Imai Lab

So proud of Rana Abdalla for earning first place for her poster at the Regional Medical Education Conference (RMEC) in Chicago! Love to see our undergrads doing great work 👏

Great science among incredible colleagues! #cshlaging

And our second paper of the year: hypothalamic neurons regulate aging and longevity via hypothalamic-adipose inter-tissue communication. Activation of these neurons increases lifespan! @KTokizane sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Big start to 2024: we demonstrate an accurate, quantitative methodology for measuring NMN in biological samples by LC-MS. Congrats @JunyaUnno12 & Kathy! nature.com/articles/s4151…

We are SO proud of @Cecilia_LHY who successfully defended her thesis on motivation, aging, and social isolation. Congrats Dr. Lei! Onward to the next scientific adventure 👏

First lab lunch in 3 years (!) - mafe & cake. Happy birthday, Shin

New developments on the NMN transporter: Slc12a8 in the hypothalamus maintains energy metabolism & skeletal muscle functions during aging. Congrats Naoki & Kiyoshi for their amazing work! 🥳@CellReports cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Celebrating 20 years! Here's to many more years of productive aging 🎉