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News
Feb 2020
The Goop Lab Episode 4: The Health Span Plan
featuring Drs. Valter Longo and Morgan Levine
Netflix
Jan 2020
Intermittent fasting: Experts offer dos and don'ts
ABC News
Mar 12, 2019
Reduced-calorie diet lowers signs of inflammatory bowel disease
NIH
Mar 6, 2019
Fasting-mimicking diet holds promise for treating people with inflammatory bowel disease
sciencedaily.com
Oct 18, 2018
TIME names Valter Longo to THE HEALTH CARE 50
Time's first annual list of the most influential people in health care
Sep 6, 2018
Want to live longer? NIA study links fasting to longevity
Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY
Aug 1, 2018
What Is Intermittent Fasting And Is It Actually Good For You?
Markham Heid, Time
Apr 23. 2018
龙莎夏, ShareAmerica
Apr 20, 2018
Can Fasting Improve Chemotherapy’s Effects?
Elaine K. Howley, U.S. News & World Report
Apr 11, 2018
You Asked: What Is Inflammation, And Why Should I Care About It?
Time
Feb 5. 2018
What to know about fasting, aging, dieting and when you should eat
Orli Belman, USC
Feb 1, 2018
Eat well and fast occasionally for optimal health
RadioMD, HER
Jan 23, 2018
The Longevity Diet: así es la tendencia healthy de la que se habla ahora en Hollywood
Jan 11, 2018
The Longevity Diet with Valter Longo
KTLA5
Jan 2, 2018
Book by Valter Longo
Nov 7, 2017
Dr. Sebastian Brandhorst awarded the 2017 Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Awards in Aging.
Nov 3, 2017
Could intermittent fasting help to prevent Alzheimer's?
The Today Show
Jun 28, 2017
Can a Diet That Mimics Fasting Turn Back the Clock?
By Jennifer Abbasi, JAMA
Jun 13, 2017
Kale crackers and hibiscus tea: My five days on a ‘fasting diet’
By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT
Jun 1, 2017
Regularly taking breaks from eating—for hours or days—can trigger changes both expected, such as in metabolic dynamics and inflammation, and surprising, as in immune system function and cancer progression.
By Bob Grant, TheScientist
May 3, 2017
USC Stevens Center for Innovation awards Drs. Valter Longo, Roberta Buono and Sebastian Brandhorst the first annual Commercialization Awards
May, 2, 2017
NIH: Implementing Limits on Grant Support to Strengthen the Biomedical Research Workforce
Apr 18, 2017
Short-Term Fasting Alleviates Toxic Effects, High Glucose Levels Associated With Chemotherapy
Apr 11, 2017
Can Different Forms of Fasting Make You Healthier?
Laura Landro, WSJ
The definition of fasting has expanded to include several kinds of restricted eating. Three experts discuss the benefits and caveats of the various approaches.
Mar 30, 2017
Fasting during chemotherapy may offset some side effects of cancer-fighting drugs
Beth Newcomb, USC News
Feb 23, 2017
Fasting-mimicking Diet May Reverse Diabetes
Dr. Longo on Dieting and Pancreatic regeneration
Feb, 2017
Fasting Diet Could Fight Disease, Slow Aging
Jan 25, 2017
Growth-stunting Gene May Spare People from Dementia
Emily Gersema, USC News
Oct 12, 2016
High-protein diets may negate some of the benefits of losing weight
Alice G. Walton, Forbes
Oct 2, 2016
The added cost of eating red meat
Darryl Fears, The Washington Post
Jul 25, 2016
Low-calorie diets might improve effectiveness of cancer treatments
PNAS Journal Club
Jun 21, 2016
Anja Taylor, Catalyst, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Jun 13, 2016
Could Extremely Low-Calorie Diets Help Some Illnesses?
The Wall Street Journal
Jun, 2016
Fasting-mimicking Diet Studied as Potential MS Treatment
May 14, 2016 12 - 5pm
Fasting: Awakening the Rejuvenation from Within
Dr. Longo @ The TEDxEchoPark “Paradigm Shift"
2147 W. Sunset Blvd.Los Angeles, CA 90026
Apr 13, 2016
Newly discovered proteins may protect against age-related illnesses
Apr 4, 2016
Fasting Diets Are Gaining Acceptance
Anahad O'Connor, New York Times (Chinese)
Mar, 2016
Fasting-mimicking Diet in the News
Feb 15, 2016
Little People of Ecuador: Laron Syndrome May Unlock Cancer, Diabetes Cure
NBC News - Health
Jan, 2016
Is Meat Good or Bad for Me?
