Metabolic flexibility and healthy aging
Why the ability to respond to changes in nutrient supply declines with age, and how nutrient sensors, mitochondria and peroxisomes set the pace of aging.
Speaking
Talks on aging, for scientists and for everyone else.
I speak at scientific meetings, to the public, to policy makers and to leaders in business and philanthropy, about what the biology of aging tells us, what is feasible now, and what may be in the future.
Talks I give
Is aging inevitable?
Why age is the biggest risk factor for chronic disease, what experiments in animals have shown about slowing aging, and what that means for people.
Living longer (and better): hype vs. hope in aging research
How to tell the evidence from the marketing in the fast-growing longevity space.
From longevity interventions to precision geroscience
Why the same intervention does not work for everyone, and how biomarkers could predict who will respond to which intervention.
The longevity dividend
Treating age as a modifiable risk factor, and why healthy aging must reach every community.
Life lessons from a worm
What a tiny worm has taught us about the biology of aging.
Keynotes & symposia
Scientific meetings, named lectures, anniversary symposia.
Public & alumni lectures
Universities, libraries, alumni and donor programs.
Policy briefings
Legislators and their staff, advocacy days.
Executive education
Leadership programs and deep dives on longevity.
Podcasts & panels
Long-form conversations and moderated panels.
Selected
Keynotes & named lectures.
- 2028Keynote · Joint C. elegans MAPSS and DevCell meeting, Madison, WIUpcoming
- 2027Panel moderator · Academy of Geroscience Annual Conference, Delray Beach, FLUpcoming
- 2026“Metabolic Flexibility and Healthy Aging” · Pennington Biomedical Research Center Winter Scientific Symposium, Baton RougeUpcoming
- 2026Host and speaker · Harvard Chan Healthy Aging Symposium, From Cells to Society: The Science of Extending Healthspan, Boston
- 2026Invited speaker · ASBMB Annual Meeting, symposium on the Metabolism of Aging
- 2025Dean’s Special Lecture · University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- 2025“Metabolic Resilience and Healthy Aging” · Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston
- 2024Keynote · UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing 20th Anniversary Symposium, London
- 2023Invited speaker · Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, symposium honoring Linda Partridge
- 2022Pollard Lecture · MitOX, University of Oxford
- 2021Featured speaker · AFAR Annual Scientific Symposium
- 2021Keynote · MeDiC Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal
Policy briefings, journalist training and executive programs are on the Advocacy & policy page. Recordings of talks and conversations are on the Media page.