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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Winter 2020
Aging Is Not Optional. Or Is It?
Geriatrician John Newman explains how science could intervene in the aging process.