Biology of Aging and Metabolism News Search

Senescent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Differentially Alter Adipogenesis in Adipose Tissue, Skeletal Muscle, and Bone Marrow. Full Publication.

Dr. Christina Camell, Associate Professor, earned the 2025 Glenn Foundation Discovery Award and was recently interviewed regarding her achievement.

Dr. Matthew Gill, Associate Professor, was awarded an R21 Grant for his project titled "Exploring the links between cyclin D1, metabolism and aging.”

MIBAM and the FMATG T32 Grant will host Dr. Cassandra McGill, postdoctoral trainee from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as part of the Visiting Scholars Program.

Ina Jang, graduate student in the Camell lab, received the American Aging Association (AGE) 2026 Early Career Scholar Award!

Dr. Ming Xu, Associate Professor, was invited to contribute to the Q&A for Nature Aging’s 5-year Anniversary article. Check out the full publication!

Blake Monroe, postdoctoral fellow in the Robbins lab, was awarded the OK Nathan Shock Center Pilot Award.

Dr. Douglas Mashek, Associate Director and Professor, was recently awarded a new 3-year grant from Ely Lilly to study a new class of anti-obesity drugs. Congratulations, Dr. Mashek! 

Dr. Xiao Dong and his team developed and launched new software: SomaMutDB and HCATA.

Dr. Rachel Meyer of the Mashek lab was awarded a postdoctoral spot on the Omics of Aging (FMATG) T32 grant. Congratulations, Dr. Meyer!

Louise Pitcher of the Robbins lab successfully defended her thesis in December of 2025. Congratulations, Dr. Pitcher! 

We are excited to share the inaugural edition of the MIBAM Quarterly Newsletter!

The Camell lab has a new publication in Nature Aging!

Drs. Niedernhofer, Robbins, Dong and Zhang have new publications!

Drs. Xiao Dong and Lei Zhang have two new preprints posted on Bioarchive. Check them out!

Dr. Xavier Revelo, Associate Professor, had a recent publication that made it to the cover of Circulation Research!

Dr. Christina Camell, Associate Professor, was awarded the 2025 Glenn Foundation Discovery Award by the American Federation for Aging Research.

Please welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Heidi Klezien! Heidi joined MIBAM in September of 2025 and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development. Her...

Congratulations to the winners of the contest for best talks at this year’s MIBAM Retreat!   Pictured left to right: Line Fleischer, Emma Dehm, Ann Hertzel, Mahima Devarajan, Korbyn...

MIBAM faculty, staff, and trainees attended the Annual Retreat to the IBSL Station in Itasca State Park in September of 2025. The schedule included scientific talks and team building activities...