Presenter Wanding Zhou, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Dr. Wanding Zhou’s central research interest is to understand tissue heterogeneity, stem cell homeostasis, and cellular aging using genomics, epigenetics, and advanced informatics. He is currently working on developing informatics for DNA methylation assays, including Infinium DNA methylation microarray, bisulfite-sequencing, and single-molecule, long-read sequencing-based technologies. Summary: The Infinium… Continue reading Wanding Zhou | Updated Infinium BeadChips for delineating DNA methylation dynamics in large cohorts
Presenter Owen Phillips, BrainKey I created BrainKey to quantify brain health and align patients with the right treatment. My own mother has had a treatable version of dementia that should have been identified and treated years ago. But it was missed, and her outcome is worse for it. I founded BrainKey to create a powerful… Continue reading Owen Phillips | Brain Aging is the Key to Longevity
Presenter Eric Hargan, The Hargan Group Eric D. Hargan is the Founder and CEO of The Hargan Group, a healthcare consulting firm. Eric previously served as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2017 to 2021; he also served as Acting Secretary for several months in 2017-2018. HHS is… Continue reading Eric Hargan | Reimbursement for Longevity Treatments
Presenter Varun Dwaraka, TruDiagnostic Varun Dwaraka PhD is the Head of Bioinformatics at TruDiagnostic, and an aging and longevity investigator specializing in epigenetics and bioinformatics. He has co-authored numerous publications relating to genetics, epigenetic clocks, DNA methylation, and tissue regeneration. In 2020, Dr. Dwaraka was elected as a full member to the Sigma Xi, The… Continue reading Varun Dwaraka | Moving Beyond Chronological Age Based Biological Clocks
Presenter Jonah Sinick, Equator Therapeutics Jonah was previously Head of Data Science at BioAge Labs, where he oversaw the development of a systems biology and AI platform that leverages integrated *-omics datasets to identify the molecular drivers of age-related pathology. This platform served as the basis for BioAge’s progress through Series B and was most… Continue reading Jonah Sinick | Activating Mitochondrial Heat Production to Reverse Obesity
Presenter Alexander Fedintsev, Radical Life Extension group Alexander is a biogerontologist recognized for his proposal of the 10th hallmark of aging. He is widely regarded as an expert in the aging of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and has put forth several hypotheses e. g. he thinks that stiffening of the ECM caused by glycation imitates… Continue reading Alexander Fedintsev | How Old Matrix Kills Us
Summary: In this awards ceremony, we announce the first place, second place, and third place of the Hypothesis Prize edition of The Longevity Prize, including several honorable mentions!
Presenter Yuri Deigin Yuri Deigin, MBA is a biotech entrepreneur with a focus on early-stage translation of scientific breakthroughs into therapies. He has over a decade of drug discovery and development experience, and a track record of outlicensing products to Big Pharma. Summary: In the upcoming talk “Epigenetic Rejuvenation by In Vivo Partial Reprogramming: Past,… Continue reading Yuri Deigin | Epigenetic Rejuvenation by In Vivo Partial Reprogramming: Past, Present, and Future
Presenter Ana Maria Cuervo Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo obtained her M.D. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular biology from the University of Valencia (Spain) in 1990 and 1994, respectively, and received postdoctoral training at Tufts University in Boston, MA. In 2002, she started her laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she is now… Continue reading Ana Maria Cuervo | Targeting Selective Autophagy in Aging and Age-related Diseases
Presenter Vadim Gladyshev Vadim Gladyshev is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Redox Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Associate Member of the Broad Institute. Dr. Gladyshev’s lab focuses on studying aging, rejuvenation and lifespan control using a combination of experimental and computational approaches. He has published… Continue reading V. Gladyshev, M. Moqri, V.Sebastiano | Quantifying Aging
