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March 2024

March Meeting Flyer

 


March 2024

March Newsletter

February 2024

February Meeting Flyer

 
January 2024

January Meeting Flyer

 


January 2024

BARI Year in Review

December 2023

Transgenic Mouse Aging Support Award

 
November 2023

Career Development Award in Quantitative Sciences RFA

 


October 2023

UCSF Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging and BARI Graduate Student Fellowship Awardees

 


July 2023

July Newsletter

 

April 28, 2023

Joint Buck/BARI - K99/R00 Grant Writing Workshop


April 24, 2023

Saul Villeda has received the Byers Award in Basic Science


April 2023

April Newsletter

March 2023

March Newsletter


February 11, 2023

International Day of Women and Girls in Science


February 2023

February Members Meeting

January 2023

January Newsletter


January 2023

Incoming BARI Faculty

January 31, 2023

January Member Meeting

December 13, 2022

December Member Meeting

November 29, 2022

November Member Meeting

November 2022

November Newsletter

October 25, 2022

October Member Meeting

November 2022

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September 2022

September Newsletter

November 2022

Request for Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications

BARI is excited to be accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships. Please visit the Funding Opportunities page of our website to learn more. 

December 8th, 2022

Save the Date!

UCSF will be hosting the Bay Area Aging Meeting (BAAM) on December 8th, 2022 in Mission Bay! Learn more about the meeting here.

 

Fall 2022

Call for BARI Membership Applications

Our community is growing! This year we accepted 24 new investigators and their labs into BARI. 

Fall 2022

NIH Common Fund Awardees

Three of our members received funding from the NIH Common Fund High-Risk High-Reward Research program. Congratulations to Emily, Hani, and Andrew!

Fall 2022

Graduate Student Fellowship Awards

In partnership with the UCSF Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, six graduate students will receive one year of funding. 

Fall 2022

Junior Investigator Coffee Hour

Once a month the junior investigators get together for coffee and catch up with each other's research. 

Summer 2022

Press Release

Collaborative work between BARI members Dr. Lea Grinberg and Dr. Michelle Arkin uncovers a potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer's and Pick's disease. 

Spring 2022

Inaugural BARI Retreat

April 8th-9th, 2022 at Chaminade Resort, Santa Cruz

November 2021

Meet the Investigator Series: Andrew Yang

Get to know the BARI Investigators a little better! Watch Andrew's interview here.

​  Fall 2021

BARI Investigator Awardees 2021-2022 

Congratulations to this year's BARI Investigator Awardees. See all our members here.

 
Fall 2021

Translating Aging Podcast

Earlier this year, the University of California San Francisco launched the Bakar Aging Research Institute (BARI), a scientific community that aims to translate breakthroughs in aging research across many disciplines into new approaches and treatments that help people remain healthy and vibrant in later life.

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September 28, 2021

Has the fountain of youth been in our blood all along?

Studies published over the last 15 years have found that young blood can reinvigorate aging mice. Now, scientists are trying to crack the code—or codes—swimming through our veins.

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 Summer 2021

Excited to welcome Andrew Yang to BARI!

He comes to us as a Sandler Fellow after his PhD with Tony Wyss-Coray at Stanford University. Andrew will develop tools to study intercellular communication, with a focus on the blood-brain barrier and aging. See all our members here.


Winter 2021

Astonishing Animals That Illuminate Human Health

These scurrying, soaring, and slithering wonders are teaching scientists how our own bodies work – and how to fix them.

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​  April 14, 2021

Want to Be Robust at 40-Plus? Meeting Minimum Exercise Guidelines Won’t Cut It 

5 Hours of Moderate Activity a Week May Be Required to Avoid Midlife Hypertension, UCSF-Led Study Shows  

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 February 10, 2021

3 Science of Aging is Focus of New Bakar Research Institute  

UC San Francisco is launching the Bakar Aging Research Institute (BARI), a scientific community that aims to translate breakthroughs in aging research across many disciplines into new approaches and treatments that help people remain healthy and vibrant in later life. 

Read the full article 

 
January 6, 2021

Seniors Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic

Trapped in Their Homes, Elderly Are Isolated, Fearful, UCSF-Led Study Shows.

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 December 1, 2020

Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days

Rapid Rejuvenation of Mental Faculties in Aged Mice Implicates Reversible Physiological ‘Blockage’ Behind Age-Related Cognitive Losses.

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 July 15, 2020

How Exercise May Bolster the Brain

Exercise prompts the liver to pump out a little-known protein that appears to rejuvenate the brain, a new study found.

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July 9, 2020

Brain Benefits of Exercise Can Be Gained with a Single Protein

Findings Open Door to Drugs That Could Help Protect the Aging Brain.

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 Winter 2020

Aging Is Not Optional. Or Is It?

Geriatrician John Newman explains how science could intervene in the aging process.

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