Mo Elzek
@moelzek
Sciencer tweeting about longevity, AI and data. Building something new ๐งฌ๐ค| bio/acc๐งช| Immunaging PostDoc @BabrahamInst | PhD @Cambridge_Uni | MD @AlexU_Edu_Eg
MethAgingDB: a comprehensive DNA methylation database for aging biology nature.com/articles/s4159โฆ
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Silicon is spiritual
We could tell you how diverse Frontier Tower isโฆ or we could just show you this video ๐งโโ๏ธ๐๐ค Not a citizen yet? Swing by our Open House on July 21, everyoneโs welcome. (Link ๐)
While UK Biobank enabled access to population-based proteomics at scale, most omics studies in disease-focused cohorts still suffer from small sample sizes. The Global Neurodegeneration Proteomics Consortium brought together 35,000 serum, plasma, and CSF samples fromโฆ
Your DNA doesnโt dictate your destiny but it offers a pretty good forecast. An epigenetic clock named after the Grim Reaper is still the best at predicting death. In a massive study of 19,000 people in Scotland, the GrimAge clock was the best predictor of who would die over theโฆ
We are organising coworking days in London for folks working on longevity. Next friday will be at @IDEALondon. RSVP here: lu.ma/17zi5r0g
๐ฃ Announcing Biostasis 2025! Join us at the world's premiere cryonics facility for our annual cryopreservation conference. Prepare for exclusive access to the European Biostasis Foundation, live field demonstrations, inspiring discussions, and exclusive membership opportunitiesโฆ
Microsoft claims their new AI framework diagnoses 4x better than doctors. I'm a medical doctor and I actually read the paper. Here's my perspective on why this is both impressive AND misleading ... ๐งต
Enjoying listening to it: notebooklm.google.com/notebook/d6f06โฆ
๐จNew paper on theories of ageing I discuss the major mechanistic theories of ageing in light of recent findings as well as the fundamental nature of the ageing process. Theoretical work is more important than ever in biology, including in ageing. nature.com/articles/s4155โฆ
โ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ.โ I had the chance yesterday to meet one of my living heroes: @NoubarAfeyan. I have watched his talks and read his annual letters, and have alwaysโฆ
.@NoubarAfeyan what if we can leverage humans, machine and nature intelligence to build the future? Inspiring!! #milnersymp25? @TheMilnerInst
๐งต1/ LBF7 Spain is happening and we're doing something kinda wild: -Weโre gathering the smartest people who want to SOLVE AGING -going to a longevity resort in the Spanish mountains -to learn, discuss and ACTUALLY BUILD stuff for 7 days straight Hereโs what weโre cooking ๐
If you are working on the intersection of physics and aging we've got a special collection for you on Gerophysics: nature.com/collections/hhโฆ
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง? TL;DR: Itโs a lot of work, and 100% worth it and will do it again. Just a few weeks ago, Tanmay Gupta, PhD and I pulled off the first-ever ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ after only threeโฆ
Longevity escape velocity is not only a scientific milestone, but also a moral imperative to maintain the main relationships in one's life. RIP my mentor in absentia. #FathersDay
After going to more conferences lately, apparently I am โlong in longevityโ is a thing!
A new Yale study shows for the first time that immune-system T cells are present in the brain, sent by the gut to a region that regulates hunger and thirst โ a finding about T-cell physiology โthat changes everything,โ says one researcher: bit.ly/4mB9O1Q #Yale
Among all our systems, none is as beautiful, powerful, and persistent as the immune system.
you replace your entire skin every 28 days. your stomach lining every 5 days. but the immune cells from your childhood vaccines? still alive and working scientists just discovered some are 70+ years old. 1/