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January 15, 2025 . EVENTS

Live Better Longer Community Seminar Series

Seminar #10
The Science of Longevity: Fact Versus Fiction
Speaker: Eric Verdin, MD, President & CEO, Buck Institute

The Buck Institute is hosting in-person (with zoom option) monthly conversations with geroscience experts about how people can live longer, healthier lives. Speakers in the Live Better Longer Seminar Series will share the latest insights into sleep, exercise, nutrition, mental health and how people of any age can optimize their health and fitness.

What’s the next seminar about?
When research on aging first burst on the scene a few decades ago, it was considered by many to be a fringe pursuit, something impossible to study. Today research on aging is the most interrogated field in all of the life sciences. What’s next for the field, and how soon will we get there? What can we learn from it to help us today? Dr. Verdin sorts it all out.

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Registration will take place every month for the upcoming seminar. Keep an eye out for an email from us when registration opens for each seminar.

Speakers

Past Speakers:

April 3, 2024:
Exercise, The Ultimate Magic Bullet for Longevity by Dr. Simon Melov

May 1, 2024:
What Outer Space Can Teach Us About Aging by Dr. David Furman

June 5, 2024:
What Worms Can Teach Us About Living Better Longer by Dr. Gordon Lithgow

July 10, 2024:
How Close are We to Real Treatments for Neurodegenerative Diseases?

Aug 7, 2024:
Want the best medical care? Then learn how to be your own advocate

Sept 4, 2024:
Eat Your Way to Extra Years: Nutrition and Healthy Aging

Oct 9, 2024:
Therapeutics for Aging: Moving from the Lab to the Clinic

Nov 6, 2024:
The Mechanisms of Brain Aging

Dec 11, 2024:
Boosting brain resilience to restore memory

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Upcoming Speakers:

Jan 15, 2025
Eric Verdin, MD

The Science of Longevity: Fact Versus Fiction

When research on aging first burst on the scene a few decades ago, it was considered by many to be a fringe pursuit, something impossible to study. Today research on aging is the most interrogated field in all of the life sciences. What’s next for the field, and how soon will we get there? What can we learn from it to help us today? Dr. Verdin sorts it all out.

Feb 5, 2025
Jennifer Garrison, PhD

Ovarian Aging and Women’s Health

Of all the species in the animal kingdom, humans are one of the very few who go through menopause. Human ovaries age faster than other organs in women’s bodies and that process has a profound effect on overall health. Dr. Garrison discusses how prolonging fertility is key to lifelong health -- in at least half of the population. Men, be brave and show up too!

Mar 5, 2025
Lee Hood, MD, PhD

The Future of Medicine

Imagine a world where we could prevent disease before it begins. Dr. Hood suggests that world is at our doorstep. He will discuss making the practice of medicine predictive, preventative, personalized, and participatory.

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Directions

The Buck Institute is located 25 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

San Francisco Airport/San Francisco/South Bay:

  • Take Highway 101 North across the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Take the last Novato exit — Atherton/San Marin Drive (just north of the DeLong exit)
  • Turn left at the stoplight, and go west over the freeway overpass
  • Get in the right lane, and turn right at the second stoplight onto Redwood Boulevard
  • Go approximately ½ mile, and turn left onto Buck Center Drive
  • At the top of the hill, turn left into the Visitor Parking Lot

Berkeley/Oakland/Oakland International Airport:

  • Take Highway 80 to Highway 580 West, and cross the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge
  • Take 580 until it merges with Highway 101 North in San Rafael
  • Take the last Novato exit — Atherton/San Marin Drive (just north of the DeLong exit)
  • Turn left at the stoplight, and go west over the freeway overpass
  • Get in the right lane, and turn right at the second stoplight onto Redwood Boulevard
  • Go approximately ½ mile, and turn left onto Buck Center Drive
  • At the top of the hill, turn left into the Visitor Parking Lot

From Sonoma County, take Highway 101 South:

  • Take the first Novato exit (Atherton/San Marin Drive)
  • Turn right at the stoplight, and stay in the right lane
  • Take an immediate right onto Redwood Boulevard
  • Go approximately ½ mile, and turn left onto Buck Center Drive
  • At the top of the hill, turn left into the Visitor Parking Lot

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