitochondrial switch’ here: www.buckinstitute.org/news/the-buc...
The Buck’s Impact Circle supports a project focused on restoring aged human immune cells
The $135,000 2026 Impact Circle award goes to Olga Bielska PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Verdin lab.
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Longevity-linked #APOE2 helps neurons repair DNA and resist #aging - the protein can also protect #APOE4 neurons. The effect might be transferable, not just genetic. It’s a new therapeutic direction for #Alzheimers www.buckinstitute.org/news/longevi...
Longevity-linked APOE2 gene variant helps neurons repair DNA and resist aging
Research from the Buck Institute reveals that the protective APOE2 variant, already associated with exceptional longevity and reduced Alzheimer's risk, keeps human brain cells genomically stable and r...
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This Mother's Day, give gift as extraordinary as she is by honoring the woman who gave you everything with a tribute gift to the Buck, because the best gift is more healthy years together. Every contribution brings us closer to a longer healthier future for every mother www.buckinstitute.org/donate/
Another full house today at our monthly community seminar! Our guest today is Dr Nathan Price. By combining big data, advanced AI, and deep biological insights, Dr. Price is uncovering how genetics, lifestyle, and environment interact over time to drive aging and disease.
We’re all in when it comes to AI’s potential to drive efforts to extend #healthspan. How will it work? Check out this #TEDtalk by our very own @nathanprice.bsky.social tedai-sanfrancisco.ted.com/speakers/nat... #AI
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What if AI's biggest health breakthrough isn't curing disease, but keeping you well in the first place? Aging researcher Nathan Price makes the case for shifting medicine's focus from sickness to well...
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Hot off the Buck Blog Press! This month we're featuring Dr. Chaska Walton, recipient of $2.4m NIH Transformative Research Award for his work on development of smart delivery systems to treat multiple pathologies of Alzheimer’s disease. www.buckinstitute.org/blog/faces-o...
Faces of Discovery:Chaska Walton, PhD
At the Buck, our breakthroughs are powered by people. Faces of Discovery, a monthly installment to the Buck Blog, introduces the scientists unraveling the mysteries of aging and pioneering ways to hel...
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Big day at Buck today! BSAS 2026! The Buck Student Aging Symposium is an annual research conference organized and run by the Buck graduate students. Matt Kaeberlain is kicking off our annual student BSAS symposium talking about Rapamycin!
Today we are hosting a special event to commemorate the launch of THRIVE: Transforming Health, Reclaiming Intrinsic Vitality for Everyone, a groundbreaking new initiative aimed at developing the first FDA-grade Intrinsic Capacity Score to measure and predict healthy aging.
On Saturday the Hansen Lab hosted the 2026 Bay Area Worm Meeting at the Buck Institute. So excited to bring together researchers from across the Bay Area to share the incredible research done using C. elegans as a model organism!”
Gender matters in the brain/bone axis. Buck scientists find that #APOE4 silently undermines bone quality in female mice: osteocytes may be a potential mid-life biomarker for both #osteoporosis and #Alzheimers www.buckinstitute.org/news/apoe4-t...
APOE4, the Alzheimer’s risk gene, silently undermines bone quality in women
Buck Institute researchers discover a surprising connection between a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s and bone quality deficits in female mice, pointing to osteocytes as a potential midlife early wa...
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Blast off! Buck scientists make the case for space as a model for accelerated aging. www.nature.com/articles/s43... @nataging.nature.com
The case for space as a model of accelerated aging - Nature Aging
Could astronauts serve as a unique model for human aging research? Manwaring-Mueller et al. review how spaceflight stressors, such as microgravity and radiation, accelerate biological aging pathways a...
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What happens when an oncologist and neurobiologist meet in a hallway? At the Buck the conversation leads to a breakthrough discovery for a rare kidney disease! www.buckinstitute.org/news/a-small...
A small molecule drug candidate fully restores survival in a lethal mouse model of a rare kidney stone disease that has no current treatment
A unique collaboration between Buck Institute scientists studying breast cancer and Huntington’s disease shows that an orally administered drug prevents deadly calcium oxalate kidney stones, kidney fa...
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