British Society for Research on Ageing

HOME PAGE - BSRA Promoting and funding research into the biology of ageing so we can all live healthier, longer lives Read our Vision Welcome to theBritish Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) History of the BSRA The...

We're also proud to see that long standing BSRA members Linda Partridge & Lynne Cox feature too! Both hold the BSRA's Lord Cohen medal, our highst award for contributions to Ageing Biology research🏅

Learn more about the BSRA's vision
👉 bsra.org.uk

🎙️ Ep1 of @briancoxtalks.bsky.social A Question of Science is out & it's on ageing research!

As @statto.bsky.social says “The single most important thing… is to campaign for more funding for ageing research!”

Here's how 👉 bsra.org.uk/donate/

#BSRA #AgeingResearch #SciencePodcast

I've just submitted my first UKRI fellowship application 🤞🎉meanwhile I've been out and about recently sharing early results of our research @nutritionsociety.bsky.social's SIG in Phytochemicals in Health @bsrageing.bsky.social and prepping for @icsasenescence.bsky.social Looking forward to it! 🔬🧪 🧬👩‍🔬

At #BSRA2025 we heard about bone health and ageing.

Help out our friends at @royalosteosoc.bsky.social. They want researchers interested in osteoporosis & bone health to feed back about their grants programme & it's future.

visit: bit.ly/47k6rr2 and have your say

Annnndddddd...

That's a wrap on #BSRA2025. WHAT. A. MEETING. Poster were presented, science was discussed, runs were 'fun', awards were given, and networks were built.

See someone you know in our snazzy video below? Tag them and let them know!

Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite. Other “replacement therapies” are showing promise for healthy longevity.

. @techreviewjp.bsky.social story reports Putin & Xi musing about immortality through organ transplants on a hot mic.

As it broke, journalist Jessica Hamzelou was at #BSRA2025, where our members provided a voice of reason against the hype.

🔗 (paywall) www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/05/1...

Thank you for the award and for the fantastic conference. Really looking forward to next year! ✨

“When we talk about muscle ageing, we’re talking about male muscle ageing. When we separate out by sex we see very different results”

@andersonrozalyn.bsky.social with an absolute masterclass on metabolism, caloric restriction and molecular events. A great lecture with wide ranging data!

And last, but very much not least, the 2025 Korenchevsky Prize for the best ECR oral presentation. This prize includes a oral presentation attendance at @americanaging.bsky.social's annual meeting.

We're pleased to award @lorenkell.bsky.social of @ox.ac.uk the Korenchevsky Prize. Congrats Loren! 🎉

And in first place (drum roll....) for the best poster presentation in 2025 is Payal Ganguly of @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Congratulations Payal!

In second place for this year's poster prize is Jordan Acheson from @manmetuni.bsky.social

In third place for this year's poster prize is @korzepamarie.bsky.social from @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Prizes time! 🎁

At our conference dinner the best posters prizes and Korenchevsky Prize for best ECR oral presentation at #BSRA2025 were announced.

First up, posters. Settle in for a thread of some awesome science from our fields emerging leaders 🧵

Good morning! It's day three of #BSRA2025, and we're getting ready for session one our last day.

After a fantastic society dinner last night (look out for videos and photos later) there's a few more coffee cups in peoples hands this morning. Can't think why...

How do we leverage increased public awareness of ageing biology to promote good science, not clickbait titles?

A panel by @drdavidcox.bsky.social, @dominicnutt.bsky.social, Elizabeth Mills, & @bradleyelliott.bsky.social explore how BSRA members can promote good science and what narratives work.

Ever seen a bear in a CT scanner?

Peter Stenvinkel of @ki.se delivering a tour de force through exposome, novel drug pathways and mechanisms, and a surprising number of models including brown bears, to understand ageing and drug targets.

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And it's #BSRA2025 day two already!

A full day's schedule, from the 7am fun run, breakfast on arrival, and it's now session one. Starting today with Prof Dawn Skelton walking us (joke intended...) through research into walking and other types of physical activity to prevent falls.

Annual BSRA fun run to kick off day two of #BSRA2025. As we heard yesterday, lifestyle factors and the exposome influence lifelong health, so a quick 5 km before today's full schedule of talks is great to see.

Great to have @americanaging.bsky.social chair & @omrf.bsky.social Prof Benjamin Miller speaking on Metformin/exercise interactions data from in vivo and human studies, some intriguing data!

#BSRA2025

Want to show your support for the BSRA and your passion for ageing biology research? Come by the reception desk and pick up a BSRA laptop* sticker!

*Or bag, or phone, or forehead. You do you #bsra2025

Great to have you!

Great to be at the BSRA @bsrageing.bsky.social meeting in Manchester and great to see @babrahaminst.bsky.social sponsoring it!

Huge thanks to @vivensa.bsky.social Magnitude Biosciences, and Oxford Immune Algorithmics for supporting this mornings Pitching and Commercialisation of Research Early Career Workshop!

A warm welcome to Manchester to those attending the British Society for Research on Ageing Annual Scientific Meeting. We have a terrific line up of sessions and looking for to engaging with our membership. @bsrageing.bsky.social

And we're ON!

Day 1 starts with an ECR workshop on commercialisation of research, then an opening talk by Prof Gordon Lithgow of
@buckinstitute.org

"Ageing is influenced by everything, diet, exercise, stress, toxins". The interplay between exposome, genetics, and ageing

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Will you be at the @bsrageing.bsky.social ‪#BSRA2025 this week? Look out for Institute contributions:
- @martint-babraham.bsky.social: RNA binding proteins in Tregs (Friday)
- Rahul Samant: proteostasis strategies, stress resilience & senescence (Friday)
- Institute facilities showcase

It's almost time, #BSRA2025 starts tomorrow.

Are you on the way to Manchester as well? Let us know!

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Thanks for the coverage London Daily News! If you're in Manchester in September, do check out this year's public lecture.

Internationally renowned expert to deliver one off lecture on protein and ageing in Manchester www.londondaily.news/internationa...

📢 By popular demand (and in true academic style), we’ve extended the #BSRA2025 registration deadline!

You now have until 11:59pm, Thurs 14 Aug to join us in Manchester for our biggest ageing research meeting yet.

Register here: meetinghand.com/e/74th-annua...

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