Sam & Ann Barshop Institute

Understand the #biologyofaging, discover therapies to treat & cure diseases of #aging, train future scientists #geroscience, promote public awareness of aging.

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🎉 Save the Date for the 2026 Masoro‑Barshop Conference on Aging!

🧬 Gerotherapeutic Discovery, Development & Translation
📅 Oct 8–11, 2026
📍 The Mayan Dude Ranch, Bandera, TX 🤠

Stay updated here 👉 https://t.co/CIK2slZCX6

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🎉👏Congratulations to Claira Sohn for defending her PhD thesis on 5/20!

Claira is the most recent graduate from the Biology of Aging Discipline at UT Health San Antonio and a previous Biology of Aging T32 supported trainee in the lab of Bess Frost, PhD.

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🧠 Join us May 6th for the Barshop Institute Spring Seminar!

Saul Villeda, PhD, (UCSF) will present: “Blood-based approaches to rejuvenating the aging brain”

🕓 4–5 PM
📍 Barshop Institute, rm 2005
💻 Zoom available
☕🍪 In-person light refreshments

👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZd9g

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👏🎉Congrats to Juan Pablo Palavicini, PhD, and Kevin B. Koronowski, PhD, on their exciting Alzheimer’s research grant! Their work on circadian disruption, sleep and diet brings new hope for better prevention and care.

#AlzheimersResearch

👉 Read more: https://t.co/p2Aa62ooRM

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📢 Join us Wed, Apr 22 @ 4pm CT for the #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Francine Grodstein, ScD (Rush University) presents: "Mexican Teachers Cohort Cognitive Study"

📍 Barshop Institute 2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar
👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZd9g

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📢Join us Wed, Apr 8 @ 4pm CT for the #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Yi Zhu, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine) presents: “Targeting Obesity and Aging: The Roles of Hyaluronan, Metabolic Hormones, and Emerging Mechanisms”

📍Barshop Institute 2005
💻Virtual: Zoom
👉https://t.co/oANCwwZd9g

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📢 Join us Wed, Apr 1 @ 4pm CT for the #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Guanshi Zhang, PhD (UT Health San Antonio) will present: “CerS6 in Podocytes: Driving Renal Aging and Glomerular Dysfunction”

📍 Barshop Institute, Rm 2.2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar

👉https://t.co/oANCwwZd9g

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📢 Join us Wed, Mar 25 @ 4pm CT for the #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Philipp Scherer, PhD, (UTSW) presents: “Sticky Drops and Stiff Tissues: How Lipid Droplets and Fibrosis Shape Metabolic Disease”

📍 Barshop Institute, rm 2.2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar

👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZd9g

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🎧 Listen to Dr. Elena Volpi’s appearance on TPR’s The Source, where she discusses research on aging and healthy longevity.

🔗 https://t.co/OQ9sila8WW

#HealthyLongevity #AgingResearch

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Can 3 existing drugs slow aging? UT Health San Antonio prepares major study to find out. https://t.co/9J0JpUo1Yp

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The U.S. is investing $144M through the ARPA-H PROSPR program to develop therapies that slow aging & extend healthy lifespan. The Barshop Institute at UT Health San Antonio is helping lead clinical trials to test drugs that may delay age-related decline.

https://t.co/CcyYjHNWMe

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🎉 Congrats to Laurence Maeyens, a PhD student in Biology of Aging, on his first-author publication in Nature Aging!

His review, “Visceral adiposity, metabolic health and aging,” examines whether visceral fat drives age-related metabolic decline. 🧬

👉https://t.co/UPfQraXGXC

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🎉 Congrats to Dr. Elena Volpi & Barshop team on receiving up to $38M from ARPA-H! This transformative award advances the VITAL-H clinical trial & strengthens San Antonio’s leadership in healthy longevity research. 👏🧬 #Longevity #AgingResearch #ARPAH

👉 https://t.co/MN9bTgZvLq

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📢Join us Wed, Feb 25 @ 4pm CT for the #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Joshua Mendell, MD, PhD (UT Southwestern) presents: “New Regulators of Coding and Noncoding RNAs in Mammals.”

📍 Barshop Institute, Rm 2.2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar

👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZd9g

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📢Join us Wed, Feb 18 @ 4pm CT for the #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Hongyuan (Robert) Yang, PhD, presents: “Lipid Storage and Trafficking in Metabolic Diseases.”

📍 Barshop Institute, Rm 2.2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar

👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZKYO

#metabolism #lipids

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📢Join us Wed, Jan 28 @ 4pm CT for the #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Qin Yang, MD, PhD, (UC Irvine) presents: “Epigenetic Regulation of Liver Metabolism.”

📍 Barshop Institute, Rm 2.2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar

👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZd9g

#agingresearch #metabolism #epigenetics

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📢Join us Wed, Jan 14 @ 4pm CT for the #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Ann Griffith, PhD, presents: “Mechanisms Regulating Thymus Function Across the Lifespan.”

📍 Barshop Institute, Rm 2.2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar

👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZKYO

#agingresearch #immunology #thymus

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Join us Wed, Dec 17 @ 4pm CT for our #BarshopSeminarSeries Ward Awardee presentations!

🔬 Ziying Xu — myelin lipid metabolism & microglial reactivity
⏰ Kristi Dietert, PhD — senescence & circadian rhythms

📍 Barshop Institute 2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom

👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZd9g

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📢 Join us Wed, Dec 3 @ 4pm CT for our #BarshopSeminarSeries!

Valentina Garbarino, PhD, presents: “#Lactoferrin’s Biomarker and Therapeutic Potential in #Aging and Age-related Brain Disease.”

📍 Barshop Institute, Rm 2.2005
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar

👉 https://t.co/oANCwwZKYO

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🎉 UT San Antonio has launched the new NIA-funded Center for Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias (CAPAS), led by Drs. Rebeca Wong and Fernando Riosmena. The center will advance community-focused, inclusive research on Alzheimer’s. 🧠✨

👉 https://t.co/l48ww2ioRQ