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Working to create a world where everyone can have
healthy minds and healthy bodies at every age.

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Our Faculty

A mission-driven community
of investigators

The Buck is a collective of the world’s top scientists in the field of aging who are sharing their methods and
expertise to find ways to help everyone lead fuller, healthier lives by ending age-related disease.

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Our Research

Advancing the frontiers
of research on aging

Using cutting-edge science to tackle aging, the #1 risk factor for chronic disease.

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OUR MISSION

Our mission is to end the threat of age-related disease for this and future generations

We believe it is possible for people to enjoy their lives at 95 as much as they do at 25, and to achieve that, we’re seeking a more comprehensive understanding of the biology of aging itself.

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Advancing the frontiers
of aging research

Using cutting-edge science to tackle aging, the #1 risk factor for chronic disease.

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Bees are buzzing to the Buck, with the support of the Impact Circle!

Buck professor Simon Melov awarded $100,000 at the most recent Buck Impact Circle.

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Buck President and CEO Eric Verdin Appointed to President’s Advisory Council for the Health Longevity Grand Challenge

The National Academy of Medicine is launching a Global Grand Challenge for Healthy Longevity – a worldwide movement to increase physical, mental, and social well-being for people as they age...

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The need for more conversations between patient, research, and medical communities

An Interview with Parkinson’s Patient Advocate Benjamin Stecher

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“What I want people to know about the Buck is the incredible commitment and excitement that permeates the walls of this institution. We are pushing the frontiers in an area that is going to impact all of humanity. I cannot tell you exactly when this will happen, but I can tell you big discoveries will come out of the Buck.”

Eric Verdin, MD, Buck Institute President and CEO

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Donor Appreciation

Buck professor Pankaj Kapahi and Reta Haynes go way back

Reta and her now-deceased husband, Bill Haynes, gave $250,000 to jump start the Kapahi lab in 2004, shortly after the young principal investigator came to the Buck...
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Buck Professor Emeritus David Nicholls elected to the Royal Society

David Nicholls, PhD, FRSE, has been elected to the Royal Society, a self-governing Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth...
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Intervening in glial cells protects neurons in Parkinson’s model

Buck researchers identify crosstalk between dopaminergic neurons and glial cells in fruit flies providing a potential new target for preventative treatment.
Research

Exploiting a gene that protects against Alzheimer’s

Anyone who gets tested for their genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease likely knows about ApoE4.

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Buck Professor Emeritus David Nicholls elected to the Royal Society

David Nicholls, PhD, FRSE, has been elected to the Royal Society, a self-governing Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth...
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Press Release

Intervening in glial cells protects neurons in Parkinson’s model

Buck researchers identify crosstalk between dopaminergic neurons and glial cells in fruit flies providing a potential new target for preventative treatment.
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Exploiting a gene that protects against Alzheimer’s

Anyone who gets tested for their genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease likely knows about ApoE4.
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Here’s what’s happening

Upcoming events that feature Buck science

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Formal Research Seminars

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The Conversation Continues: A Celebration of 30 Years of Research on Aging

Leaders in the field discuss the latest in research on aging.
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Ongoing

The Conversation Continues: A Celebration of 30 Years of Research on Aging

Leaders in the field discuss the latest in research on aging.
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Book Passage and the Buck Institute Present: Chip Conley's Wisdom@Work: The Making of the Modern Elder

His new book Wisdom@Work: The Making of the Modern Elder takes on the new midlife – a search for meaning, not retirement
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When is food not food? When it is a #nanoparticle contained in high quantities in more than 900 products and seems to impact the #microbiome. #livebetterlonger https://t.co/MHnJ9Izuyz

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We honor the passing of the visionary architect, I.M. Pei, who designed our beautiful campus. Living to 102 years old with such enormous accomplishments inspires us. We are grateful to have been a part of his life. #livebetterlonger https://t.co/PSkI4i8XLq

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Who needs a #TBT when the best is yet to come? But here’s a #TBT study from 2016 that found older adults have improved mental health, suggesting that every month is #olderamericansmonth https://t.co/59phaD7Y1E #livebetterlonger

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A new Center at the Buck seeks to solve one of science’s greatest mysteries: why do ovaries age faster than any other organ – and what does that mean for women’s health? https://t.co/8UZYwssQh6 #livebetterlonger

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Whales are big and long-lived (lots of cell division), but don't have notably high cancer rates. A #genome analysis suggests whale evolution selected for anti-cancer pathways. No wonder they seem to have a whale of a time! #livebetterlonger https://t.co/91ALujJt7z

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