After the success of our 2025 season, our Understanding Ageing: Meet the Scientists public webinar series is back. Missed some? Catch up with recordings on the BSRA YouTube channel.
Hear from experts in their field, talking about their research and what it means for each of us as we get older. No scientific knowledge required!
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Our webinar scheduled for Wed 1 July with Professor Dawn Skelton on Exercise as treatment for falls prevention was held on Tuesday 30 June. A link to the recording will be available very soon, as will a handout full of practical information for any older people in your life who may be susceptible to falls. Dawn is one of the UK’s leading experts on how to prevent them.
2026: COMING UP
Wed 9 September – IN PERSON in Oxford – with Dr Valter Longo, Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California. Title: Fasting Mimicking Diet Cycles, Cellular Reprogramming and Healthy Longevity. This talk will be followed by a Chair’s Reception where you have the chance to meet Professor Longo and many other senior academics working in ageing research. Read more.
Tickets NOW AVAILABLE on Eventbrite for a small fee to help us cover the costs of the event. Places are limited, so secure yours today!
Wed 4 November – online – with BSRA Trustee, Dr James Murray from Swansea University. Provisional title: Could fish be the key to understanding dementia?
2026: PREVIOUSLY
Wed 1 July – with Professor Dawn Skelton, Professor in Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. Title: Exercise as treatment for falls prevention. Link to the video coming very soon.
Wed 4 March – with Dr Richard Siow, Director of Ageing Research at King’s College, London. Title: Nutrition for cardiovascular health and ageing. Link to the video here.
Wed 6 May – with Professor Gordon Lithgow, from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California. In discussion with Daphna Stern. Title: Discovering drugs that slow ageing. Link to the video here.