UCSF Bakar Aging Research Institute

@UCSFAging

Our Institute brings together scientists and clinicians from all UCSF campuses to address the most critical and intractable questions related to Aging.

San Francisco, CA geroscience.ucsf.edu Joined January 2021

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UCSF Bakar Aging Research Institute @UCSFAging Jun 10, 2022

We bring together UCSF scientists and clinicians to uncover mechanisms behind aging, develop novel diagnostic/therapeutic tools, and establish best practices for providing equitable care to older adults in our communities. geroscience.ucsf.edu

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Meet this year’s BARI Postdoctoral Fellows! Their work spans stem cells, metabolism, reprogramming, glia, and lung fibrosis. Congrats to these early-career scientists advancing independent research in aging biology. geroscience.ucsf.edu/news/bari-post…

UCSF Bakar Aging Research Institute @UCSFAging 5d

BARI’s Diana Laird is part of the Tabula Sapiens Consortium behind a major Cell resource: an expanded single-cell atlas of 1.1million+ human cells across 28 tissues. Among the insights is how senescence looks different depending on cell type and tissue. bit.ly/4zoEngJ

UCSF Bakar Aging Research Institute @UCSFAging 5d

Congrats to the new BARI/Hillblom Graduate Fellows! Since 2021, BARI/Hillblom has supported 35 graduate students across 13 programs. Excited to see the next gen of aging researchers thrive! geroscience.ucsf.edu/news/bari-hill…

UCSF Bakar Aging Research Institute @UCSFAging Nov 4

Some patients with autoimmune lung disease develop progressive fibrosis that looks a lot like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In a Thorax review, BARI’s Paul Wolters & team argue that different diseases can converge on shared fibrotic pathways, including age-related ones.