BBC 2's Michael Mosley talks to two leading experts who have different opinions on how much is too much when it comes to eating meat.
Jun, 2015
Fasting-mimicking Diet in the News
The Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
The Telegraph
July 23, 2014
Nutrient Availability and Tissue Regeneration
Cell Press webinar: Nutrient Availability in Stem Cells
Jun 5, 2014
Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged, Old Immune System
ScienceDaily
April 29, 2014
Dr. Longo on the Panel of Nutrition and Fitness: Living Well Forever
Milken Institute
Mar 4, 2014
High-protein diets: Bad for the middle-aged, good for the elderly
Los Angeles Times
Oct 11, 2013
Dr. Cohen on Personalized Aging, U.S. Health Care
Bloomberg Link Longevity Economy Conference
Jun 2, 2013
Dr. Longo received The 2013 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research
AFAR
Mar 27, 2013
Rare Form of Dwarfism Protects Against Cancer
By Gary Taubes, Discover
Feb 14, 2013
Low-Protein Diet Slows Alzheimer’s in Mice
KPCC- Southern California Public Radio
Feb 10, 2013
Can eating less help you live longer?
BBC News Magazine
Oct 21, 2012
Dr. Cohen on An Aging Odyssey
USC
Aug 6, 2012
Eat, Fast and Live Longer
BBC Horizon
Aug 4, 2012
The Power of Intermittent Fasting
BBC News Health
Feb 8, 2012
Fasting Might Boost Chemo's Cancer-Busting Properties
Scientific American
Feb 16, 2011
Ecuadorean Villagers May Hold Secret to Longevity
By Nicholas Wade, NY Times
Events
Mar 9, 2020, 12pm-1pm, USC GER224
A patient with obesity walks into your clinic: Designing effective obesity treatments for key populations.
Jamy D. Ard, M.D., Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Feb 25, 2020, 2:30pm-3:30pm, USC GER224
TBD
Rozalyn Anderson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Feb 18, 2020, 12pm-1pm, USC GER224
Expanding the Blue Zones: An Update on Longevity Research from the Oldest Old in Okinawa and Hawaii
Bradley Wilcox, M.D., Professor and Director of Research, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Hawaii
Craig Wilcox, Ph.D., Professor at Okinawa Prefectural University College of Nursing
Feb 7, 2020, 11pm-12pm, USC GER115
SLAM; A Study of Longitudinal Aging in Mice
Rafael de Cabo, Ph.D., Branch Chief of the Translational Gerontology Branch at the National Institute on Aging, NIH
Oct 10, 2019, 12pm- 1pm, USC GER224
Thioredoxin, Cancer, and Aging “A Paradox”
Yuji Ikeno, M.D. Ph.D. Professor, Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center
Mar 14, 2019, 12pm-1pm, USC GER 224
Pleiotropic Effects of Methionine Restriction
Gene Ables, Ph.D., The Orentreich Foundation
Dec 5, 2018, 12pm-1pm, USC GER224
How to get published in Nature and Nature Research journals
Andreia Cunha, Ph.D. SpringerNature
Nov 27, 2018, 11am-12pm
Webinar on Caloric Restriction, Fasting, & Circadian Code
AFAR
Nov 21, 2018, 12pm-1pm, USC GER224
Implications of Mitochondrial Metabolism for Aging
Paulo Oliviera, Ph.D.
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Portugal
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Nov 19, 2018, 11am-12pm, USC GERO Auditorium
Growth Hormone Receptor: Are there benefits of endocrine defects?
John Kopchick, Ph.D.
Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar & Professor
Ohio University
Nov 9 - 10, 2018
GER 124, Auditorium, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
1st International Conference on Fasting, Dietary Restriction, Longevity and Disease
USC Longevity Institute
Nov 9, 2018, 4:45pm - 9:30pm
The Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Midtown at USC
Public event: International Fasting Summit
USC Longevity Institute
Fall, 2018
Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series Fall 2018
Spring 2018
USC Longevity Institute Seminar Series 2018
03/23/18 Fr GER 124 Auditorium
Dietary restriction and aging: mechanistic insights and translational opportunities
James Mitchell, PhD
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
04/13/18 Fr GER 224
Targeting Healthspan: Functional Genetic Variation in Human Aging and Longevity
Yousin Suh, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
05/01/18 Tu GER 124 Auditorium
Somatotropic signaling and metabolism: Impact on health and aging
Holly Brown-Borg, PhD
University of North Dakota
05/03/18 Th GER 124 Auditorium
Genome instability and the limits to life span
Jan Vijg, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
05/04/18 Th GER 124 Auditorium
Lessons from the Osteoporosis in Men (MrOs) Study
Andrew Hoffman, MD
Stanford University
05/11/18 Fr GER 124 Auditorium
Aging of blood stem cells and longevity
Hartmut Geiger, PhD
University of Ulm & Cincinnati Children's Hospital
TBD
Are there benefits of endocrine defects: Lessons from the mouse GHR knock-out
John Kopchick, PhD
Ohio University
Apr 16, 2018
What's Hot in Aging Research at USC:Diversity of Aging
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Fall 2017, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series
http://gero.usc.edu/colloquium/
Dec 15, 2017, School of Gerontology
2017 SoCal Genome Stability Symposium
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~chiolo/SoCal_GSS_2017
Dec 7, 2017, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
The Resilient Brain: Epigenetics, Stress and the Lifecourse: And how the social and physical environments gets ‘under the skin
Bruce McEwen, Ph.D
Rockefeller University
Oct 11-12, 2017
The USC Provost Lifespan Health Initiative
Inaugural Lifespan Health Summit
http://gero.usc.edu/lifespan-health-summit/
Sep 16 -19, 2017
11th Annual Congress of
The International Society of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics
Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Sep 14, 2017, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Consequences of Targeting Inflammation in Aging
Nicolas Musi, MD
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, UTHSC
Sep 7, 2017, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
The Path to Precision Medicine: From Discovery to Patient Care
Alan R. Shuldiner, MD
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Aug 24, 2017, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Monkey in the Middle: Translational Aging Research
Julie A. Mattison, PhD
NIH/NIA
Aug 23, 2017, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Longevity Institute
DNA damage response in aging and a novel role for non-coding RNA
Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna, PhD
FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) Foundation, Milan, Italy
Molecular Genetic Institute (IGM), Pavia, Italy
May 4, 2017
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Transposable Element Activation as a Molecular Cause of Aging
Stephen Helfand, M.D.
Brown University
Apr 27, 2017, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Inflammation and immune modulation: tackling age-related stem cell dysfunction
Heinrich Jasper, PhD
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Apr 19, 2017, 8:30am - 4:00pm
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
What’s Hot in Aging Research at USC:
Aging and the Environment: Role of Air Pollution
March 31- Apr 1, 2017, Sydney, Australia
World Obesity Federation 14th Stock Conference:
Health Benefits of Intermittent and Periodic Energy Restriction
Feb 16, 2017
A new perspective on what causes aging and how to slow it
David A. Sinclair, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Feb 2, 2017, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Metabolism, Epigenetics and Aging: A Growing Nexus
Eric Verdin, MD
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Jan - May, 2017
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series Spring 2017
Oct 10, 2016
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
USC Morton Kesten Summit 2016
Aging in Homes and Neighborhoods Today:
The State of the Art on Research, Programs, and Future Directions
May 5, 2016, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Distinguishing physiological from chronological brain age: translational insights from multimodal neuroimaging and connectomics
Andrei Irimia, PhD
USC
Apr 21, 2016, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Regulation of synaptic function and plasticity: from synaptic homeostasis to age-dependent neurodegeneration
Pejmun Haghighi, PhD
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Apr 18, 2016
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
What's Hot in Aging Research at USC:
Nutrition, Genomics, and Longevity
Mar 3, 2016, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
The Mitochondria as the Retina’sAchilles’ Heel in Age-RelatedMacular Degeneration
Deborah Ferrington, PhD
University of Minnesota
Feb 25, 2016, 12-1pm
GER Auditorium, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Outfoxing Death: How & Why FOX03 genotype is important for human longevity
D. Craig Willcox, PhD
The Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science
Feb 4, 2016, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Disability Experience and Measurement
Lois M. Verbrugge, PhD
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan
Jan 28, 2016, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Protein Aggregation versus Protein Degredation
Tilman Grune, PhD
German Institute of Human Nutrition, Postdam
Jan 21, 2016, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Sarcopenia and Frailty of Mice and Men
La Dora Thompson, PhD, PT
University of Minnesota
Jan 14, 2016, 11-12am
GER 224, the Longevity Institute, USC
Advances at the Edge of Aging Biology and Geroscience
Felipe Sierra, PhD
Director of the Division of Aging Biology
National Institute on Aging, NIH
Dec 3, 2015, 12-1pm
GER Auditorium, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Kesten Memorial Lecture
How to Die Young at a Very Old Age
Nir Barzilai, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Nov 10, 2015, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Longgevity Institute
Daily Eating Pattern in Health and Disease
Satchin Panda, PhD
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Fall, 2015, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series on Aging
May 27, 2015, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Cognition, Brain and Health:
A Brief Tour of the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging
William S. Kremen, PhD
University of California, San Diego
May 13, 2015, 11:45am to 12:45pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Advances and New Directions in Research
on the Natural History of Human Aging
Hilliard Kaplan, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico
May 7, 2015, 12-1pm, GERO 224
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Epigenetics and the 3-Dimensional Genome
Andrew Hoffman, MD
Stanford University
Apr 20, 2015
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
What’s Hot in Aging Research at USC: Past, Present, and Future
http://gero.usc.edu/uscagingresearch/
Mar 9, 2015, 12-1pm
GERO 224, USC Longevity Institute
The effects of short-term fasting on tolerance to (neo) adjuvant chemotherapy in HER2 negative breast cancer patients
Judith Kroep MD, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center
Dietary Restriction as an Adjunct to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for HER2negative Breast Cancer
Stefanie de Groot MD
Leiden University Medical Center
Feb 5, 2015, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Dietary Restriction and Other Inventions that Influence Longevity: What Can They Teach Us about Aging?
