Category: Interviews
Eric Verdin on the Buck, Nutrition, and Ketosis
January 26, 2023
Six years ago, Dr. Eric Verdin, already a highly acclaimed veteran geroscientist, was catapulted to the forefront of the field when he agreed to lead the Buck Institute for Research
Aubrey de Grey on LEVF and Robust Mouse Rejuvenation
January 10, 2023
Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a legend in the longevity field who has been steadfastly promoting the idea of life extension since well before it became mainstream. While with SENS
Emma Teeling on What We Can Learn from Bats
January 3, 2023
Emma Teeling is a professor at University College of Dublin, and her research focuses on bats. In this interview, Emma explains why many bats, despite having tiny body sizes and
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein on WormBot and the Dog Aging Project
November 8, 2022
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein is a heavy hitter in the longevity field. While his name has become associated with the Dog Aging Project that he started a few years ago, his
Lou Hawthorne, NaNotics on Cleaning Blood with Nanoparticles
November 4, 2022
Lou Hawthorne is the founder and CEO of NaNotics, a biotech company that creates nanoparticles that can soak up harmful molecules in circulation. This paradigm-shifting technology can be used to
The Longevity Molecule Project with Morten Scheibye-Knudsen
October 7, 2022
Dr. Morten Schiebye-Knudsen is the founder of the Longevity Molecule Project funded by VitaDAO. However, this is just one side of his research. After starting his career as a physician
Prof. Evelyne Yehudit Bischof on Longevity Medicine
September 30, 2022
Evelyne Yehudit Bischof, MD, MPH, FEFIM, is a professor at Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, a visiting professor at Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, and chief physician
Dr. Aubrey de Grey Will Speak at the Longevity Summit Dublin
August 23, 2022
We recently caught up with Dr. Aubrey de Grey and talked to him about the upcoming Dublin Longevity Summit and how things are looking on the advocacy landscape. Hi Aubrey,
Martin O’Dea Talks About the Longevity Summit
August 16, 2022
We recently had the opportunity to speak to Martin O’Dea about a new longevity-focused event happening in Ireland’s capital city on September 18th-20th. Martin holds an MBS and is a
Prof. Albert-László Barabási on Network Medicine
August 15, 2022
Albert-László Barabási is the Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science at Northeastern University, and he also holds an appointment in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. We
Steve Horvath on the Present and Future of Epigenetic Clocks
August 8, 2022
Dr. Steve Horvath hardly needs an introduction, so we will be brief: he is the inventor of the epigenetic clock and, currently, principal investigator at Altos Labs. We talked about
Vadim Gladyshev on the Fundamentals of Aging
July 8, 2022
Vadim Gladyshev is a Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and he is one of the most prominent figures in geroscience today. We discussed
Extracellular Matrix in Aging with Professor Collin Ewald
July 4, 2022
Dr. Collin Ewald is a molecular biologist and a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH). At ETH, Collin leads the Laboratory of Extracellular Matrix (ECM)
H+ DAO and Transhumanism with Dr. Natasha Vita-More
June 30, 2022
“Transhumanism is a philosophy, worldview, and a movement,” Dr. Natasha Vita-More states in the book “Transhumanism: What is it?” Essentially, it’s the idea of being able to move beyond being
Reprogramming Cells with Vittorio Sebastiano of Turn.bio
May 19, 2022
Vittorio Sebastiano is an Associate Professor (Research) of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University and one of the most prominent scientists in the emerging field of cellular reprogramming. He is
Eric Verdin on the Buck, Nutrition, and Ketosis
January 26, 2023
Six years ago, Dr. Eric Verdin, already a highly acclaimed veteran geroscientist, was catapulted to the forefront of the field when he agreed to lead the Buck Institute for Research on Aging (or simply “the Buck”), a renowned research institution based in Novato, CA. We talked
Aubrey de Grey on LEVF and Robust Mouse Rejuvenation
January 10, 2023
Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a legend in the longevity field who has been steadfastly promoting the idea of life extension since well before it became mainstream. While with SENS Research Foundation, de Grey made significant contributions to geroscience, and at Longevity Summit Dublin last year,
Emma Teeling on What We Can Learn from Bats
January 3, 2023
