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2012-04-28 Dr. Kaeberlein to speak at the Northwest Biology Instructors' Organization Conference.
2012-04-16 "Midlife gene expressions identify modulators of aging through dietary interventions" published in PNAS.
2012-03-13 "Hypertrophy and senescence factors in yeast aging" published in FEMS Yeast Research.
2012-03-12 Congratulations to Mollie Holmberg, Sean Higgins, Shannon Klum, Marissa Fletcher, and Heather Schneider for each being awarded a Mary Gates Research Scholarship!
2012-02-29 "Ribosome deficiency protects against ER stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" published in Genetics.
2012-01-09 "A new chronological survival assay in mammalian cell culture" published in Cell Cycle.
2012-01-06 Path 517: The Biology and Pathology of Aging meets Fridays at 2:30 PM during Winter Quarter.  See the course webpage for locations and course materials. 
2011-12-05 Congratulations to Natalie Trongtham for being awarded a Mary Gates Research Scholarship!
2011-12-02 Dr. Kaeberlein featured in Science Magazine News Focus on Sirtuins
2011-11-21 "The MDT-15 Subunit of Mediator Interacts with Dietary Restriction to Modulate Longevity and Fluoranthene Toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans" published in PLoS One.
2011-11-19 Dr. Kaeberlein selected as a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.
2011-11-19 "Genome-wide analysis of yeast aging" published in Subcell Biochem.
2011-09-21 "Absence of effects of Sir2 overexpression on lifespan in C. elegans and Drosophila" published in Nature.
2011-09-19 "Composition and acidification of the culture medium influences chronological aging similarly in vineyard and laboratory yeast" published in PLoS One.
2011-09-16 UW Pathology Department retreat at SLU.  See the schedule of talks.
2011-09-10 "Sir2 deletion prevents lifespan extension in 32 long-lived mutants" published in Aging Cell.
2011-09-07 "Elevated Proteasome Capacity Extends Replicative Lifespan in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" published in PLoS Genetics.
2011-08-23 Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Schleit on her successful Ph.D. thesis defense.
2011-07-21 "Trinations Aging Symposium" meeting report published in Mechanisms of Ageing and Development.
2011-06-16 Dr. Kaeberlein to speak at the 2011 Summit on Systems Biology.
2011-06-11 Congratulations to graduating Kaeberlein Lab undergraduates: Devon Chandler-Brown, Rick Moller, Joe Peng, and Minnie Singh.
2011-06-04 Dr. Kaeberlein to give the Vincent Cristofalo Memorial Rising Star Award Lecture at the American Aging Association Annual Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Joe Delany, Devon Chandler-Brown, and Simon Johnson will present posters at the conference. 
2011-05-30 Pictures from the Undergraduate Symposium added to the Kaeberlein Lab Facebook Page.
2011-05-20 Several members of the Kaeberlein Lab will present their research at the 2011 University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium. Devon Chandler-Brown, Heather Schneider, and Eric McCarthy will give platform presentations.  Umema Ahmed, Emma Bishop, Ani Begun, Sylvia Sim, Monika Jelic, Elroy An, Annie Chou, Natalie Trongtham, Rick Moller, Pranav Venkataraman, Jilly Kim, Marissa Simko, Marissa Fletcher, Melissa Primitivo, Sean Higgens, Minnie Singh, and Dilreet Rai will present posters.  
2011-05-10 Dr. Kaeberlein to speak at the Yeast as Models and Tools Symposium in Madrid, Spain.  The symposium is sponsored by the Fundacion Ramon Areces.
2011-05-06 Dr. Kaeberlein announced as the 2011 recipient of the Vincent Cristofalo “Rising Star” Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research. 
2011-04-29 Dr. Kaeberlein to speak at the 1st Tri-Nations' Aging Symposium held at Guangdong Medical College in Dongguan, China.
2011-04-02 "A genomic analysis of chronological longevity factors in budding yeast" published in Cell Cycle.
2011-03-10 Dr. Kaeberlein to speak at the Model Systems of Aging conference in Cologne, Germany.
2011-03-08 Dr. Kaeberlein will speak at "The molecular basis and modification of the aging process" conference in Amsterdam.
2011-03-03 Sageweb has a whole new look.  Check it out!
2011-03-01 The Kaeberlein Lab celebrates its 5th anniversary!
2011-01-17 "HIF-1 modulates longevity and healthspan in a temperature-dependent manner" published in Aging Cell.
2011-01-01 "Quantitative evidence for early life fitness defects from 32 longevity-associated alleles in yeast" published in Cell Cycle.
2010-12-22 "Hot topics in aging research: protein translation and TOR signaling, 2010" published in Aging Cell.
2010-11-25 "Restoration of senescent human diploid fibroblasts by modulation of the extracellular matrix" published in Aging Cell.
2010-11-21 Dr. Kaeberlein to speak at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
2010-11-18 Dr. Kaeberlein to speak at the American Society of Nephrology meeting on TOR Signaling in Aging.
2010-10-01 "Regulation of mRNA translation as a conserved mechanism of longevity control" published in Adv Exp Med Biol.
2010-08-13 "The hypoxia inducible factor HIF-1 functions as both a positive and negative modulator of aging" published in Biological Chemistry.
2010-07-06 Pictures from the summer party are up on the Kaeberlein Lab Facebook Page.
2010-06-25 "A role for SIRT1 in the hypoxic response" published in Molecular Cell.
2010-06-01 Dr. Kaeberlein becomes co-director of the UW Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging.
