Webinars

The Buck Institute hosts regular virtual seminars throughout the year from national and international scientists to Buck faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows to share related areas of research.

The Future of Living Better Longer… And how you can make some of it happen now! A Levy Community Seminar

Dr. Eric Verdin, President & CEO of Buck

Dr. Verdin, in conversation with Buck Senior Director of Communications Kris Rebillot, will provide suggestions and tips for how you can live your healthiest life today. Please join in the conversation by writing your questions on the card provided as you entered the auditorium. They will be collected throughout the discussion period.

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Dr Kara Goldman | Infertility, IVF, and Egg Freezing

A conversation with host Dr. Jennifer Garrison and Dr. Kara Goldman, MD, Associate Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Kara is a physician-scientist on the forefront of medical research on reproductive longevity. She discusses her path into the field, current treatment practices in IVF, egg freezing, and fertility preservation, and her research into new therapies that are helping push the field into the next era.

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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Buck Joins Webinar Series

The Buck takes a prominent role in an upcoming webinar series that’s all about Living Better Longer!

(That sure is right up our alley!)

Our very own Kris Rebillot will moderate the series – one of the presenters is Buck Professor Gordon Lithgow. All of the conversations will be designed to help you expertly navigate the aging process. Please join us.

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Claire Gill | Bone Health, Menopause, and Aging

A conversation with host Dr. Jennifer Garrison and Claire Gill, Founder of the National Menopause Foundation and CEO of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, about Bone Health, Menopause, and Aging. Claire has made it her mission to build advocacy and awareness efforts for menopause. The National Menopause Foundation was founded in 2019 with the goal of helping women learn more about “What is menopause?” Claire shares her story about how and why she founded this initiative and what is being done on a national level to reframe the narrative around menopause.

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Dr Holly Ingraham | Sex hormones and Brain Aging

Sex Hormones and Brain Aging with Dr Holly Ingraham. Holly is a world expert on the role of sex hormones from the brain in shaping the reproductive system. Her work recently has explored how estrogen and its regulation are involved with the aging process. Holly also discusses the obstacles that have limited the field’s growth for the past four decades.

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Dr Francesca Duncan | Interplay Between Aging Ovaries and the Environment

Interplay Between Aging Ovaries and the Environment: Francesca Duncan and Julia Balough of the Center for Reproductive Longevity at the Buck Institute discuss the biology of reproductive aging as well as major questions about building the field for the future: Why is there so little funding and so few researchers in this field? What is the history of the field? How do young investigators pivot their careers towards reproductive longevity research? What is the Center doing to carry the field forward in the future?

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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How cellular senescence could help stop the scourge of Alzheimer’s, cancer and other chronic diseases

$27 million in federal grants propels the Buck’s pioneering research in cellular senescence as the NIH looks to research in aging to stop the scourge of Alzheimer’s, cancer and other chronic diseases.

Join us for a conversation with the three Buck Institute professors who are leading these new research projects.

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Dr Alicia Jackson | Bringing Health Equity to Women in the Second Half of their Lifespan

Bringing Health Equity to Women in the Second Half of their Lifespan with Dr Alicia Jackson. Alica is CEO and Founder of Evernow, a telemedicine company focused on menopause health. Evernow aims to tackle the severe lack of medical understanding, support systems, and treatment options for women going through menopause. Alica describes how they are addressing these unmet needs and shares intriguing findings from Evernow’s recent large-scale study on the symptoms and health concerns that can arise during the menopausal transition.

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Dr Lizellen La Follette | Biomarkers, Diagnostics, and Clocks

Biomarkers, Diagnostics, and Clocks: Defining a Woman’s Reproductive Trajectory with Dr Lizellen La Follette. Lizellen returns to speak with Jennifer about how we measure reproductive aging. Reproductive function is incredibly complex and varies dramatically between women, but our tools to measure when and how it will decline in individuals are lacking. The two discuss the best tools medicine has so far to diagnose reproductive decline, how these clocks can improve in the future, and what women can do themselves to better track their fertility.

