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David Weinkove, 4 February 2025 – World Cancer Day Age is the biggest risk factor for cancer – higher even than smoking. So can we use findings from ageing research to prevent people getting cancer? This question was posed at a meeting of basic researchers, clinicians and industrialists organised by David Crosby and colleagues at
The BSRA is pleased to announce that our 2025 Seminar Series will get underway on Thursday 30 January 2025. Please join us at 4pm for a presentation by the Chair of the BSRA, David Weinkove, Professor at Durham University, entitled ‘Meeting the Challenges of Ageing: A Biological Approach’. Our seminar series covers many aspects of
The Vision for The British Society for Research on Ageing is to help people stay healthier for longer, specifically through research into the biology of ageing. To focus our early researchers on translating their research into real world outcomes, we introduced a competition at this year’s Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Ageing Research. In our inaugural
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I was delighted to join the BSRA at the beginning of October as a new Chief Executive for the organisation. I’ll be working in a part-time capacity to help the board of trustees develop their vision for the charity and carry out its objectives, and it’s an exciting opportunity to combine my experience in
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In September 2024 gerontologists from around the world made their annual pilgrimage to the BSRA’s 73rd scientific meeting to share the latest in ageing biology, network with colleagues both new and old, occasionally have a good-natured argument over hypotheses, and enjoy the slightly damp weather that Birmingham put on. As was the case
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Renowned research in the biology of ageing Prof Cynthia Kenyon has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Lord Cohen of Birkenhead Medal by the British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA), as a testament to her pioneering research uncovering genetic mechanisms of ageing. In the 1990s Prof Kenyon, was one of the first people to show