Christy Carter Named Program Officer for the Nathan Shock Centers and Nathan Shock Center Coordinating Center
Dr. Carter is the NIA/DAB Program Officer for Training and Workforce Development. She has served as leadership in both the Wake Forest and University of Florida OAICs as Pilot Core Director and REC investigator. More recently she has served as Research Development Core Leader of the UAB Nathan Shock Centers. Nationally she has served as the NSC representative on the RCCN Steering Committee and on the NSC Communications Committee. Read more about Dr. Carter on the NIA website here.
The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center is soliciting applications to support the research of any investigator who is developing a new project in the basic biology of aging. If you are interested in applying, please contact the relevant core leaders as soon as possible. View the RFA here.
The JAX Nathan Shock Center is accepting applications for Pilot Research Projects in the biology of aging utilizing currently available aged male and female C57BL6/J mice (6-24 months of age) in this current round. The projects will be carried out by highly trained Shock Center Research Assistants skilled in aged mouse phenotyping techniques. For a list of available ages and phenotyping assays, prior consultation with the Director of the Development Core, Ron Korstanje (ron.korstanje@jax.org), is strongly advised. View the RFA here.
The University of Southern California and Buck Institute Nathan Shock Center is accepting applications for Pilot Research Projects and Vouchers for Core Services in the biology of aging on a rolling basis.
Core Vouchers are available for a single assay/technology service.
Pilot Projects extend larger support and typically utilize multiple assays or core services.
Mini-sabbaticals provide opportunities to visit in-person and learn technologies hands-on and establish collaborations with faculty experts.
Applicants should visit USCBuckNSC.org for a list of available assays, technologies, and services.
The Einstein Nathan Shock Center (E-NSC) is soliciting applications to support projects on the Biology of Aging that will generate preliminary data for R01-type applications that are founded on geroscience. The awards will be provided in the form of vouchers to support only the use of designated services offered in the Proteostasis of Aging Core, Healthspan & Chronobiosis of Aging Core, and Human Multi-omics of Aging Core. View the RFA here.
Projects should utilize the specific services provided by one or more of the UW Nathan Shock Center Cores. The awards are generally up to $10,000, depending on the specific needs of the applicant. View the RFA here.
The MBL Biology of Aging Advanced Research Training Summer Course is an immersive research-based course designed to teach fundamental concepts, outstanding open research questions, and cutting-edge experimental approaches at the forefront of modern geroscience. View opportunity details.
The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington is recruiting a mid-to-senior level geroscientist. This position would include leadership of our longstanding Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Biology of Aging, as well as our geroscience T32. The position arises as Matt Kaeberlein, our current Nathan Shock Center Director, is leaving UW to pursue a non-academic opportunity this coming Spring 2023. The position will come with a generous start-up package, lab space and tenure. Comments or questions about this position can be directed to Daniel Promislow, who is chairing the search (promislo@uw.edu). The formal posting can be found at https://apply.interfolio.com/116356.
UAB Newsletter - January 2023 The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for January 2023.
This newsletter is produced by the American Federation for Aging Research, which serves as the Coordinating Center of the Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging. The Nathan Shock Centers program is funded by the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Aging. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U24AG056053. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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