Remote but not isolated
2020
I helped organized an online seminar series for 1500 people with no planning. Here are some thoughts on how it went, what we learned, and how it might shape in person meetings in the future....
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Integration of immune-metabolic signals to preserve healthy aging
2020
Inflammation is a broad term that refers to a collection of carefully balanced programs in the body. These pathways are essential for detecting invading microorganisms, controlling the spread of infection,...
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The microbiome: An emerging key player in aging and longevity
2020
Revolutionary advancements of high-throughput sequencing and metagenomic tools have provided new insights to microbiome function, including a bidirectional relationship between the microbiome and host...
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Remodeling of the H3 nucleosomal landscape during mouse aging
2020
In multi-cellular organisms, the control of gene expression is key not only for development, but also for adult cellular homeostasis, and deregulation of gene expression correlates with aging. A key...
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ELOVL2: Not just a biomarker of aging
2020
DNA methylation of the ELOVL2 (Elongation Of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids-Like 2) promoter is one of the most robust molecular biomarkers for chronological age, but whether ELOVL2 plays a functional...
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Automated phenotyping and lifespan assessment of a C. elegans model of Parkinson’s disease
2020
Phenotypic analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans has greatly advanced our understanding of the molecular mechanisms implicated in the aging process as well as in age-related pathologies. However, conventional...
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Improving trainee engagement in science: Lessons from a virtual seminar series
2020
To be a successful researcher, you are expected to have important skills beyond the bench such as being able to ask questions, talk about science with your peers, and organize scientific events. However,...
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The eroding chromatin landscape of aging stem cells
2020
Adult stem cells undergo both replicative and chronological aging in their niches, with catastrophic declines in regenerative potential with age. Due to repeated environmental insults during aging,...
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Gene network analysis of senescence-associated genes in annual plants and comparative assessment of aging in perennials and animals
2019
Aging, resulting from degenerative changes in cell metabolism, affects fecundity and longevity. To increase lifespan in animals or plants, manipulation in gene modification or pharmacology intervention...
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DDS promotes longevity through a microbiome-mediated starvation signal
2019
The antibiotic diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS) is used in combination with other antibiotics as a first line treatment for leprosy. DDS has been previously reported to extend lifespan in Caenorhabditis...
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Advances in pharmacological interventions of aging in mice
2019
The remarkable breakthroughs in aging research pave the way allowing us to explore potential interventions to slow down aging process, and more importantly, to improve healthiness. Multiple approaches,...
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Recent studies on anti-aging compounds with Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism
2019
Extension of lifespan and amelioration of aging-associated phenotypes have been targets of many studies. Some of the established methods of increasing lifespan including dietary restriction and genetic...
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Amino acids in the regulation of aging and aging-related diseases
2019
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, but also play important cellular signaling roles. The mechanisms through which altered levels of many amino acids are sensed and the signals transmitted...
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Role of the circadian clock in fine-tuning the process of leaf senescence in plants
2019
Leaf senescence is a developmental process and a critical evolutionary strategy for fitness in plants, involving highly organized regulatory mechanisms. Many environmental signals as well as internal...
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The function of lncRNAs in aging-related diseases and 3D genome
2019
In the past decades, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been indicated to play important roles in almost every biological process. Aging is a gradual and irreversible biological processes and associated...
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Steroid signaling mediates longevity responses to the eat-2 genetic model of dietary restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans
2019
Dietary restriction (DR) extends lifespan in a wide range of model organisms, including Caenorhabditis elegans. It is an interesting but yet to be addressed question whether hormones serve as a systemic...
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Drosophila melanogaster as a model system in the study of pharmacological interventions in aging
2019
Drosophila melanogaster has been used as a model system in biological studies for a long time, and those studies have contributed to elucidating the principal mechanisms of life and aging. The notable...
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Rb analog Whi5 regulates G1 to S transition and cell size but not replicative lifespan in budding yeast
2019
An increase in cell size with age is a characteristic feature of replicative aging in budding yeast. Deletion of the gene encoding Whi5 results in shortened duration of G1 and reduced cell size, and...
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Applications of high-throughput ‘omics’ data in the study of frailty
2019
Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome and a risk factor for many diseases, even mortality. However, the specific molecular biomarkers for diagnosis and therapeutic targets of frailty are still lacking....
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An inexpensive microscopy system for microfluidic studies in budding yeast
2019
Recently, microfluidic technologies have been developed to allow higher throughput collection of yeast replicative lifespan data. Adoption of these devices has been limited, in part, due to the high...
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