Jackson Laboratory

Aging

Research into the basic mechanisms of aging to find the genetic and physiological causes of age-related diseases and disorders.

Lifespan vs. healthspan

Search Magazine March 13, 2018

Aging

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News and Insights

Search MagazineMarch 12, 2018

Lifespan vs. healthspan

Aging

Press ReleaseJanuary 09, 2018

Catherine Kaczorowski of JAX receives 2018 IBANGS Young Investigator Award

Search MagazineDecember 20, 2017

Aging resiliently

Search MagazineNovember 17, 2017

Eat less, live longer? Cutting calories extends life span in mice

Search MagazineNovember 15, 2017

Exploring the diet-life span connection

Search MagazineNovember 14, 2017

How do you make a Western diet — for a mouse?

Press ReleaseSeptember 11, 2017

Kaczorowski Lab receives Glenn Award for aging research

Press ReleaseAugust 14, 2017

$2.3M in federal funding to JAX to support studies of aging immune system

Education Resources

May22

Programs

Open House - ME campus

Cancer/Tumors, Developmental Biology, Ethics, Genetic Tools, Kidney, Model Development, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience, S.T.E.M., Women in Science, Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALS, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics and Genomics, Resource Development and Dissemination

Jul 15 - 27

Short Course

The 59th McKusick Short Course

Precision medicine, Ethics, Stem cells, Microbiome, Infectious Disease, Immunology, Model Development, Rare Diseases, Aging, Cardiovascular, Cancer/Tumors, Developmental Biology, Diabetes, Genetic Tools, Optogenetics and Pharmacogenetics, Autoimmunity, Inflammation, Lupus, Addiction, Dermatology, Autoimmune Diseases, Metabolic Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disease, Reproductive Biology, Down Syndrome, Fragile X, Rett Syndrome, Breast Cancer, Neurodevelopmental Defects, Major Histocompatibility Complex, Metabolic Defects, Cystic Fibrosis, Genetics and Genomics, Reproductive Disorders, Complex Traits, Developmental Disorders, Diabetes and Obesity, Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases, Immune Disorders, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Cancer

Sep Oct 30 - 05

Workshop

17th Annual Workshop on the Pathology of Mouse Models for Human Disease

Model Development, Stem cells, Aging, Autoimmune Diseases, Bones and Joints, Dermatology, Cancer/Tumors, Digestion, Resource Development and Dissemination, Aging

Oct 22 - 26

Workshop

Improving Preclinical Translation of Alzheimers Disease Research

Oct Nov 29 - 02

Short Course

21st Century Mouse Genetics

Genetic Tools, Model Development, Neurodegenerative Disease, Rare Diseases, Reproductive Biology, Aging, Developmental Biology, Cancer/Tumors, Diabetes, Bioinformatics, Complex Traits, Cancer, Computational Biology, Genetics and Genomics

Research & Faculty

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Aging

Our researchers investigate many aspects of aging, including how to promote healthy aging and stop diseases of aging.

Amy N. Hicks, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Catherine Cook Kaczorowski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Evnin Family Chair in Alzheimer’s Research

The Chesler Lab

Researches the genetics underlying behavior and identifies relationships among behavioral traits.

The Cox Lab

Researches the molecular pathways of human degenerative muscle diseases.

Daniel Gatti, Ph. D.

Research Scientist

David E. Harrison, Ph.D.

Professor

Greg Cox, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Guangwen "Gary" Ren, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

James Godwin, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Jennifer Trowbridge, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

The John Lab

Uses advanced methods to research glaucoma and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Karolina Palucka, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

Kate Foley

Ph.D. Student

Kenneth Johnson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Kira Young, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

The Korstanje Lab

Studies the genetics of kidney function and disease, particularly in the context of aging.

Lihong Zhao, Ph.D.

Project Scientist

Lina Kozhaya, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Mauro Costa, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Milena B. Furtado, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Molly Bogue, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Nadia Rosenthal, Ph.D., F.Med.Sci

Scientific Director and Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics

The Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging

Our goal is to focus our diverse expertise in biology and genomics on the problems and disorders associated with aging.

The Ouyang Lab

Models genome regulation using computational and statistical methods.

Philipp Tauber, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

The Rosenthal Lab

Global leader in the use of targeted mutagenesis in mice to investigate muscle development, disease and repair.

Simon John, Ph.D.

Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator

Stanley Yang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Xin Zhou, B.S.

Predoctoral Associate

Yair Dorsett, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Zhengqing Ouyang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Jax Mice & Services

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