The SENS Foundation's researchers have reached their decisions, and all of the applicants to the SENS Foundation Academic Initiative's 2012 summer internship program have been informed of their status. We're excited to be able to bring some interns to the SENSF-RC this summer, but regret that we could not accept nearly all of the qualified applicants who expressed interest in our program. This will be the internship program's first year, but we're optimistic that the program will be repeated in subsequent years.

Over the last few months, the SENS Foundation Academic Initiative has witnessed a rapid increase in its membership numbers, and in the interest it receives from students across the United States and the world. In order to properly utilize and expand upon this interest, the Initiative will need new volunteers, new ideas, and new projects.

A literature review written by Academic Initiative members Adiv Johnson, Kemal Akman, Stuart Calimport, and Daniel Wuttke, with oversight and assistance from two professors who will be listed as co-authors, has been accepted for publication by Rejuvenation Research. The paper, "The Role of DNA Methylation in Aging, Rejuvenation, and Age-Related Disease," will be the first Initiative project to be published since late 2010. It is reasonable to expect, however, that published papers will begin to emerge from the Initiative at a more steady rate.

Hello fellow SENS members,

My name is Zach Dragone.  I am a student in business and finance going to school in Massachusetts.  Like everyone working with SENS, I am fascinated with the work behind the institute, and hope to help push the cause forward.