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kennethwilson.phd.sh Postdoc in the Ellerby Lab @buckinstitute.bsky.social studying brain aging, endolysosomal trafficking, and senescence 🧠 🐁 #aging #Alzheimers #neurodegeneration #dietaryrestriction #senescence

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Kenny Wilson @kennywilson.bsky.social · Dec 3

Since I've met many new people on @bsky.app, I wanted to re-share this paper we published earlier this year in @naturecomms.bsky.social! We found OXR1, which regulates #longevity and #brainaging through neuronal endocytic recycling. Read below for a summary 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GeroSky

OXR1 maintains the retromer to delay brain aging under dietary restriction - Nature Communications

Dietary restriction promotes healthy brain aging, but the mechanism is unknown. Here, the authors show that OXR1 is upregulated by dietary restriction and confers age-related neuroprotection by m...

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 Applications are open for the 32nd Annual NIA Summer Training Course on aging research, Sept 8–12 at Buck Institute!
Free + focused on junior faculty & postdocs.
Deadline: July 1.
Details 👉 www.americanagingassociation.org/additional-a...
#AgingResearch #Geroscience #NIASummerCourse

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · May 28

Congratulations to Barbara Nikolajczyk, Ph.D, winner of the 2025 Women in AGE Mentoring Award!
Honoring her dedication to mentorship in the aging research community.
#AGEAnnualMeeting2025 #MentorshipMatters #WomenInScience #AgingResearch

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · May 28

Big congratulations to Christina Camell, Ph.D. for receiving the 2025 Women in AGE Scientific Achievement Award!
Her groundbreaking work in immune aging is shaping the future of aging science.
#AGEAnnualMeeting2025 #WomenInSTEM #AgingResearch #ScientificAchievement

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Kenny Wilson @kennywilson.bsky.social · Apr 18

I'm grateful to @beappbeapp.bsky.social and A4LI for featuring me in their Scientist Spotlight series! It was a lot of fun! Anyone who wants to check it out, here is the link! a4li.org/podcast/scie...

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · Mar 27

Have you registered to the AGE Meeting in AnchorAGE, Alaska? Registration rates will increase on April 1. Register Today! www.americanagingassociation.org/annual-meeting
#AGE2025

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Brenda Eap @beappbeapp.bsky.social · Mar 19

This week, I am excited to share with you my conversation with Emily Tom! I am so glad we crossed paths at the @americanaging.bsky.social AGE Meeting in San Antonio back in 2022.

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dschaffner90.bsky.social @dschaffner90.bsky.social · Mar 7

Philly stands up for science! #standupforscience #standupforscience2025

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@GonzoCNJ @gonzonj.bsky.social · Mar 7

Philly is Standing Up for Science : Girls just wanna have funding for scientific research #standupforscience2025

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Yevgeniy Serebrenik @ysereb.bsky.social · Mar 7

#StandUpForScience2025

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Erica A. Fletcher @rockiefletcher.bsky.social · Mar 7

Great turnout at the #standupforscience2025 rally! #boston🔬cc @universalhub

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Alexx T. Holden @alexxtholden.bsky.social · Mar 7

#StandUpForScience2025! Our greatest and most useful minds, get loud. If you support the opposition, it’s because you chose harming people over helping them. You’re either a part of the problem or a part of the solution. #science #Politics #activism #protest #DoNoHarm #scientificmethod #scientists

WATCH LIVE: 'Stand up for Science' rally with Bill Nye and others at Lincoln Memorial in Washington

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Dr. Carlie Trott @carlietrott.bsky.social · Mar 7

Two protests in one day? ✊ Only in France! Montpellier came out strong to #StandUpForScience2025 this evening. The global community stands in solidarity with US academics, calling for #sciencenotsilence. 🌍 @standupforscience.bsky.social @standupforscifr.bsky.social

Large crowd with protest signs in Montpellier, France

Speakers on stage at protest in Montpellier, France

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Ross Llewallyn @enduringbeta.bsky.social · Mar 7

Amphibian expert shares about their work protecting species and raising awareness of these great animals, all on the basis of thoughtful science in conservation.

