The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released April 6, 2026....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released March 23, 2026....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released February 23, 2026....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released March 6, 2026....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released February 4, 2026....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released January 20, 2026....

In a recently published Obesity paper, lead author Dr. Wasiuddin Najam and colleagues highlight a previously unrecognized oversight in pair-feeding studies....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released January 6, 2026....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released December 19, 2025....

The NIA ITP is soliciting proposals for compounds to enter the study in 2027. The deadline for receipt of proposals is February 27, 2026....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released December 3, 2025....

In a recently published GeroScience paper, lead author Dr. Deependra Thapa and colleagues asked a fundamental question in aging biology: Do interventions that extend lifespan...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released November 24, 2025...

The bowhead whale is the second-largest animal on Earth and has the longest lifespan (more than 200 years)....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released November 4, 2025...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released October 21, 2025...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released October 6, 2025....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released September 22, 2025....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for September 2025....

American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) will lead NSC3 collaboration and training activities with $5.7 million NIH award...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released on August 20, 2025....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for August 2025....

Over the past 30 years, scientists at The University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) Nathan Shock Center of Excellence...

The NIH-funded center will allow researchers to explore why some species live longer—and what that could mean for human health....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for July 2025....

AFAR is pleased to share our Ask the Expert Interview with Thomas W. Buford, PhD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Nathan Shock Center Co-Director...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for June 2025....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2025....

AFAR is pleased to share our Ask the Expert Interview with David J. Marcinek, PhD, The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center Co-Director. Dr. Marcinek...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for April 2025....

Dr. Gary Churchill is the co-director, together with Dr. Ron Korstanje, at the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in Aging at the Jackson Laboratory. They...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for March 2025....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for February 2025....

Happy New Year 2025! NIA is eager and energized to proceed with work to meet our mission. We hope you will engage with us throughout...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for January 2025....

NIA’s investments in essential basic science to explore the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie aging deepen our understanding of how we can all lead...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for December 2024...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for November 2024...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for October 2024...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for September 2024...

The field of geroscience connects researchers and clinicians across disciplines working toward a broader understanding of how the basic biology of aging — combined with...

The population of older individuals is rapidly increasing across the globe. Although this demographic shift reflects important advances in science, medicine, and policy, it is...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for August 2024...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for July 2024...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for June 2024...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2024...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for April 2024...

Highlighting the research of 2022 San Diego NSC Pilot Awardee Caroline Kumsta...

Highlighting the research of 2022 Einstein NSC Pilot Awardee Seiya Kitamura...

Highlighting the research of 2022 San Antonio NSC Pilot Awardee Sarah Hopp...

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in 2024, it might also be appropriate to remind...

Health and Human Sciences Assistant Professor Robert Musci is set to commence a six-monthcollaborative research project titled “Investigating the Turnover Dynamics of mtDNA with Stable...

Highlighting the research of 2022 San Antonio NSC Pilot Awardee Stephanie Perez...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for February 2024...

Highlighting the research of 2022 San Antonio NSC Pilot Awardee Lei Zhang...

Highlighting the research of 2022 UC San Diego NSC Pilot Awardee Nicole Coufal...

Highlighting the research of 2022 UW NSC Pilot Awardee Christine J. Charvet...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for January 2024...

Since 1974, NIA research has resulted in significant contributions to the health and well-being of older adults and laid the foundation for continued knowledge gains....

Highlighting the research of 2023 JAX NSC Pilot Awardee Jason Vevea...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for December 2023...

Highlighting the research of 2022 UT Health San Antonio NSC Pilot Awardee Jessica Proulx...

Highlighting the research of 2022 UAB & Oklahoma NSC Pilot Awardee Sara C. Zapico...

Highlighting the research of 2022 JAX NSC Pilot Awardee Michael Lustgarten...

Highlighting the research of 2022 UW NSC Pilot Awardees Timothy Mackie, Brandon Berry, & Andrew Wotjovich...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for October 2023....

Highlighting the research of 2022 UAB NSC Pilot Awardee Manuel Rosa-Garrido...

Highlighting the research of 2021 UW NSC Pilot Awardee Vijay Yadav...

Highlighting the research of 2022 UAB NSC Pilot Awardee Stefanie Krick...

Highlighting the research of 2022 UAB NSC Pilot Awardee Daniel Tyrell...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for September 2023....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for August 2023....

Highlighting the research of 2022 UAB NSC Pilot Awardee Keshav K. Singh....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for June 2023....

Highlighting the research of 2022 UW NSC Pilot Awardee Mark A. Phillips....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2023....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for April 2023....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for March 2023....

NIA blog from Office of Strategic Extramural Programs Training Officer Maria Carranza...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for January 2023....

