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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 @UWMadison and @wysscoray @Stanford @kapahi_pankaj

Congrats to postdoc Olga Bielska, the winner of this year’s Impact Circle award! Our popular donor group is funding her early research aimed restoring aged human immune cells. Meet Olga and learn about the “mitochondrial switch’: buckinstitute.org/news/the-bucks…

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 buckinstitute.org/news/longevity…

This Mother's Day, give a 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 buckinstitute.org/donate/

Another full house today at our monthly community seminar! Our guest today is Dr @NathanPriceSci. 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 @NathanPriceSci. tedai-sanfrancisco.ted.com/speakers/natha… #AI

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. buckinstitute.org/blog/faces-of-…

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. @mkaeberlein 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!”

Women’s health has long been underrepresented in research. New work led by Buck faculty member Ashley Webb helps change that, advancing our understanding of how aging impacts women at the cellular level. Read the study: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #WomensHealth #Geroscience

Big news at the Buck: world-renowned cell biologist Peter Walter, PhD, has joined our faculty. His discoveries transformed our understanding of how cells maintain health—and what happens when that breaks down in aging and disease. Welcome, Peter! buckinstitute.org/news/the-buck-…

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 buckinstitute.org/news/apoe4-the…

Blast off! Buck scientists make the case for space as a model for accelerated aging. nature.com/articles/s4358… @NatureAging @furmanbios @winer_imm_lab

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! buckinstitute.org/news/a-small-m…

New podcast dropped today!! Buck scientist Brianna Stubbs sits down with Hanadie Yousef, Co-Founder of Juvena Therapeutics, to discuss the cutting-edge of longevity science, moving beyond "snake oil" and into a future where science-based therapies help us stay younger, longer.

Another packed house today at the Buck at our monthly community seminar. Today’s seminar guest is Dr. Dean Ornish on Taking Control of Your Health. Dr. Ornish is one of the pioneers of taking a lifestyle-driven approach to heart disease and other chronic diseases.

Hot off the Buck blog press! In his latest monthly column in Marin Magazine, Buck Institute's CEO, Dr. Eric Verdin, shares a simple, science-backed way to improve your health: eat a daily handful of nuts. buckinstitute.org/blog/want-to-b…

Yesterday we hosted FRS speaker Dr. Catherine Kaczorowski who gave an outstanding seminar on the role of dietary restriction and genetic determinations on cognition. Thank you Dr. Kaczorowski!

FRS seminar with Assistant Professor Samantha Lewis from UC Berkeley, who gave a terrific talk on her work on mitochondria, and also gave valuable career advice at an MTA-organized event.