When budgets are slashed, this work is undermined.

#standupforscience2025

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Kenny Wilson @kennywilson.bsky.social · Feb 26

Well said from @ericverdin.bsky.social! The NIH is the heart of biomedical research in the US. The proposed cuts are unconscionable.

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging @buckinstitute.org · Feb 13

Our CEO, Eric Verdin answered questions about the administration’s proposed budget cuts to the NIH at a hearing before the Senate Special Committee on Aging this afternoon. Hear his exchange with Angela Alsobrook D-MD here: youtu.be/XrhHldez1AI

Eric Verdin, MD, President of the Buck Institute in hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging

YouTube video by Buck Institute for Research on Aging

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · Feb 18

🌟Congratulations to AGE 2025 Early Career Scholar Alison Kochersberger, Buck Institute for Research on Aging!!
Learn More>> americanagingassociation.org/age-2025-ear...

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · Feb 12

TODAY at 3:30pm EST, there will be a special US Senate committee hearing on #aging! Click the link below to tune in to Optimizing Longevity: From Research to Action.

www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/opt...

Optimizing Longevity: From Research to Action | United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

www.aging.senate.gov

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · Feb 12

AGE Members,

The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI) is looking for feedback to better understand the impacts of the recent NIH funding cuts on the aging research community. Please consider participating in their survey:

forms.gle/sMAm7JgErJfP...

Impact of NIH Funding Cuts on Longevity & Biomedical Research

Recent NIH funding cuts, including overhead restrictions, are causing major concerns across the longevity and biomedical research community. We are collecting data on how these changes are affecting p...

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Feb 7

Whole lotta people going to lose their jobs at research universities. Indirect costs cover the salaries of a lot of office staff and facilities workers.

Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · Feb 7

“NIH is accordingly imposing a standard indirect cost rate on all grants of 15%”

Tim Mosca (he/him) @drosophilosophy.bsky.social · Feb 7

Oh. My. God.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · Jan 30

🌟 Join us in Anchorage, Alaska for the AGE 53rd Annual Meeting: New Frontiers in Aging Research! 🌟

This is an event you won’t want to miss!

📅 Save the Date & Be Part of the Conversation!

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · Dec 19

🚨 Attention all speakers, poster presenters, and travel award applicants! 🚨

The abstract portal is NOW OPEN!
Don’t miss your chance to be part of this exciting event!

Deadline to apply: February 7, 2025 ⏳
Apply today! 👇 #AGE2025 #AnchorAGE
americanagingassociation.org/annual-meeting

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Kenny Wilson @kennywilson.bsky.social · Dec 10

I would like to be added please!

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · Dec 6

Only 2 more days to apply for our Early Career Scholars Program! Don't miss out on this great opportunity!

American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · Nov 20

Applications for our Early Career Scholars Program are now being accepted! Click the link below for more details and spread the word!
americanagingassociation.org/awards

#AGEScholars #AGETC

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UCSF Memory and Aging Center @ucsfmac.bsky.social · Dec 5

UCSF Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Dec 16, 2024
10 to 11 a.m. PT

"Neuroimaging and Neuropathological Investigations of Alzheimer's Disease Clinical and Biological Heterogeneity"
by
Renaud La Joie, PhD
@relajoie.bsky.social

Register 👉 calendar.ucsf.edu/event/mac-gr...

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

Neuroimaging and Neuropathological Investigations of Alzheimer's Disease Clinical and Biological Heterogeneity Renaud La Joie, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Franc...

calendar.ucsf.edu

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Kenny Wilson @kennywilson.bsky.social · Dec 3

We found that low OXR1 levels in humans correlate with #Alzheimers, so we drove tau-induced toxicity in fly eyes, to see if we could rescue it with OXR1/retromer. Overexpression of OXR1 or retromer genes prevented this toxicity. Lots more to come from this, so stay tuned! Happy to discuss more 😊

Kenny Wilson @kennywilson.bsky.social · Dec 3

We next wanted to see if enhancing the retromer rescues brain degeneration. Not only did it reduce degeneration in brains of flies that had lost OXR1, but it improved age-related #neurodegeneration as well.