Cutting Edge Genome Engineering: My Experience at the Third Annual Re-Writing...
Each year, UC Berkeley hosts a conference on genome engineering. SAGE writer and editor Barbara Bailus shares her experiences at the conference, including those focused on the CRISPR/Cas 9 genome...
View ArticleTesting Compounds for Improving Lifespan & Healthspan
Yellow is the color of health - at least in many compounds that seem to have beneficial effects in health and lifespan. Here, curcumin - the yellow ingredient in the spice turmeric, is added to plates...
View ArticleSAGE celebrates National Postdoc Awareness Week (Sept. 19 – 25)
The SAGE Blog celebrates the 6th Annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week, which wraps up today. Postdoctoral Fellows at the Buck Institute provide in-the-lab leadership for much of the research that...
View ArticleSAGE Blog Contest Winners!
SAGE is excited to announce this years blog winners, all of these exciting new blogs will be posted in the next few months. Congratulations to all of our Buck Institute writers who submitted an entry.
View ArticleFood For Thought: Is diet-induced Alzheimer’s Disease Type 3 Diabetes?
Similarities have been drawn between the onset of diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, leading some to consider the two to be interrelated. Could Alzheimer's be treated as another type of diabetes?
View ArticleInterview with Dr. Blake Rasmussen: The Role of mTORC1 Signaling in Human...
I think the way we eat should be addressed. For instance, most individuals consume all of their daily protein at one, maybe two meals during the day. The problem is that only so much of that protein...
View ArticleFinding your Career in the Scientific World: A visit from Dr. Toby Freedman
What career options are available to scientists? Dr. Toby Freedman recently visited the Buck to help our scientists understand their options in the industry and academia fields, as well as what...
View ArticleMassive Genetic Screen in Yeast Uncovers New Longevity Associated Genes
Why do we age? Can this process be altered in any way, perhaps even delayed? These are questions that have fascinated people for millennia...We identified 238 genes whose deletion caused the yeast to...
View ArticleAge: It’s All in Your Blood
To examine the changes that occur in blood as an individual ages, Dr. Andrew Johnson’s lab conducted an extensive study using thousands of patient blood samples, the study was then replicated, further...
View ArticleBuck Institute on National Geographic Channel!
Looking for something amazing to watch on television? The National Geographic Channel is airing an episode on “The Age of Aging” as part of it’s ‘Breakthrough’ series. The episode will air on Sunday,...
View ArticleCreating and Working at the World Renown San Francisco Exploratorium
Have you ever visited a science or discovery museum and thought “how do they make this happen?” or “how amazing it must be to create an exhibit!” Dr. Kristina Yu, the Director of the Living Systems...
View ArticleHigh Life Expectancy? (SAGE Blog Contest 2nd place winner)
Marijuana legalization has gained momentum in recent years. Could antioxidant and biologically active compounds in marijuana have applications to aging?
View ArticleTrending Technologies: Can New “Slippery” Brain Drugs Better Treat...
Treating neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, among others) is a challenging project from the start. Not only do scientists have to counteract...
View ArticleInterview with Dr. Rae Matsumoto: How Addiction Causes Neorodegeration
One can see these specific pattern changes repeatedly in aging, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and methamphetamine related neurodegeneration. These mechanisms are only part of the cause of neurodegeneration....
View ArticleYou’re only as old as you are on the inside: biomarkers of aging
*SAGE editors selected this article by Dr. Chris Wiley as the First Place winner of our 2015 SAGE blog contest. Chris was also one of the winners of the 2014 SAGE contest. Congratulations, Chris! Most...
View ArticleNew Publication: Peripheral Circadian Clocks Mediate Dietary...
A new publication in Cell Metabolism features the Buck's Dr. Subhash Katewa and his study about how dietary restriction response is regulated by peripheral circadian clock mechanisms.
View ArticleSAGE’s 10 Most Viewed Blogs of 2015!
Looking back at 2015 we share with you our most viewed blogs from the year. If you missed reading one, I highly recommend you take a moment to catch-up. Happy New Year!
View ArticleHungry Neurons: An Interview With Dr. Zachary Knight on How We Respond to Food.
Dr. Knight’s lab studies neural circuits in the mouse that control feeding and other motivated behaviors central to survival. The labs goal is to understand how these circuits are able to sense the...
View ArticleLife Is Too Sweet To Be Short
This article by Dr. Jyotiska Chaudhuri was selected as the Third Place winner to our 2015 SAGE blog contest! He discusses why the foods we enjoy the most often bad for us, and why they might influence...
View ArticleInterview with Dr. Xianmin Zeng: Stem Cell Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
After establishing her laboratory, Dr. Zeng was awarded a prestigious grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to spearhead the development of a stem cell-based treatment for...
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