Recent news, events and blog posts
Announcing New Summer Internships
January 31, 2012 by Daniel Kimbel from Academic Initiative
In the summer of 2012, the Academic Initiative will bring as many as three students to the SENS Foundation Research Center in Mountain View, California to participate in SENS research for three months. These students will receive monthly stipends and, if they are not local to the San Francisco Bay Area, a credit towards airfare.
Web Resources
January 22, 2012 by David Lefkowitz from Web Recon
The goal of the web recon project is to make resources for learning about aging readily available. It is assumed that the target audience will have a wide variation in range of prior knowledge. Therefore, it will include material suitable for novice, intermediate, and advanced students. As of this writing, it is unclear how long the construction and organization of these pages will take. In the interest of making information available sooner, the following is provided in relatively unstructured format, with refinements to follow.
SNPs in miRNAs of aged individuals
January 17, 2012 by Nick Schaum from MiRNA and Ageing
Since completing a comprehensive list of SNPs in pre-miRNA coding regions using the UCSC Genome Browser with Common SNP Build 135, we have been working to map SNP locations as well as mature miRNA regions and seed regions to the pre-miRNA sequence. After comparison to previous studies of SNPs in miRNAs, we will begin analysis of a large dataset of genomes from aged individuals to create a similar list of SNPs in pre-miRNA regions. Comparisons between these lists should indicate significant differences and similarities in SNPs in miRNAs of older individuals.
Early January Update
January 6, 2012 by Kris Barnes from The Effects of PQQ on Aging and Age-Related Gene Expression Profiles in C. elegans
Currently the C. Elegans BA15 worm cultures are growing and reproducing on NGM plates in a 15 degree Celsius incubator. Soon, following return of students to the school, a liquid culture of worms will be grown and NGM plates with PQQ will be poured, in preparation for the beginning of trials in early February.
Welcome to the Academic Initiative's New Site
January 3, 2012 by Daniel Kimbel from Academic Initiative
Welcome to the SENS Foundation Academic Initiative’s new website. In addition to containing more comprehensive information about the Initiative and what it does, this site offers a number of new features, including a listing of outreach projects and a searchable database of member profiles. The site leaves plenty of room for the Initiative to grow into, thanks to its new committee pages, its new media section, and its more streamlined navigation.
NFT-Specific Tau Vaccine Arrests Tangle Progress
January 1, 2012 by Michael Rae from Chief Science Officer's Team
Immunotherapy targeting the age-related accumulation of extracellular aggregates, in the form of ß-amyloid, is the first rejuvenation biotechnology to reach Phase III human clinical trials.
Holiday Appeal
Congratulations to our Winter 2011 Scholarship Recipients
December 22, 2011 by Daniel Kimbel from Academic Initiative
Each semester, the SENS Foundation Academic Initiative awards merit-based scholarships to a handful of its students and mentors. This round's winners dedicated significant time and energy to the Initiative, helping it to become the best program it can be. The recipients are listed below:
What is 'cooking' at SENSF RC this holiday season?
December 22, 2011 by Tanya Jones from RC Updates
Like most people around this time of year, we did a little celebrating at the SENS Foundation Research Center recently, hosting a holiday party at the lab. MitoSENS researcher Gayathri Swaminathan prepared a brief post show some of the delicacies enjoyed during the festivities.
$30,000 in Academic Initiative Grants
December 7, 2011 by Daniel Kimbel from Academic Initiative
The SENS Foundation Academic Initiative is pleased to announce that it will be awarding up to $30,000 in materials grants in 2012. These grants are available to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, and may be used to cover the cost of laboratory materials for aging- and rejuvenation-related research projects. A typical grant will range from $500-$2000, but grants of up to $5000 may be awarded for group projects.