Dr. Galvan pioneered the studies of biological mechanisms that link aging to the pathogenesis of age-associated neurological disease....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for November 2022....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for October 2022....

NIA blog from Division of Aging Biology Director Ronald Kohanski....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for September 2022....

Highlighting the research of 2021 USC-Buck NSC Pilot Awardee Yufeng Zhang....

A paper in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, supported in part by the NSC Coordinating Center and UAB NSC....

Highlighting the research of 2021 Einstein NSC Pilot Awardee Hang Lin....

Highlighting the research of 2021 Oklahoma NSC Pilot Awardees Kevin Murach and Yuan Wen....

Highlighting the research of 2021 UW NSC Pilot Awardee Sovannarith Korm....

Highlighting the research of 2021 USC-Buck NSC Pilot Awardee Constanza Cortes....

NIA blog from Maria Carranza and Jamie Lahvic....

Highlighting the research of 2021 San Diego NSC Pilot Awardee Vanessa Delcroix....

Highlighting the research of 2021 San Antonio NSC Pilot Awardee Natasha Jaiswal....

Highlighting the research of 2021 UW NSC Pilot Awardee Ann Chiao....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for August 2022....

Highlighting the research of 2021 Oklahoma NSC Pilot Awardee Kailiang Jia....

Highlighting the research of 2021 San Diego NSC Pilot Awardee Xu Zhang....

Highlighting the research of 2021 UW NSC Pilot Awardee Su-Jeong Kim....

Highlighting the research of 2021 USC-Buck NSC Pilot Awardee Kelvin Yen....

Highlighting the research of 2021 Einstein NSC Pilot Awardee David R. Fooksman....

Highlighting the research of 2021 Oklahoma NSC Pilot Awardee Heather L. Vellers....

Highlighting the research of 2021 San Antonio NSC Pilot Awardee Daniel Trott....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for June 2022....

Highlighting the research of 2021 San Diego NSC Pilot Awardee Lara Labarta Bajo....

Highlighting the research of 2021 USC-Buck NSC Pilot Awardee Nicole C. Riddle....

Highlighting the research of 2021 UW NSC Pilot Awardee Jeremy Whitson....

Highlighting the research of 2021 USC-Buck NSC Pilot Awardee Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria....

Highlighting the research of 2021 UAB NSC Pilot Awardee Abbi Hernandez....

The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center shared results from their April 22, 2022 hybrid meeting....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2022....

NIA blog from Yih-Woei Fridell and Viviana Perez Montes....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for March 2022....

NIA blog from DAB Deputy Director Stacy Carrington-Lawrence....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for January 2022....

NIA blog from Richard Hodes and Patricia Jones....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for December 2021....

An NIA blog post from Nalini Raghavachari and Chhanda Dutta....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for November 2021....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for October 2021....

Research brief featuring Einstein NSC Research Development Core Leader Sofiya Milman, MD....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for September 2021....

The San Diego Nathan Shock Center (SD-NSC) of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging is thrilled to announce that the Geriatrics and Gerontology team...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for August 2021....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for June 2021....

Six grant recipients received up to $15,000 each for studies on the variability of cellular aging in humans....

An NIA blog post from Division of Aging Biology Director Ronald Kohanski....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2021....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for April 2021....

NIA has appointed Ronald Kohanski, Ph.D., as its new Division of Aging Biology (DAB) director....

Washington Post article featuring NSC Coordinating Center PI and UAB NSC Director Steven Austad and Einstein NSC Director Nir Barzilai....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for March 2021....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for February 2021....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for January 2021....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for December 2020....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for November 2020....

The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), has received a renewal award for up to $2 million over five years from the National Institute on...

An NIA blog post from Division of Aging Biology Health Scientist Administrator Candace Kerr....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for October 2020....

NSC Coordinating Center PI and UAB NSC Director Steven Austad received a five-year NIH grant for $3.7 million to study the intersection of HIV and aging....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for September 2020....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for August 2020....

Discover Magazine article featuring the Dog Aging Project and UW NSC Co-Director Matt Kaeberlein and Core Leader Daniel Promislow....

A Next Avenue column from NSC Coordinating Center PI and UAB NSC Director Steven Austad....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for July 2020....

NY Times Personal Health column featuring information from recent webinar "Maintaining Immune Health in the Face of COVID-19 and Future Viruses" produced by NSC in...

Review in Immunity & Ageing co-authored by 2017 NSC pilot awardee Duygu Ucar....

A column in The Hill from University of Washington NSC Co-Director Matt Kaeberlein....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2020....

An NPR interview with NSC Coordinating Center PI and UAB NSC Director Steven Austad....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for April 2020....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for March 2020....

