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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · 1d

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 · Aug 26

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 · 12d

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 · 15d

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 · Sep 2

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 · Aug 26

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 · Aug 20

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 · Jul 16

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Program is enthusiastic to share that we have 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral openings for our T32 program with a start date of 8/15/2025. Applications are due to Rose Anderson at [email protected] by 7/20/2025. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/bmha/applica...

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 · Jul 1

We are excited to announce that the UW Nathan Shock Center for Excellence in aging is now open to pilot applications! Applicants are required to contact the Core Leader prior to applying to ensure core capacity for the project. Apply by 10/15/2025 to [email protected]. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/pilot/

Pilot Project - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute

2024 Pilot Project Awards About The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center and Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute are soliciting applications to support pilot projects in the biology...

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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · Jun 23

We also had 4 tetrad dissection microscopes join the lab this week, as part of the @uw-nsc.bsky.social renewal! These belonged to Matt Kaeberlein as part of their large scale efforts to measure replicative lifespan in yeast. We are now offering them as loaners for labs who want to try lifespans.

tetrad dissection microscopes lined up on a bench

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Jul 1

We are excited to announce that the UW Nathan Shock Center for Excellence in aging is now open to pilot applications! Applicants are required to contact the Core Leader prior to applying to ensure core capacity for the project. Apply by 10/15/2025 to [email protected]. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/pilot/

Pilot Project - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute

2024 Pilot Project Awards About The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center and Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute are soliciting applications to support pilot projects in the biology...

halo.dlmp.uw.edu

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Program is enthusiastic to share that we have 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral openings for our T32 program with a start date of 8/15/2025. Applications are due to Rose Anderson at [email protected] by 7/20/2025. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/bmha/applica...

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...

halo.dlmp.uw.edu

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · May 9

Congratulations to our BMHA T32 Trainee Cristina Gildee, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, for being nominated for the 2025 College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Medal at the University of Washington! You can read more about this award here: admin.artsci.washington.edu/curriculum/d...

Dean's Medalist Criteria | College of Arts and Sciences - Administrative GatewayCollege of Arts & Sciences Administrative Gateway

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · May 8

Register to attend by Zoom: washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Dr. Mitchell Lee (recording available) @orabiomedical.bsky.social
Dr. Shelly Erickson (recording available)
Dr. Aimee Kao (will not be recorded)
Dr. Matt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social
D. Peter Sudmant @psudmant.bsky.social

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · May 8

Please see the Nathan Shock Coordinating Center website for opportunities for conferences, webinars, jobs, and grants in aging research! nathanshockcenters.org/opportunities

Opportunities in the Field

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · May 8

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Ask the Expert: UW Nathan Shock Center Co-Director David Marcinek, PhD, discusses the challenge of making sense of huge amounts of data generated in aging research - American Federation for Aging Rese...

David Marcinek, PhDThe University of Washington Nathan Shock Center, Center Co-Director. There are eight Nathan Shock Centers in the Biology of Aging

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · May 8

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The best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit home

Top scientists are cutting staff at their labs. Postdocs are leaving the country. Here's how the Trump cuts are playing out at the University of Washington.

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Apr 28

Dr. Arjune Dhanekula, an M.D. on our Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging T32 Training Grant was awarded first place at the UW Department of Surgery Schilling Symposium! Congratulations Dr. @arjunedhanekula.bsky.social!

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Apr 28

Directors across aging research centers at UW have an op-ed featured in the Everett Herald. Check it out: www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...

Comment: Funding delays jeopardize research of healthy aging | HeraldNet.com

A freeze of NIH funding threatens research into aging and Alzheimer’s at the UW School of Medicine.

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Apr 23

Register to attend by Zoom: washington.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Dr. Mitchell Lee 4/10 (recording available) @orabiomedical.bsky.social
Dr. Shelly Erickson 4/24
Dr. Aimee Kao 5/8
Dr. Matt Yousefzadeh 5/[email protected]
D. Peter Sudmant 6/5 @psudmant.bsky.social

UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Apr 22

@americanaging.bsky.social

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The Journal of Physiology @jphysiol.bsky.social · Jan 15

🗣️ In this #CrossTalk, David J. Marcinek & Luigi Ferrucci argue that all studies of #mitochondrial function and energetics should consider the independent effects of #ageing and physical activity in their design and analyses. 🗣️

🔗 https://buff.ly/42fYLDA

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Apr 22

We look forward to seeing you all at the 2025 AGE Meeting in Anchorage this May! Our Nathan Shock Center Co-Director, David Marcinek, PhD, will be giving a talk on Monday, May 12th. Register here: age.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...

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UW Nathan Shock Center @uw-nsc.bsky.social · Apr 18

NBC featured the UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the important role that NIH funding plays in research.

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One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy

A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The center’s brain bank is preserving more than 4,000 bra...

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