In case you missed it: Diana Laird and her lab dropped this awesome Science paper. A deep dive comparing human and mouse ovaries over time, spotlighting conserved aging features to enhance our translational understanding. A major win for reproductive health! www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

In case you missed it: BARI’s John Greenland and lab found frailty in lung transplant recipients links to shorter telomeres and anemia – but not epigenetic age or inflammation. Not all aging hallmarks hit equally! Read the interesting details here: www.amjtransplant.org/action/showP...

Big congrats to BARI’s Xian Piao and her lab for their awesome paper in Neuron! They found that microglial ADGRG1 turns on MYC to make microglia more protective and better at clearing amyloid to keep neurons healthier in Alzheimer's models. Huge win for AD research! #Alzheimers #Neuroscience

BARI congratulates fellow UCSF aging scientist Lauren Hunt for winning the 2025 Terrie Fox Wetle Rising Star Award from AFAR! Using big data to make hospice & palliative care for dementia patients – such important work. BARI is cheering you on! #AgingResearch www.afar.org/news/afar-pl...

Huge congrats to Jarin Tusnim, postdoc in the Piao Lab at BARI, for her Cure Alzheimer's Fund grant! Jarin is exploring how ADGRG1 helps microglia stop tau from spreading, which could lead to boosting brain protection for new AD therapies. Great work Jarin! #Alzheimers #CureAlz bit.ly/4j79J4Q

Exciting research from BARI member Ken Nakamura! Their study out in @ScienceAdvances shows for the first time in vivo, a better understanding of how mitochondrial dysfunction can lead to α-synuclein accumulation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease. Check out the story here: bit.ly/4aWt4n4

So proud of our research teams at BARI - @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social now #2 globally in this year’s Nature Index for Aging! Excited to keep challenging what’s possible for healthier aging. Check out the full list: www.nature.com/nature-index... #BARI #UCSF #Geroscience

Been working on a really strange retron bacterial immune system, here's the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Type VI retrons are unlike any other. Phage infection triggers reverse transcription of a DNA fragment that activates translation of a toxin to kill the infected cell.

Nancy Allen and Tien Peng's study reveals that age-dependent NF-kB activation in tissue fibroblasts contributes to #inflammaging by remodeling immune architecture and promoting exhausted T cell populations. bit.ly/4qlIR4k

Kate Cavanaugh and Orion Weiner's research out now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social identifies a mechanical defect in embryos from aged mothers that impairs implantation. These findings could enhance embryo selection in Assisted #Reproductive Technologies. bit.ly/47tY7V8

In our October issue: Ferritin light chain 1 (FTL1), an iron-associated protein, is a pro-aging neuronal factor that increases with age and promotes cognitive decline. Targeting FTL1 in the brain improved cognition in old mice @VilledaLab @ucsfaging.bsky.social @UCSF www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Sara LaHue, @geriscidoc.bsky.social, and others published in @geroscience.bsky.social an interdisciplinary effort to identify longitudinal transcriptomic changes in adults with #delirium hospitalized with #COVID-19. bit.ly/4o8wMO7

It's wonderful to see the number of outstanding applicants increase each year for our graduate student fellowships in collaboration with the UCSF Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging. Congrats to this year's recipients! #GeroSky #SciSky

A recent manuscript published in @jclinical-invest.bsky.social led by Preeti Yadav from Mallar Bhattacharya's lab in collaboration with other BARI colleagues identifies an #immune-mesenchymal circuit that fuels fibrotic metabolism in #lung_fibrosis. bit.ly/4gmuiZM

Check out the recent publication by Ken Nakamura's Lab in @elife.bsky.social!

A new study, led by Kushal (Berkeley), Nicole&Victoria (UCSF) in full collaboration with @karthikshekhar.bsky.social, "Molecular and spatial analysis of ganglion cells on retinal flatmounts identifies perivascular neurons resilient to glaucoma" sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #retina #MERFISH

A recent manuscript published in @nataging.nature.com by Laura Remesal Gomez and the Villeda Lab identifies ferritin light chain 1 (FTL1) as a pro-aging neuronal factor that impairs #cognition, and as a potential target for cognitive #rejuvenation. Link to manuscript here: bit.ly/4lG46dp #GeroSky