Featuring Jackson Lab NSC researchers Duygu Ucar and Jacques Banchereau’s work on immunology and changes with age between men and women. ...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for February 2020...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for December 2019....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for August 2019....

An editorial from NSC Co-PI and UAB NSC Director Steven Austad....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for July 2019....

Research from NSC Co-PI and UAB NSC Director Steven Austad....

Research from the team of The Jackson Laboratory NSC Pilot Grantee Gareth Howell....

Genome sequencing research in collaboration with The Jackson Laboratory Nathan Shock Center on the Biology of Aging....

A Scientific American article features NSC Pilot Grantee Dena Dubal commenting on research into the relationship between blood and cognitive dysfunction....

AP article on senescent cells featuring Einstein NSC Director Nir Barzilai and NSC Pilot Grantee Laura Niedernhofer....

A blog post from the NIA's Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers Program Nina Silverberg....

NSC Pilot Grantee Bess Frost is leading a research team testing a drug to treat AD in fruit fly models....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2019....

Einstein NSC Associate Director Ana Maria Cuervo has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)....

A blog post from the NIA's Health Scientist Administrator of the Division of Aging Biology Manuel Moro....

A New York Times story featuring the research of NSC Pilot Grantee Dena Dubal....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for April 2019....

A blog from NIA Senior Scientific Advisor Rene Etcheberrigaray describing the new NIH Research Enhancement (R15) Award program....

An editorial from NSC Co-PI and UAB NSC Director Steven Austad, highlighting research from NSC Pilot Grantees Dena Dubal and Dudley Lamming....

Nathan Shock Centers Director Steve Austad was one of the authors of the paper selected for this award....

New findings from Oklahoma NSC Co-Director Holly Van Remmen and NSC Pilot Grantee Bumsoo Ahn show that processes thought to cause muscle loss actually do...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for March 2019....

UT San Antonio NSC Core Leader Nicolas Musi was involved in this recent trial of senolytics....

Oklahoma NSC Co-Director Holly Van Remmen has been named president-elect of the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine. ...

The Jackson Laboratory Nathan Shock Center has worked on developing and studying diversity outbred (DO) mice to create research options that parallel or exceed human...

A new paper from the lab of NSC Pilot Grantee Dena Dubal...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for February 2019....

An article from Nathan Shock Centers Director Steven Austad, PhD on recent advancements in aging research....

A new paper from the lab of NSC Pilot Grantee Dudley Lamming....

An interview with Albert Einstein College of Medicine NSC Director Nir Barzilai for the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging's Longevity Innovators series....

Small pilot study involving UT San Antonio NSC Core Leader Nicolas Musi points to feasibility of larger trials in age-related diseases....

UT Health San Antonio NSC Core Leader Nicolas Musi co-wrote the manuscript for this senolytics trial....

An update from the NIA on recent developments in the field of Geroscience. ...

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine NSC Director Nir Barzilai is featured on "The Peter Attia Drive" podcast....

A new paper on the subiculum from Jackson Lab NSC pilot grantee Catherine Kaczorowski....

A new paper on genetic diversity in mouse models of AD from Jackson Lab NSC Pilot Grantee Catherine Kaczorowski....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for January 2019....

Research by NSC Pilot Grantee Kristin Gribble found that the relationship between lower temperature and lifespan is likely actively controlled by specific genes....

Research lead by Jackson Lab NSC Pilot Grantee Catherine Kaczorowski creates more genetically diverse mice to improve mouse models of AD....

Research lead by Jackson Lab NSC Pilot Grantee Catherine Kaczorowski shows that introducing genetic diversity improves translatability in mouse models of AD....

Part two of a two-part interview with Oklahoma NSC Director Holly van Remmen....

Part one of a two-part interview with Oklahoma NSC Director Holly van Remmen....

Einstein NSC Director Nir Barzilai in Wired Magazine on advances in aging research and the Targeting Aging with Metformin (TAME) trial....

The Jackson Laboratory NSC Co-Director Ron Korstanje researches bear kidneys and their function....

The research of NSC pilot grantee Catherine Kaczorowski is bringing a better understanding of how to prevent or treat age-related cognitive decline and dementia....

UW NSC Director Matt Kaeberlein wrote about the "How healthy is the healthspan concept?" session at the 2018 NSC Summit in Philadelphia....

Jackson Lab highlighted their Nathan Shock Center in a profile story on their aging research programs....

NSC Associate Director David Allison, PhD collaborated on a study demonstrating the link between social stress and shortened lifespan in mice...

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2018....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for May 2018....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for March 2018....

The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for Feb 2018...