Post doctoral fellows supported by the Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Training Program.
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Dr. Arian is a postdoc in Jessica Young’s lab in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington. His research focuses on utilizing human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) derived neurons and cortical organoids to assess the impact of perturbing signature aging genes’ expression on cell function. Aging genes were identified […]
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Dr. Armstrong is a postdoc in Maitreya Dunham’s lab in the department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington. His research focuses on using baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and modified continuous culture systems known as aging chemostats to evolve yeast cells to extend replicative lifespan. In the wild, there is little evolutionary pressure to […]
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Molecular Engineering and Science Institute
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Dr. Frost is currently as a postdoctoral fellow in the Kane lab. She is studying epigenetic patterns, including DNA methylation and histone modifications, and their relationship with frailty and sex differences in aging. This builds upon her thesis work completed in the Heinrich Lab at the University of California, Riverside, which was rooted in unraveling […]
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Cristina Gildee is a PhD student in the department of Anthropology. She studies osteological health and aging in humans through her joint work with the Primate Evolutionary Biomechanics Lab (PEBL) and the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) Biodemography Lab. Her work investigates the influence of reproductive effort, physical activity, and immune function […]
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Bradley Ruple is a postdoctoral scholar in the Translational Bioenergetics Lab, training under David Marcinek. His research focuses on the molecular and physiological adaptations to exercise and nutritional interventions, with particular interest in skeletal muscle aging, mitochondrial dynamics, and cardiovascular health. Using a combination of clinical and translational approaches, he investigates how targeted interventions can […]
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Dr. Winstone is a postdoc in Dr. Brian Kraemer’s group at the VA Puget Sound. Her work focuses on the development of novel neurotherapeutics for age-related neurodegenerative diseases. She is working to establish drug discovery pipelines for novel therapeutic targets in tau pathogenesis through the development of high throughput in vitro and immunological assays. Dr. […]
