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We are pleased to announce the 8th International Cell Senescence Association (ICSA) Conference! The conference will be held October 24-27, 2023 at the Graduate Hotel in Minneapolis,...

We are excited to announce the newest iBAM Faculty Member, Dr. Lei Zhang. 

As part of her ongoing efforts to raise awareness and support for individuals with XP, Dr. Laura Niedernhofer (College of Biological Sciences) partnered with Professor Lucy Dunne’s (Apparel Design)...

Dr. Laura Niedernhofer received a sponsored research agreement from Merck to study the contribution of senescent astrocytes to Alzheimer’s disease progression. Congratulations, Dr. Niedernhofer!

Manipulating Inflammation, Senescence or Exhaustion in Immune Cells During Aging.

Osteoarthritis gene therapy in 2022 - See the full article here!

Laura Niedernhofer and Paul Robbins were recently interviewed by Amber Dance with Knowable Magazine. Check out the article here!

Laura Niedernhofer was recently interviewed by Sam Jones and Deboki Chakravarti with the American Chemical Society.

David A. Bernlohr, PhD has received a notice of award for his competitive submission to the National Institute on Aging for a 4-year ($10,800,000) cooperative agreement (Midwest Murine—Tissue Mapping...

Christina Camell, PhD, has received a notice of award for her competitive submission to the National Institute on Aging titled Role of PD1 and IL-10 during infection in aging.

Lei Zhang, PhD, has received the prestigious and highly competitive Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty from the American Federation for Aging Research.

The 12th Annual Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference was held at the University of Minnesota in October of 2022. Abstracts were submitted by graduate student and postdocs, and 6 outstanding abstacts...

iBAM hosted an Advancing Diversity in Aging Research through Undergraduate Education (ADAR) course on the Twin Cities campus in August of 2022. 

The Alliance for Healthy Aging was founded by The Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota, USA) and from the Netherlands, the University Medical Center Groningen...

Xeroderma Pigmentosum - Also known as XP, is a rare inherited disease affecting both males and females. The Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism at the University of Minnesota...

In July of 2022, we had our annual iBAM Retreat to Itasca State Park in Park Rapids, Minnesota. Congratulations to the winners of the research presentation contest!  

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An effective humoral immune response necessitates the generation of diverse and high-affinity antibodies to neutralize pathogens and their products. To generate this assorted immune repertoire, DNA...

The ability of virally suppressive antiretroviral therapy use to extend the life span of people with HIV (PWH) implies that the age of PWH will also increase.

Congratulations to Korbyn Dahlquist, a graduate student in the Camell lab, on this recent grant! Check it out here!