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06/25/10 "A role for SIRT1 in the hypoxic response" published in Molecular Cell.
06/01/10 Dr. Kaeberlein becomes co-director of the UW Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging.
04/04/10 Devon Chandler-Brown named a 2010 Goldwater Scholar.  
03/25/10 "Lessons on longevity from budding yeast" published in Nature.
03/18/10 "YODA: Software to facilitate high-throughput analysis of chronological life span, growth rate, and survival in budding yeast" published in BMC Bioinformatics. YODA can be accessed through SAGEWEB.
02/11/10 Kaeberlein lab research featured in Time magazine.
01/26/10 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute course OLL106962 "Why we age: New insights into the molecular causes of aging" meets Tuesdays at 10 AM in FSH 102.  If you are enrolled in the course, click here to go to the course website.
01/25/10 "Regulation of mRNA Translation as a Conserved Mechanism of Longevity Control" published in the book Protein Metabolism and Homeostasis in Aging edited by Nektarios Tavernarakis.  
01/21/10 "Resveratrol and rapamycin: are they anti-aging drugs?" published in BioEssays.
12/23/09 Kaeberlein Lab research featured in U.S. News and World Report.  
12/21/09 Congratulations to Devon Chandler-Brown on receiving a Mary Gates Research Scholarship for the second consecutive year.
12/21/09 Congratulations to Ben Dulken for receiving a Mary Gates Research Scholarship.
11/05/09 "Spermidine surprise for long life" published in Nature Cell Biology.
10/31/09 Dr. Kaeberlein appointed as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Institute for Aging Research at Guangdong Medical College in Dongguan, China.
10/15/09 Science in Medicine Lecture by Dr. Kaeberlein.  "Molecular mechanisms linking diet, disease, and aging".
10/02/09 "Aging is RSKy business" published in Science.
10/02/09 PATH517 "The Biology and Pathology of Aging" meets Fridays from 2:30-4:30 in T-478.  For more information, see the course website.
10/01/09 Podcast with Dr. Kaeberlein speaking on aging-related research from the Tufts Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging.
09/26/09 "Attenuation of Age-Related Metabolic Dysfunction in Mice With a Targeted Disruption of the C{beta} Subunit of Protein Kinase A" published in Journal of Gerontology.
09/11/09 "Hot Topics in Aging Research: Protein Translation, 2009" published in Aging Cell.
08/03/09 Dr. Kaeberlein discusses "why we die" on SETI radio.
08/01/09 "The hypoxic response and aging" published in Cell Cycle.
07/08/09 "A midlife longevity drug" published in Nature.  This News and Views provides perspective on the recent report that the TOR inhibitor rapamycin increases life span in mice.  Also see the UW press release "Longevity Pill on the Horizon".
06/25/09 "Measuring replicative lifespan in the budding yeast" published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments.
06/19/09 "The TOR pathway comes of age", a comprehensive review on the role of TOR signaling in aging, published in Biochim. Biophys. Acta.
06/15/09 "A genomic approach to yeast chronological aging" published in Methods in Molecular Biology
06/11/09 "Histone H4 lysine 16 acetylation regulates cellular lifespan" published in Nature
05/15/09 Dr. Kaeberlein was awarded the 2009 Undergraduate Mentor Award
05/15/09 Anna, Devon, Jenny, and Alex participated in the Undergraduate Research Symposium
05/12/09 Quantifying Yeast Chronological Life Span by Outgrowth of Aged Cells and Measuring Caenorhabditis elegans Life Span on Solid Media published by Journal of Visualized Experiments
04/16/09 "Proteasomal Regulation of the Hypoxic Response Modulates Aging in C. elegans" published in Science.
04/15/09 Dr. Kaeberlein will be speaking at the Association of Health Care Journalists annual meeting on April 17th.
03/15/09 "A molecular mechanism of chronological aging in yeast" published in Cell Cycle.
03/04/09 Congratulations to Anna Le and Devon Chandler-Brown for being awarded Mary Gates Research Scholarships.
12/25/08 The Kaeberlein Lab Facebook Group is on-line.
11/25/08 "Shortest-path network analysis is a useful approach toward identifyinggenetic determinants of longevity." published in PLoS One.
09/09/08 Dr. Kaeberlein speaks about the potential of sirtuins as therapeutic targets for age-associated disease at the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Rome, Italy.
09/08/08 "Hot topics: Protein translation 2008" published in Aging Cell.
08/07/08 "A molecular age barrier" published in Nature.
08/01/08 Dr. Kaeberlein awarded a 2008 New Scholar in Aging Award from the Ellison Medical Foundation.
07/02/08 "The ongoing saga of sirtuins and aging" published in Cell Metabolism.
06/20/08 Congratulations to graduating seniors Erika Korinke and Stephanie Ortman! Both will be beginning medical school in the fall.
06/02/08 Dr. Kaeberlein presents research findings at the Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging Symposium at the 2008 American Aging Association Annual Meeting
05/16/08 Six Kaeberlein Lab undergraduates presented research at the 2008 University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium. Posters: Christina Davis, Alex Huh, Erika Korinke, Anna Le, Jenny Sagar. Platform Presentation: Brynn Lydum.
05/08/08 Alex Huh selected as a 2008 NASA Space Grant recipient.
05/07/08 "Age- and calorie-independent life span extension from dietary restriction by bacterial deprivation in Caenorhabditis elegans" published in BMC Developmental Biology.
04/17/08 "Yeast lifespan extension by depletion of 60S ribosomal subunits is mediated by Gcn4" published in Cell. See the press release.
03/15/08 Dr. Kaeberlein participated inthe Alzheimer's Association Western and Central Washington State Chapter 8th Annual Gala Dinner and Auction, "An Evening to Remember". More than $150,000 was raised to support research in the Kaeberlein lab toward developing therapies to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
03/13/08 "Quantitative evidence for conserved longevity pathways between divergent eukaryotic species" published on-line in Genome Research . See the press release.
03/12/08 Dietary restriction suppresses proteotoxicity and enhances longevity by an hsf-1-dependent mechanism in C. elegans published early on-line in Aging Cell.
02/27/08 "A high-throughput quantiative analysis of yeast chronological life span" published in the Journal of Gerontology.
01/10/08 PATH501 "Molecular Mechanisms Linking Diet, Disease, and Aging" meets each Friday during Winter Quarter from 3:30-5PM in I-132.
11/26/07 Undergraduate researchers Alex Huh, Erika Korinke, and Brynn Lydum received the prestigious Mary Gates Scholar Award. They join past Kaeberlein Lab Mary Gates Scholars, Brynn Lydum and Joe Jardine.
11/17/07 Dr. Kaeberlein will chair a session on "TOR and Aging" at the 2007 Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
11/14/07 Dr. Kaeberlein will participate in the 2007 National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives on "The Future of Human Healthspan" from November 14th-17th.
11/13/07 Dr. Kaeberlein will speak at the 2007 Buck Institute Symposium on "Nutrient Signaling and Aging".
11/12/07 "Dietary restriction by bacterial deprivation increases life span in wild-derived nematodes" published early online in Experimental Gerontology.
10/21/07 Dr. Kaeberlein will present at the 2007 CASW New Horizons in Science Briefing
09/14/07 "Protein translation, 2007" published early online in Aging Cell
09/02/07 "Molecular Basis of Aging" published early online at EMBO Reports
07/17/07 Dr. Kaeberlein appeared on ABC News Nightline in a story discussing the potential of resveratrol for human health