James F. Nelson, PhD
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Jan 29, 2015, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Diet, Exercise and the Biology of Aging
Nathan K. LeBrasseur, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Jan 16, 2015
Aresty Auditorium, Keck School of Medicine of USC
USC Stem Cell Symposium
Fred H. Gage, PhD
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
University of California, San Diego
Dec 10, 2014, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Optimal Protein Intake for Older Adults
Elena Volpi, M.D., PhD
Division of Geriatric Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Nov 21, 2014 - 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Senescent Cells in Aging and Disease
Jan M. van Deursen, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Nov 13, 2014 - 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Epigenetic changes leading to somatic retrotransposition and a new mammalian genetic longevity model
John Sedivy, PhD
Brown University
Oct 31, 2014 - 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Opposing metabolic phenotypes in subjects with mutations in the GHR vs mutations in the CDKN1c
Jaime Guevara, MD
Institute of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Reproduction (IEMYR)
Quito, Ecuador
Fall 2014
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging
Sep 14-17, 2014
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
The Association of Pacific Rim Universities:
Aging in Asia 2014
Apr 23, 2014 - 9am-4:30pm
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
What’s Hot in Aging Research at USC:
The Digital Aging Revolution
Feb 5, 2014, 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Longevity Institute
SomaScan: A unique high content proteomics platform for biomarker discovery and development
Gordon Vansant, PhD
Somalogic
Dec 17, 2013 - 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Longevity Institute
A Radical Exercise-Based "Cure" for Diabetes Type II and Centripetal Obesity
Robert Huizenga, PhD
UCLA
Dec 5, 2013
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Dietary Interventions for Healthy Aging
Rafael de Cabo, PhD
National Institute on Aging
Nov 8, 2013
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Oct 30, 2013 - 12-1pm
GER 224, USC Longevity Institute
VSELs in Tissue Organ RejuvenationA Novel View
on Aging and Cancerogenesis
Mariusz Ratajczak, MD,PhD, DSci
University of Louisville
Oct 8–13, 2013
Erice, Sicily, Italy
Interventions to Slow Aging in Humans: Are We Ready?
Fall, 2013
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Multidisciplinary Research Colloquium Series in Aging
Apr 24-25, 2013
USC Davis School of Gerontology
USC/Buck Symposium on the Biology of Aging
Apr 22, 2013
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
What’s Hot in Aging Research at USC
Integrated Approaches to the Study of Aging
Apr 11, 2013
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Humoral Control of Proteostasis
Andrew Dillin, PhD
UC Berkeley
Mar 1, 2013 3-4pm
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Testing Evolutionary Theories of Aging and Longevity
Leonid Gavrilov, PhD
Natalia Gavrilova, PhD
University of Chicago
Feb 14, 2013
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Functonal Approaches to the Genetics of Human Aging
Yousin Suh, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aug, 2012
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Therapeutic Application of Fasting
Francoise De Toledo, PhD
Buchinger Clinic, Überlingen, Germany
Apr, 2012
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Mitochondrial ROS Signaling in Disease and Aging
Gerald Shadel, PhD
Yale University
Mar, 2012
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Pharmacological Approches To The Maintenance of Homestasis During Aging
Gordon Lithogow, PhD
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Feb, 2012
GER 224, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Systemic Effects of Cardio-Protective MIGF-1/SIRT1 Signaling
Manlio Vinciguerra, PhD
The Institute of Hepatology, London, UK