Welcome back Vitalians! Following our successful fundraise of $4.1 million (check out the Forbes article), a new wave of projects are in the pipeline to be funded. First up in 2023 is Brain Tissue Replacement Therapy with Jean Hebert — see his latest paper on rebuilding neocortical tissue in our hot picks below. …

Exploring the Frontiers of Science: Breakthroughs, Funding Challenges, and Replication Crisis with… Slowing aging by a couple of percents would save more money than curing any single disease, be it cancer, heart…podcasters.spotify.com Check out the podcast here. In this podcast, I (@aging_scientist) had the pleasure of interviewing Asst. Prof Alaattin Kaya (@akaya_lab). We talked about recent breakthroughs in the field, the difficulties of getting funding for risky and novel research, funding agencies, “fishing expeditions”, the importance of overexpression genetic screens in aging…

Want to get more involved in VitaDAO? ’Tis the season! Our new experiment, seasonal governance, starts next week. This is an excellent opportunity to understand what we’re working on and start contributing! Our first season starts on Feb 20. From Feb 20 to Apr 3, we will discuss and vote on goals, proposals, budgets, and form project teams. Project teams…

Happy new year Vitalians and welcome back! The Longevity field is starting the year strongly with new updated Hallmarks of aging, exactly 10 years after the original paper was published. …

2023 kicks off with strong support for longevity research and a huge step for decentralized science(DeSci) We are excited to announce that we have closed a $4.1m …

What a year it has been! 2022 was a year full of growth, science, and a whole lot of funded longevity research. In the 1.5 years since VitaDAO’s historic Genesis auction, VitaDAO has funded 15+ longevity projects, gathered 9000+ community members, and continued to lead the decentralized science movement. Here…

Introduction As the end of the year is fast approaching we wanted to look back and appreciate all the effort and hard work of the researchers in the VitaDAO community — from students, postdocs and fellows to principal investigators who have been awarded VitaDAO funding — this month, in addition to…

Inside this Newsletter: Funding cutting edge Longevity Research with Art A VitaDAO x JellyFishDAO Media Collaboration Governance Proposals: Taking the Working Group Structure to the next level Meet DAO Member: PhD Maria Marinova Upcoming Events IP-NFT Transfer Ceremony with Molecule & BIOIO: December 14th at 1 PM EST- Celebrate VitaDAO’s sixth longevity…

Therapies that act synergistically are needed to significantly promote longevity The math behind the expression “aging is inevitable” is the Gompertz-Makeham law. This law describes the probability of death as a function of age. It reaches 99.9+% by the time we are 100. …