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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Dr. Gildee is a postdoctoral fellow in the Primate Evolutionary Biomechanics Lab (PEBL) in the Department of Anthropology. Her work examines how reproductive history, cellular aging, and inflammation influence bone remodeling and aging. By combining large-scale epidemiological datasets with biomechanical modeling and biomarker analysis, she aims to clarify the mechanisms of skeletal adaptation and aging […]
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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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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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Dr. Severs is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Aakanksha Singhvi, in the Basic Sciences Department at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. She is interested in studying how glia communicate with neurons to impact behavior, and how this changes with age. Specifically, Dr. Severs is examining how sense-organ glia in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans […]