2010-04-04 Devon Chandler-Brown named a 2010 Goldwater Scholar.  
2010-03-25 "Lessons on longevity from budding yeast" published in Nature.
2010-03-18 "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.
2010-02-11 Kaeberlein lab research featured in Time magazine.
2010-01-26 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.
2010-01-25 "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.  
2010-01-21 "Resveratrol and rapamycin: are they anti-aging drugs?" published in BioEssays.
2009-12-23 Kaeberlein Lab research featured in U.S. News and World Report.  
2009-12-21 Congratulations to Devon Chandler-Brown on receiving a Mary Gates Research Scholarship for the second consecutive year.
2009-12-21 Congratulations to Ben Dulken for receiving a Mary Gates Research Scholarship.
2009-11-05 "Spermidine surprise for long life" published in Nature Cell Biology.
2009-10-31 Dr. Kaeberlein appointed as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Institute for Aging Research at Guangdong Medical College in Dongguan, China.
2009-10-15 Science in Medicine Lecture by Dr. Kaeberlein.  "Molecular mechanisms linking diet, disease, and aging".
2009-10-02 "Aging is RSKy business" published in Science.
2009-10-02 PATH517 "The Biology and Pathology of Aging" meets Fridays from 2:30-4:30 in T-478.  For more information, see the course website.
2009-10-01 Podcast with Dr. Kaeberlein speaking on aging-related research from the Tufts Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging.
2009-09-26 "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.
2009-09-11 "Hot Topics in Aging Research: Protein Translation, 2009" published in Aging Cell.
2009-08-03 Dr. Kaeberlein discusses "why we die" on SETI radio.
2009-08-01 "The hypoxic response and aging" published in Cell Cycle.
2009-07-08 "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".
2009-06-25 "Measuring replicative lifespan in the budding yeast" published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments.
2009-06-19 "The TOR pathway comes of age", a comprehensive review on the role of TOR signaling in aging, published in Biochim. Biophys. Acta.
2009-06-15 "A genomic approach to yeast chronological aging" published in Methods in Molecular Biology
2009-06-11 "Histone H4 lysine 16 acetylation regulates cellular lifespan" published in Nature
2009-05-15 Dr. Kaeberlein was awarded the 2009 Undergraduate Mentor Award
2009-05-15 Anna, Devon, Jenny, and Alex participated in the Undergraduate Research Symposium
2009-05-12 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
2009-04-16 "Proteasomal Regulation of the Hypoxic Response Modulates Aging in C. elegans" published in Science.
2009-04-15 Dr. Kaeberlein will be speaking at the Association of Health Care Journalists annual meeting on April 17th.
2009-03-15 "A molecular mechanism of chronological aging in yeast" published in Cell Cycle.
2009-03-04 Congratulations to Anna Le and Devon Chandler-Brown for being awarded Mary Gates Research Scholarships.
2008-12-25 The Kaeberlein Lab Facebook Group is on-line.
2008-11-25 "Shortest-path network analysis is a useful approach toward identifyinggenetic determinants of longevity." published in PLoS One.
2008-09-09 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.
2008-09-08 "Hot topics: Protein translation 2008" published in Aging Cell.
2008-08-07 "A molecular age barrier" published in Nature.
2008-08-01 Dr. Kaeberlein awarded a 2008 New Scholar in Aging Award from the Ellison Medical Foundation.
2008-07-02 "The ongoing saga of sirtuins and aging" published in Cell Metabolism.
2008-06-20 Congratulations to graduating seniors Erika Korinke and Stephanie Ortman! Both will be beginning medical school in the fall.
2008-06-02 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
2008-05-16 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.
2008-05-08 Alex Huh selected as a 2008 NASA Space Grant recipient.
2008-05-07 "Age- and calorie-independent life span extension from dietary restriction by bacterial deprivation in Caenorhabditis elegans" published in BMC Developmental Biology.
2008-04-17 "Yeast lifespan extension by depletion of 60S ribosomal subunits is mediated by Gcn4" published in Cell. See the press release.
2008-03-15 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.
2008-03-13 "Quantitative evidence for conserved longevity pathways between divergent eukaryotic species" published on-line in Genome Research . See the press release.
2008-03-12 Dietary restriction suppresses proteotoxicity and enhances longevity by an hsf-1-dependent mechanism in C. elegans published early on-line in Aging Cell.
2008-02-27 "A high-throughput quantiative analysis of yeast chronological life span" published in the Journal of Gerontology.
2008-01-10 PATH501 "Molecular Mechanisms Linking Diet, Disease, and Aging" meets each Friday during Winter Quarter from 3:30-5PM in I-132.
2007-11-26 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.
2007-11-17 Dr. Kaeberlein will chair a session on "TOR and Aging" at the 2007 Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
2007-11-14 Dr. Kaeberlein will participate in the 2007 National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives on "The Future of Human Healthspan" from November 14th-17th.
2007-11-13 Dr. Kaeberlein will speak at the 2007 Buck Institute Symposium on "Nutrient Signaling and Aging".
2007-11-12 "Dietary restriction by bacterial deprivation increases life span in wild-derived nematodes" published early online in Experimental Gerontology.
2007-10-21 Dr. Kaeberlein will present at the 2007 CASW New Horizons in Science Briefing
2007-09-14 "Protein translation, 2007" published early online in Aging Cell
2007-09-02 "Molecular Basis of Aging" published early online at EMBO Reports
2007-07-17 Dr. Kaeberlein appeared on ABC News Nightline in a story discussing the potential of resveratrol for human health