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The AGE Presents Introduction to Geroscience video lecture series

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The AGE Presents Introduction to Geroscience video lecture series is a collection of high-quality didactic video lectures and associated teaching materials focused on foundational topics in aging biology. The videos are made freely available on YouTube and are targeted toward an audience familiar with concepts learned in the first year of a college undergraduate biology/biomedical major. Members of the American Aging Association also receive the original lecture slides and lecture notes, with additional course materials to be developed in the future. We expect that these lectures will enhance understanding of geroscience among the general public while also providing tools that educators can use in the classroom for high school, undergraduate, and graduate level curricula.

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Acknowledgements

The AGE Presents Introduction to Geroscience lecture series was supported by the Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging at the University of Washington (NIH P30AG013280) and The Jackson Laboratory (NIH P30AG038070). M.B.L. was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Alzheimer’s Disease Training Program (T32AG052354). C.M.H. was supported by Pennington Biomedical NORC-Nutrition and Metabolic Health Through the Lifespan (NIH P30DK072476).

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-7470, USA

    Alessandro Bitto, Mitchell B. Lee & Matt Kaeberlein

  2. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808, USA

    Cristal M. Hill

  3. The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609, USA

    Ron Korstanje

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Bitto, A., Lee, M.B., Hill, C.M. et al. The AGE Presents Introduction to Geroscience video lecture series. GeroScience 43, 1697–1701 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-021-00403-4

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