📢 The Longevist Curators have spoken - The 2nd Edition of The Longevist is now live! 🎉 Our expert team of Curators voted on-chain 🗳️ to determine which preprints from Q2 2023 are set to impact the longevity field! 🧬 👉longevist.xyz 🧵

Yahoo!! Buck receives $3.5 million for first-ever clinical trial of #ketone supplementation to treat or prevent frailty. TAKEOFF asks: Can putting older adults into #ketosis stave off a key aspect of geriatric syndrome? buckinstitute.org/news/the-buck-…

September is Healthy Aging Month. Jenna Bartley works with UConn Aging & Pepper Center and the Dept. of Immunology to study the strength of patients’ immune systems after receiving vaccines, looking into the aging process with the goal of developing #HealthyAging strategies.

New Research: Old drug, new tricks: the utility of metformin in infection and vaccination responses to influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in older adults #Aging frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

My newest review is out! Metformin has multiple beneficial effects outside of its clinical use in diabetes. Learn about its potential to improve aged immune responses to COVID-19 and flu #metformin #aging #COVID19 #flu

A survey of thousands of US academics has found that the number one reason that women leave faculty positions is poor “workplace climate”, which can encompass discrimination, dysfunctional leadership, a feeling of not fitting in and other problems. More: go.nature.com/46ZGmtU

With evidence that Hispanics have the highest incidence of Parkinson's disease compared to other ethnic groups in the US, Cristina Colón-Semenza is engaging with Hispanic communities to use physical activity to mitigate symptoms and disease progression. brnw.ch/21wDUSV

Great review by Dominique Teskey!

UConn's new undergraduate Education in Aging and Geroscience Research (EAGR) program is up-and-running! Undergraduate students interested in summer research and academic year coursework, check it out: …-aging-geroscience.research.uconn.edu

The Amer. Urol. Assn. (American Urological Association) and Urology Care Foundation have recognized the work of #UConnHealth's Dr. Iman Al-Naggar with a 2023 Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award which will support her future research. brnw.ch/21wFwtv

A tenure-track faculty position is available in our Department of Immunology at UConn Health School of Medicine. Vibrant dept, great colleagues, and much more!! Please RT. UConn Health UConn Research health.uconn.edu/immunology/

Transgender people face unique physical and mental health challenges. It is crucial that an inclusive healthcare environment address these needs respectively and effectively. #UConnHealth's Dr. Pooja offers advice on how you can support the transgender people in your life.

please RT. I am excited to share our open access paper MSJ introducing a #bilingual educational tool for awareness of early #MS. Lack of awareness in at-risk people and medical students is a unmet need in #MS care and research. Girl with MS ACTRIMS® stephen krieger 🧵 1/8

Check out some great research on aging immunity from some phenomenal women scientists in this Special Topic in Frontiers - Aging! #WomenInScience #agingresearch

I am so happy to officially introduce Dr. Dominique Martin! Dominique Teskey was the first grad student in my lab as a PI and I could not be more proud of her and her accomplishments! Congratulations Dom!! And hopefully the first on many Bartley lab grads! UConn Aging & Pepper Center UConn Health

Congrats Dr. Cohn! 😊

It's never too late to consider your health. #UConnHealth geneticist Blanka Rogina has found in studying flies that that even older subjects can benefit from a reduced calorie diet. ▶️ In the latest Science in Seconds, learn more about what this means for humans. #HealthyAging

Come join me and the great team at UConn Aging & Pepper Center !!

What an excellent conference International Cell Senescence Association! Thank you to the organizers for the opportunity to present both a talk and poster! Extra points for hosting in such a beautiful location!

The UConn Center on Aging ( UConn Aging & Pepper Center) conducts a variety of studies on aging-related issues. ▶️ In the latest UConn Health Minute, Jenna Bartley discusses her research looking at ketone ester supplementation to promote health, function and independence in older adults.