UW Nathan Shock Center

Trainee Spotlight! Sarah Tomlin is a PhD student in the Molecular and Cellular Biology program in the Lehrbach Lab at Fred Hutch. Sarah’s focus is on understanding how the scaffolding protein ECPS-1 influences proteasome regulation and elucidating the regulatory pathways that govern proteostasis.

We are one week away from our annual George M Martin Memorial Symposium! Please join us for this hybrid event (in person registration includes lunch and reception).

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Attend via Zoom here: washington.zoom.us/j/93799036730

Registration for the 2025 George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium is now open! Please register at the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Trainee Spotlight time!
Ellen Bakotich is a Neuroscience PhD candidate in the Buffalo Lab, studying the neurobiological mechanisms of cognitive aging. Her thesis work investigates how normative aging affects eye movement behaviors in aged non-human primates viewing natural images.

Trainee Spotlight!
Dr. Joe Armstrong is a postdoc in Maitreya Dunham’s lab in the dept of Genome Sciences. His research focuses on using baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and modified continuous culture systems known as aging chemostats to evolve yeast cells to extend replicative lifespan.

Trainee Spotlight! Each week you will meet 1 of the 12 amazing trainees from our BMHA T32 program.

First, Emily Teets!
Emily is a PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Aakanksha Singhvi. They study the effect of disease-relevant genes on glia-neuron interactions and use C. elegans as a model organism.

Please join us in celebrating former predoctoral T32 trainee, now PhD, Dr. Kira Evitts on her wonderful defense today!

Pictured: Dr. Jessica Young (co-mentor), Dr. Kira Evitts, Dr. Ying Zheng (co-mentor)

Jessica Young, Co-Director of the UW Nathan Shock Center and the BMHA T32 program, and the Young Lab have been awarded two Weill Neurohub Investigator awards for funding 2025-2027. The first with the Allen Institute for Brain Science and UCSF; the second with UC Berkeley and UCSF. Congrats!

Registration for the 2025 George M Martin Memorial Geroscience Symposium is now open! Please register at the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

6th ANNUAL CENTER FOR TRANSLATIONAL MUSCLE RESEARCH (CTMR) SYMPOSIUM
WHEN: Friday, November 21, 2025, 9:00AM – 5:00PM PT
WHERE: UW South Lake Union (SLU) campus (850 Republican St., Seattle, WA, 98109), C Building, Orin Smith Auditorium
THEME: Modeling and Metabolism in Muscle Research

Application Requirements - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute BMHA Training Program Application Procedures We invite applications from individuals who are interested in being considered for this program. Please note that all trainees in this program must be elig...

Our Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Program is enthusiastic to share that we have 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral openings for our T32 program with a start date of 8/15/2025. Applications are due to Rose Anderson at rosesa@uw.edu by 7/20/2025. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/bmha/applica...

Pilot Project - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute 2024 Pilot Project Awards About The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center and Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute are soliciting applications to support pilot projects in the biology...

We are excited to announce that the UW Nathan Shock Center for Excellence in aging is now open to pilot applications! Applicants are required to contact the Core Leader prior to applying to ensure core capacity for the project. Apply by 10/15/2025 to uwhalo@uw.edu. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/pilot/

tetrad dissection microscopes lined up on a bench

We also had 4 tetrad dissection microscopes join the lab this week, as part of the @uw-nsc.bsky.social renewal! These belonged to Matt Kaeberlein as part of their large scale efforts to measure replicative lifespan in yeast. We are now offering them as loaners for labs who want to try lifespans.

Pilot Project - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute 2024 Pilot Project Awards About The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center and Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute are soliciting applications to support pilot projects in the biology...

We are excited to announce that the UW Nathan Shock Center for Excellence in aging is now open to pilot applications! Applicants are required to contact the Core Leader prior to applying to ensure core capacity for the project. Apply by 10/15/2025 to uwhalo@uw.edu. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/pilot/

Application Requirements - Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute BMHA Training Program Application Procedures We invite applications from individuals who are interested in being considered for this program. Please note that all trainees in this program must be elig...

Our Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Program is enthusiastic to share that we have 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral openings for our T32 program with a start date of 8/15/2025. Applications are due to Rose Anderson at rosesa@uw.edu by 7/20/2025. halo.dlmp.uw.edu/bmha/applica...

Congratulations to our BMHA T32 Trainee Cristina Gildee, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, for being nominated for the 2025 College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Medal at the University of Washington! You can read more about this award here: admin.artsci.washington.edu/curriculum/d...

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Dr. Mitchell Lee (recording available) @orabiomedical.bsky.social
Dr. Shelly Erickson (recording available)
Dr. Aimee Kao (will not be recorded)
Dr. Matt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social
D. Peter Sudmant @psudmant.bsky.social

Please see the Nathan Shock Coordinating Center website for opportunities for conferences, webinars, jobs, and grants in aging research! nathanshockcenters.org/opportunities

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The best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit home Top scientists are cutting staff at their labs. Postdocs are leaving the country. Here's how the Trump cuts are playing out at the University of Washington.

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Dr. Arjune Dhanekula, an M.D. on our Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging T32 Training Grant was awarded first place at the UW Department of Surgery Schilling Symposium! Congratulations Dr. @arjunedhanekula.bsky.social!

Comment: Funding delays jeopardize research of healthy aging | HeraldNet.com A freeze of NIH funding threatens research into aging and Alzheimer’s at the UW School of Medicine.

Directors across aging research centers at UW have an op-ed featured in the Everett Herald. Check it out: www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...

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Dr. Mitchell Lee 4/10 (recording available) @orabiomedical.bsky.social
Dr. Shelly Erickson 4/24
Dr. Aimee Kao 5/8
Dr. Matt Yousefzadeh 5/22@mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social
D. Peter Sudmant 6/5 @psudmant.bsky.social

@americanaging.bsky.social

🗣️ In this #CrossTalk, David J. Marcinek & Luigi Ferrucci argue that all studies of #mitochondrial function and energetics should consider the independent effects of #ageing and physical activity in their design and analyses. 🗣️

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We look forward to seeing you all at the 2025 AGE Meeting in Anchorage this May! Our Nathan Shock Center Co-Director, David Marcinek, PhD, will be giving a talk on Monday, May 12th. Register here: age.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...

One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The center’s brain bank is preserving more than 4,000 bra...

NBC featured the UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the important role that NIH funding plays in research.

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🌟 Join us in Anchorage, Alaska for the AGE 53rd Annual Meeting: New Frontiers in Aging Research! 🌟

This is an event you won’t want to miss!

📅 Save the Date & Be Part of the Conversation!

Virtual Travel Awards are available for the upcoming RCCN Workshop “AI and Health Behaviors for Healthy Aging." Awardees will participate in a special pre-workshop career development session. Learn more here: bit.ly/4hvi9kO #AgingResearch