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Dr Deena Emera | From Menstruation to Menopause

From Menstruation to Menopause: Evolutionary Insights Into the Mysteries of Female Reproductive Biology with Dr Deena Emera. Deena shares her research as an evolutionary biologist into the evolution of the unique human female reproductive system. Very few other animals go through monthly menstruation as we do, and even fewer go through menopause! Why are we so unique? What theories do we have as to why these characteristics evolved? Towards the end, Deena shares details of her upcoming book on the subject.

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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The critical need for new approaches to Alzheimer’s disease

Buck discovery research looking to unearth cures


Julie Andersen, PhD
Tara Tracy, PhD
Pankaj Kapahi, PhD

 

Join us for an online conversation with three Buck Institute professors who are bringing insights from research on aging (aging is the largest risk factor for Alzheimer’s) to their efforts to understand the molecular drivers of Alzheimer’s and identify targets and strategies for developing treatments and preventive measures.

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Balancing the Scales: Bringing Women’s Health to the 21st Century

Balancing the Scales: Bringing Women’s Health to the 21st Century: with Dr. Daisy Robinton and Dr. Jennifer Garrison. Daisy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Oviva, one of the few companies working to bring reproductive aging interventions to the public, and a passionate advocate for equality in reproduction. She shares her story with women’s healthcare and the path that brought her to reproductive longevity research.

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Interview with Lizellen La Follette: Part 2

Part two of Dr. Lizellen La Follette and Dr. Jennifer Garrison’s conversation. They step back and discuss all aspects of women’s biology- from birth to puberty to periods to menopause- and what happens in a woman’s body leading up to the mid-life transition. Along the way they debunk many common myths around women’s reproductive health.

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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OVA Hour: A monthly webinar series created for OVA members

Interview with Lizellen La Follette: Part 1

A discussion with Dr. Lizellen La Follette and Dr. Jennifer Garrison on hormone replacement therapy and menopause, diving deep into important questions about HRT treatment today. Is estrogen beneficial to women? For which women and at what times of her life?

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Garrison

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The Unspoken Truth Webinar

Dr. Jennifer Garrison

Assistant Professor, Buck Institute
Faculty Director of the Buck’s Global Consortium for Female Reproductive Longevity and Equality

Learn How Reproductive Longevity and Equality Affects Us All

The first in a series of webinars devoted solely to featuring leading scientists, doctors and thought leaders in the fields of women’s health, medicine and reproductive longevity.

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Lifelong learning contributes to healthy aging!

6 part lecture series

Generously funded by the Navigage Foundation.

The Buck Institute offered another series of our Lifelong Learning course on the Biology of Aging. This course is intended for a non-scientific audience to get the inside scoop on the exciting science going on at the Buck and in labs across the world. We met weekly online using Zoom for lectures and discussions with experts from across the institute. Join our mailing list to stay informed on the next series offered.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Robert Redfield, MD

Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 11 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Susan Desmond Hellmann, MD, MPH

Former Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 10 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Warner Greene, MD, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Translational Medicine, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 9 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Robert Gallo, MD

Co-Founder and Director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 8 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Kevin Tracey, MD

President & CEO, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 7 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Matt Willis, MD

Marin County Public Health Officer

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 6 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Nevan Krogan, PhD

Director, Quantitative Biosciences Institute at University of California, San Francisco
Senior Director, Gladstone Institute
Adjunct faculty, Buck Institute

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 5 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

John Newman, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Buck Institute
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics, UCSF Medicine

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 4 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Melanie Ott, MD, PhD

Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Professor, Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 3 of a 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH

Chair, Ending Pandemics

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 2 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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Conversations at the Buck, The COVID-19 Pandemic

Eric Verdin, MD

President and CEO, Buck Institute

Informed, evidence-based perspectives about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Session 1 of an 11 part series that took place between April 15, 2020 and July 14, 2020. We had the privilege of speaking with leaders in health care, epidemiology, and molecular biology to bring an array of perspectives to this global health crisis.

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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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