Presenter Dominik Thor, Geneva College of Longevity Science Dominik Thor, President of Geneva College of Longevity Science (GCLS), oversees its leadership, administration, and external relations, aiming to enhance GCLS’s standing in Longevity Science education and research. With expertise in biomaterials, regenerative medicine, and pharmacy, he has authored numerous medical papers and holds patents in the… Continue reading Dominik Thor | Unlocking Potential: Rationale for Longevity Education Programs
Presenter George Hosu George Hosu, polymath, spent his early twenties traveling the globe and building startups. Now he is trying to understand the mind to solve aging and attempting to improve scientific progress in the process. Summary: We have studied medicine and biology for 100 years, with great effects as far as median lifespan. But… Continue reading George Hosu | Solving Aging by Breaking Out of Ontologies
Presenter Sergiy Velychko Sergiy Velychko is a postdoc in the lab of George Church at Harvard Medical School, focusing on synthetic developmental biology. He studied Biology and Biotechnology at Kyiv National University, then pursued a Master’s degree in Molecular Bioengineering from the Technical University of Dresden. His thesis focused on the genetic engineering of human… Continue reading Sergiy Velychko | Super-SOX: Unraveling The Secret of Mammalian Genesis
Presenter Michael Antonov, Deep Origin Michael Antonov is founder and CEO of Deep Origin, which is building tools that simplify R&D, simulate biology, and untangle the complexity of life. He is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Oculus, where he architected the software platform and helped drive the $2 billion exit to Meta. Prior to… Continue reading Michael Antonov | Building Software and In Silico Models to Accelerate Longevity Research
Presenter Jean Hebert, BE Therapeutics From as far back as he can remember, Jean Hebert has been fascinated by what we, as living creatures, are made of. When he learned early on that a single cell forms the whole human body following an innate genetic program, he became driven by how this process might be… Continue reading Jean Hebert | Replacement as the Surest, Fastest, and Cheapest Way to Beat Aging
Summary: The lack of reliable biomarkers of aging is one of the biggest challenges and bottlenecks hindering the efforts of the longevity community to develop safe and effective gerotherapeutics. The Biomarkers of Aging Challenge is a recently launched, open-science initiative by the Biomarkers of Aging Consortiumstimulating innovation and collaboration in the development of next-generation biomarkers that are highly… Continue reading The Biomarkers of Aging Consortium | The Biomarkers of Aging Challenge