Emma Teeling is a professor at University College of Dublin, and her research focuses on bats. In this interview, Emma explains why many bats, despite having tiny body sizes and leading very metabolically demanding lifestyles, are so amazingly long-lived. Will we ever be able to learn
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein on WormBot and the Dog Aging Project
November 8, 2022
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein is a heavy hitter in the longevity field. While his name has become associated with the Dog Aging Project that he started a few years ago, his research interests span much wider. Besides an update on the Dog Aging Project, which is still
Lou Hawthorne, NaNotics on Cleaning Blood with Nanoparticles
November 4, 2022
Lou Hawthorne is the founder and CEO of NaNotics, a biotech company that creates nanoparticles that can soak up harmful molecules in circulation. This paradigm-shifting technology can be used to fight cancer as well as various inflammatory disorders, such as sepsis, which kills more people than
The Longevity Molecule Project with Morten Scheibye-Knudsen
October 7, 2022
Dr. Morten Schiebye-Knudsen is the founder of the Longevity Molecule Project funded by VitaDAO. However, this is just one side of his research. After starting his career as a physician in Denmark, he studied at the National Institute on Aging before founding the Scheibye-Knudsen Lab. Thanks
Prof. Evelyne Yehudit Bischof on Longevity Medicine
September 30, 2022
Evelyne Yehudit Bischof, MD, MPH, FEFIM, is a professor at Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, a visiting professor at Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, and chief physician for internal medicine in Renji University Hospital of Jiatong School of Medicine. This means that she
Dr. Aubrey de Grey Will Speak at the Longevity Summit Dublin
August 23, 2022
We recently caught up with Dr. Aubrey de Grey and talked to him about the upcoming Dublin Longevity Summit and how things are looking on the advocacy landscape. Hi Aubrey, great to see that you are the co-organizer and a keynote speaker at the Longevity Summit
Martin O’Dea Talks About the Longevity Summit
August 16, 2022
We recently had the opportunity to speak to Martin O’Dea about a new longevity-focused event happening in Ireland’s capital city on September 18th-20th. Martin holds an MBS and is a business lecturer at Dublin Business School in Dublin, Ireland. He is also the author of Beyond
Prof. Albert-László Barabási on Network Medicine
August 15, 2022
Albert-László Barabási is the Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science at Northeastern University, and he also holds an appointment in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. We talked about a revolutionary ‘network medicine’ approach that can greatly enhance our ability to understand biological
Steve Horvath on the Present and Future of Epigenetic Clocks
August 8, 2022
Dr. Steve Horvath hardly needs an introduction, so we will be brief: he is the inventor of the epigenetic clock and, currently, principal investigator at Altos Labs. We talked about the recent developments in this immensely important field, including pan-mammalian clocks, two-species clocks, and single-cell clocks,
Vadim Gladyshev on the Fundamentals of Aging
July 8, 2022
Vadim Gladyshev is a Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and he is one of the most prominent figures in geroscience today. We discussed various competing hypotheses on the nature of aging, the lack of the unified theory of aging
Extracellular Matrix in Aging with Professor Collin Ewald
July 4, 2022
Dr. Collin Ewald is a molecular biologist and a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH). At ETH, Collin leads the Laboratory of Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Regeneration. Here, his research focuses on age-related ECM remodeling and related longevity interventions. We caught up
H+ DAO and Transhumanism with Dr. Natasha Vita-More
June 30, 2022
“Transhumanism is a philosophy, worldview, and a movement,” Dr. Natasha Vita-More states in the book “Transhumanism: What is it?” Essentially, it’s the idea of being able to move beyond being human, and finding solutions to living longer, healthier lives. Natasha is an Executive Director of Humanity+,
Reprogramming Cells with Vittorio Sebastiano of Turn.bio
May 19, 2022
Vittorio Sebastiano is an Associate Professor (Research) of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University and one of the most prominent scientists in the emerging field of cellular reprogramming. He is also co-founder and Scientific Advisory Board Chairman of Turn Biotechnologies, a cellular rejuvenation company based on