The Nathan Shock Centers

About the Centers

The Jackson Laboratory Nathan Shock Center

Bar Harbor, ME

Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center

Oklahoma City, OK

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Nathan Shock Center

Birmingham, AL

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The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center

Seattle, WA

San Antonio Nathan Shock Center

San Antonio, TX

Biology of Aging

Opportunities Available

Resources

About the Coordinating Center: AFAR

About the Funder: NIA

News

Nature Jobs

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Health eCareers

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FASEB Career Center

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Life Science Network

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Science AAAS Careers

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Watch: Dog Aging Project Webinar

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Mechanisms of Aging

October 01 - 05, 2018 | Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Molecular, Cellular and Physiological Determinants of Lifespan and Healthspan

July 14 - 19, 2019 | Newry, ME

Science Magazine's Where to Search for Funding

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NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts

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American Aging Association: Careers in Aging

A job board from the American Aging Association (AGE)....

Watch: Drugs That Slow Aging in Mice Webinar

The 2018 Nathan Shock Centers’ Summit: A Summary

2018 Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards

International Perspectives on Geroscience Meetings

Northeastern Glenn Symposium on Biology of Aging 2019

November 06 - 06, 2019 | University of Connecticut

Nathan Shock Centers News Archive

2017 Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards

Pilot Awards

2019 Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards

Critical Literature in Geroscience

Watch: Incorporating Genetic Diversity in Mouse Models and the Potential for Precision-Medicine for Alzheimer’s Webinar

Watch: Inflammation and Aging

2020 Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards

Current NSC Pilot Award RFAs

2021 Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards

NSC-Hosted Events

About

Watch: Best Practices for Using Animals in Aging Research

Pre-Application Webinar: Transformative Artificial Intelligence-based Strategies to Identify Determinants of Exceptional Healthspan and Lifespan

August 06 - 06, 2021 | Webinar

Opportunities

2022 Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards

NSC3 Webinar: Considerations in the Study of Sex as a Biological Variable in Aging Research

2023 Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards

Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awardee Spotlights

NSC3 Webinar: Data Management and Sharing: New NIH Policies and How They Can Benefit Your Aging-Related Research

Biosample Resources and Repositories

Nathan Shock Center Coordinating Center Newsletter Archive

Brown University Center on the Biology of Aging (BoA) Postdoctoral Positions

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Health Program Specialist (Multiple Positions), Division of Aging Biology

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2024 Nathan Shock Center Pilot Awards

Open Rank Faculty Position in Physiology

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NSC Symposium at GSA 2024: Biology of Aging for Nonbiologists

November 16 - 16, 2024 | Seattle, WA

NSC Event Archive

NSC3 Webinar: Biosample Resources and Repositories for Aging Biologists

Postdoctoral Research Associate

This new full-time post is available from January 2025 until January 2028 on a fixed term basis. Please note that this role is foreseen for the duration of 3 years. However, we note that funding is allocated on an annual basis and that the post is subject to future annual funding being agreed....

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Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture Series

The Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture Series provides support to encourage investigators in the field of aging research to present findings at an annual scientific or medical specialty association meeting where aging-related research is not the primary focus....

10th Annual ICSA Conference & 2nd Phaedon SenoTherapeutics Summit

September 16 - 19, 2025 | Rome, Italy

Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Cancer Biology

A full-time postdoctoral fellow position in Cancer Biology is currently available with Dr. Lichun Ma, Head of the Spatial Tumor Biology Section at the Cancer Data Science Laboratory of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD....

Minnesota Nathan Shock Center

Minneapolis, MN

Upstate New York Nathan Shock Center

Rochester, NY

Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center

Madison, WI

Assistant Professor Position in Biochemistry & Physiology

The Department of Biochemistry & Physiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences (OUHSC) invites applications for tenured/tenure-track faculty positions. We especially welcome candidates investigating inflammation, cellular senescence, immunology, lipid metabolism, and/or neurodegeneration. Applicants conducting research on the basic biology of aging will have an opportunity to hold a secondary...

Postdoctoral Opportunity Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases T32 Training Program

The Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases NIH/NIA training program is led by Dr. Sanjay Asthana and Dr. Rozalyn Anderson. Our training program and expert mentoring team covers the spectrum of aging research, from basic mechanisms of aging to biology of age-related disease, and translational studies of preventative interventions and...

NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

The overarching goal of this National Institute on Aging (NIA) R25 program is to support educational activities that compliment and/or enhance training opportunities to ensure a workforce that is well prepared to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs, help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds...

From Nature to the New York Times: Nathan Shock Center Researchers Seek to Understand Human Longevity Through Bowhead Whale Study

2026 Oklahoma Geroscience Symposium: “Impact of early-life environment on aging and age-associated disease.”

September 22, 2206 - September 22, 2026 | Oklahoma City, OK

Call for Proposals for Compounds: National Institute on Aging (NIA) Interventions Testing Program (ITP)

Rethinking Pair-Feeding Designs: Uncovering Hidden Dependencies

Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center Idea Awards

WiNSC offers Idea Awards (up to $15,000) to support rapid, innovative projects that leverage our specialized Research Core resources and methods. These awards are designed to accelerate adoption of cutting-edge approaches in aging biology....

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Nathan Shock Center Directors' Symposium 2026

Join this year's NSC Directors' Symposium at AGE 2026, themed "Using Animal Models for Translational and Preclinical Geroscience Research!"...

Aging in the Wild: What Beavers, Mole Rats, Tortoises, Clams, and Other Exceptionally Long-Lived Species Can Teach Human Beings about Living Longer, Healthier Lives

NSC Research to Impact: Building Science Communications Program

NSC Research to Impact: Building Science Communications Program

The NSC Research to Impact: Building Science Communications Program seeks to grow the communications capacity of early stage investigators in aging biology by providing targeted training to enhance their ability to engage and effectively disseminate their work to scientific, industry, and clinical audiences, as well as to non-scientific audiences such...