How do tumor cells co-opt neighboring #adipocytes to promote #tumorigenesis? @andreigoga.bsky.social and colleagues identify a direct tumor cell-adipocyte interaction that activates lipolysis in triple negative breast cancer models. #SciSky #GeroSky bit.ly/4mRZYYN @natureportfolio.nature.com

Our latest on cancer metabolism by star student Tonatiuh Montoya @ctbatucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social Liver cancers driven by the MYC oncogene are reliant on alanine metabolism. Alanine is the second most abundant amino acid and can partially substitute for glucose and glutamine. 🧪

Interesting work from Xianhua Piao, MD, PhD on the interplay between G-protein-coupled receptor, ADGRG1, and MYC activation to promote a protective microglial state in a 5xFAD mouse model. Manuscript here: bit.ly/3HhtmbP

Anudari Letian and the Goldberg Lab investigated how #neutrophils acquire #lipids from their environment and how this influences their functionality. Neutrophil-deficient mice showed protection against #atherosclerosis. Check on the article on bioRxiv here: bit.ly/3H9E3x5

We are thrilled to announce the awardees of our postdoctoral fellowships! Please join us in congratulating Ting Gong, @marioruizperez.bsky.social, Claire Huguenard, PhD, Hayden Holmlund, and Michaelangelo Gonzatti. 🎉

📣 We are thrilled to announce @denadubal.bsky.social is joining our Executive Committee! Dr. Dubal's research investigates the molecular mechanisms of #aging, #resilience, and #neurodegenerative_disease. #SciSky #GeroSky

Intriguing work by @rushika-perera.bsky.social identifies #PCSK9 as a driver of metastatic growth in #pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Published in @nature.com. #SciSky go.nature.com/4ksf5Y1

A collaboration between Mallar Bhattacharya and Paul Wolters shows that in a mouse model of IPF, early AT2 cell transdifferentiation and senescence is driven by enhanced p53 activity in response to #DNA damage. Out now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: bit.ly/4dJG6DN #GeroSky #SciSky

@nadavahituv.bsky.social and colleagues use a massively parallel jumping assay to assess the ability of retrotransposons to jump and identify nucleotide changes that have the potential to reactivate them in their latest manuscript published in @natcomms.nature.com. go.nature.com/4k7pqIK

Frailty in lung transplant patients is linked to anemia and telomere dysfunction. A study by John Greenland found that epigenetic aging correlated with chronological age, and not with frailty, highlighting the importance of telomere dysfunction and anemia in this patient population. bit.ly/4mvBgyi

Our morning concluded with a few more trainee talks and another keynote speaker, Dr. Beth Stevens. #microglial #CNS #inflammation #aging

Keynote speaker Dr. Vera Gorbunova kicked off the symposium followed by two of our trainees Mariko Foecke and Christoforos Meliadis. #ovary #bone #aging

Today is a special day! It's our second BARI symposium at the de Young Museum in the beautiful Golden Gate Park.

Could a reawakening of the silenced X chromosome in females help slow aging-induced cognitive decline? Check out the work by @denadubal.bsky.social along with colleagues Kaitlin Casaletto, Bérénice Benayoun, and Vijay Ramani in Science Advances: bit.ly/3FlN3hj #GeroSky #SciSky

Research from Isha Jain and colleagues published in @cellpress.bsky.social shows that HypoxyStat can prevent or reverse mitochondrial disease in a preclinical mouse model. The study suggests potential transformations in therapeutic strategy for treating other mitochondrial disorders. bit.ly/4kh0csc

👏 Don't miss Samira Abdulai-Saiku's manuscript published in @nature.com! Great work coming from @denadubal.bsky.social's lab, furthering our understanding of the relationship between the X chromosome and brain aging. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check out T. Richard Parenteau's work in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology published in December! This study links the age-related increase in epidermis permeability with #inflammaging. Read the article here: bit.ly/4gVs8jg

What if we had therapies to extend healthspan and prevent the onset of age-related diseases? PROSPR Program Manager, Andrew Brack, talked with Translating Aging about building a new therapeutic industry focused on maintaining health during aging. player.captivate.fm/episode/1f42...

Compelling data coming from a multi-institution collaboration that included our executive committee member Diana Laird! Looking forward to unlocking more naked mole rat secrets. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Interesting work by Yousin Suh, Marco Conti, and colleagues published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social @natureaging.bsky.social. Multi-omic analyses revealed #mTOR signaling as a prominent #ovary-specific #aging pathway. www.nature.com/articles/s43...