The Rockefeller University

‘RU Aging‘ exists to promote excitement for aging research and to foster collaborations both within Rockefeller and across the greater New York area. Our mission is to advance understanding of the biology of aging and age-related diseases.

RU Aging is generously supported by the Kavli Neural Systems Institute (Kavli NSI).

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We host fun, informal monthly discussions on all things aging research.

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Questions? Contact Yoonji Kim ykim04@rockefeller.edu

News

Why understanding stem cells lies as the root of treating diseases from psoriasis to cancer

December 4, 2025

Elaine Fuchs has spent decades uncovering why our bodies are so good at regenerating skin—and how we might harness that understanding to combat illness, hair loss, and perhaps even the aging process itself.

New model demonstrates how a dynamic mechanism regulates traffic through the nuclear pore complex

December 2, 2025

A new study reveals that nuclear pore complexes—tiny gateways in a cell’s nuclear membrane—are governed by dynamic action.

Scientists can finally answer an old question about cellular aging

December 1, 2025

Replicative aging of human cells, the result of telomere shortening, is slower at physiological oxygen than at atmospheric oxygen, a difference now shown to be due to low oxygen impairing the ATM kinase response to withered telomeres.