Media & Events
Learn about all of our media features and events in 2024, including our upcoming Biomarkers of Aging Conference, webinars, and other online events in reverse chronological order. Scroll down to learn about our previous media features and events from 2023 and before.
November 1-2, 2024
Tickets available until October 21st.
2024 Biomarkers of Aging Conference
Join our 2-day, in-person Conference at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Our program will feature cutting-edge academic science of biomarkers of aging as well as translational, clinical and regulatory aspects of biomarkers of aging featuring the world’s leading academic and industry scientists. Visit our Conference Page for more info.
Biomarkers of Aging Challenge:
Update Webinar with Foresight Institute
Dr. Chiara Herzog provides a high-level background on why biomarkers of aging are necessary for the development of longevity interventions, when (under which circumstances) to use them, and which challenges currently exist in the field. She then describes how the Consortium is addressing those challenges. Dr. Albert Ying walks through our open-source Biolearn tooling, as well as recent advances made, which is used to support the analyses and validation of biomarkers of aging. Seth Paulson wraps up the presentation with our 2024 Biomarkers of Aging Challenge Series and demonstrates how to participate in the Challenge. The presentation is then followed by an engaging Q&A led by Allison from Foresight.
March 29, 2024
“How Innovation will Establish Next Generation Biomarkers of Aging” with XPRIZE Healthspan, Institute of Competition Sciences and Sage Bionetworks on X Spaces
The Biomarkers of Aging Challenge Series unites biomarker developers, data scientists, academic researchers, translational scientists, biotech firms, pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory bodies, including the FDA and is designed to drive innovation and collaboration in the field of validating aging biomarkers for the development of longevity interventions.
Agenda and Talking Points:
The Scope and Vision of the Challenge
Barriers to the Discovery, Development, and Validation of Aging Biomarkers
The Phases of the Challenge, including Participation Details and Winning Criteria
Future Perspectives
Open Q&A “Ask Me Anything” session
March 1, 2024
Webinar: New advances in omics biomarkers of aging with Dr. Mahdi Moqri and Dr. Jesse Poganik
ML models based on omics data can predict biological age but often do not offer biologically meaningful or clinically actionable insights. Many research groups have been working to address this challenge during the past few years. Our Executive Directors, Drs. Mahdi Moqri and Jesse Poganik presented a brief review of recent advances in this area developed by the members of the Biomarkers of Aging Consortium, including the PRC2 Clock, the Causal Clock, the OMICmAge Clock, biological applications of the clocks, and computational tools including Biolearn and Clockbase. Watch the recording below. Password to unlock the recording is PxY8H+A0.
February 1, 2024
2023 Media Features & Events
Aging Insights: Dr. Jesse Poganik and Dr. Mahdi Moqri on Biomarkers and Longevity Research – The VitaDAO Aging Science Podcast
December 18, 2023
Our friends at VitaDAO had a chat about our 2023 symposium and the importance of biomarkers with Dr. Jesse Poganik and Dr. Mahdi Moqri. Topics ranged from omics to liquid biopsies and clinical studies, talking about walking speed, epigenetics, longitudinal studies and prizes.
Inaugural 2023 Biomarkers of Aging Symposium at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Our full-day in-person event on December 4th 2023 at The Buck Institute in Novato, California included a keynote lecture delivered by Prof. Steve Horvath, 10 short talks, 5 panel discussions, and 20 poster presentations. It brought together over 300 stakeholders from different backgrounds, ranging from laboratory researchers, to clinicians, to representatives of the longevity industry.
Chairs: 2023 Scientific Committee
Topics included:
Assessment and validation of biomarkers of aging
Application of biomarkers of aging for identification and evaluation of longevity interventions.
Recommendations and challenges for establishing reliable biomarkers of aging
December 4, 2023
Webinar: Characterization and Validation of Biomarkers of Aging with Drs Jesse Poganik & Mahdi Moqri
In this National University Singapore Medicine webinar, hosted by Prof. Brian Kennedy, Dr. Jesse Poganik & Dr. Mahdi Moqri discussed the Consortium's mission and efforts in developing viable longevity interventions, as well as identifying and validating pivotal biomarkers of ageing, and their recent publications. Dr Poganik's research aims to understand the fundamental aspects of aging such as temporal dynamics of biological age, and the intercellular and tissue dynamics of ageing. Dr Moqri's research delves into epigenetic aging and its clinical translation. The webinar starts at minute 7:15.
November 3, 2023
Biomarkers of Aging Consortium Virtual Launch with Foresight Institute
February 28, 2023
Vadim Gladyshev, Vittorio Sebastiano, and Mahdi Moqri present a new framework for characterizing and assessing biomarkers of aging and launched the Biomarkers of Aging Consortium at a Foresight Institute public webinar.
Biomarkers of Aging Consortium Update Seminar with Foresight Institute
November 14, 2023
Vadim Gladyshev, Mahdi Moqri, and Dane Gobel present a progress update, including new consensus manuscripts, the announcement of the Biolearn data science library, and a preview of the upcoming Biomarkers of Aging Challenge series at a Foresight Institute public webinar.