Scientific Presentations


Talks for scientific audiences

2024

Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function.
Invited seminar, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. October 2, 2024.

OXR1 mediates the retromer complex to prevent cellular senescence, promote neuronal function, and extend lifespan.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Aging, Niagara Falls, NY. September 15–19, 2024. 
Modeling genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease in iPSC-derived neurons.
Axion Bay Area Multi-Electrode Array Maestro Mixer, Palo Alto, CA. April 11, 2024. 

2023

OXR1 maintains the retromer to delay brain aging.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. December 7, 2023. 
OXR1 maintains the retromer to delay brain aging.
Ventures in the Aging Landscape (VITAL) Symposium, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA. September 21, 2023. 
Retinal scans provide a biomarker for aging.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA. May 11, 2023. 
 

2022

OXR1 maintains the retromer to delay brain aging under dietary restriction poster pitch.
American Aging Association AGE Meeting, San Antonio, TX. May 17–20, 2022.

2021

Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function.
Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (virtual). November 10–14, 2021. 
Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function.
Young Scientists Symposium: Protein Quality Control, Zurich, Switzerland (virtual). September 23–24, 2021. 
Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function.
American Aging Association AGE Meeting, Madison, WI. September 20–23, 2021. 
Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function.
Genetics Society of America 62nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference (virtual). March 23–April, 2021. 

2020

The role of genetic variation in lifespan and healthspan response to dietary restriction.
Aging Science Talks: Science for the Community, Madison, WI (virtual). November 18, 2020. 
OXR1 mediates lifespan extension and neuroprotection under dietary restriction by enhancing retromer function.
University of Washington Nathan Shock Center Geroscience Symposium, Seattle, WA (virtual). October 23, 2020. 
Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function. 
Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Mechanisms of Aging, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (virtual). September 22–25, 2020. 

2019

Genome-wide analyses of lifespan and healthspan reveal a role for decima as a diet-dependent regulator of neuronal insulin-like peptide production.
Genetics Society of America 60th Annual Drosophila Conference, Dallas, TX. March 27–31, 2019. 

2016

Genome-wide analysis reveals novel genetic regulators of diet-related changes in longevity and healthspan.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA. November 7, 2016. 
Mapping natural genetic variants associated with nutrient response.
Parnassus Drosophila Meeting, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. June 9, 2016.

Posters for scientific audiences

2025

OXR1 regulates cellular senescence and neuronal aging through retromer-mediated actin branching.
Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Quantitative Biology: Senescence and Aging, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. May 28–June 1, 2025.  


2022

Dietary restriction drives OXR1 expression to stabilize the endolysosomal network, delay neurodegeneration, and extend lifespan.
American Aging Association AGE Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK. June 8–11, 2022.  
Longitudinal fundus imaging and its genome-wide association analyses provide evidence for a human retinal aging clock.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, University of California, San Francisco, CA. December 8, 2022. 
OXR1 maintains the retromer to delay brain aging under dietary restriction.
NIH workshop on Genetic Variation and Aging, Seattle, WA. July 11, 2022. 
Genome-wide analysis reveals novel genetic regulators of diet-related changes in longevity and healthspan.
NIH workshop on Genetic Variation and Aging, Seattle, WA. July 11, 2022. 
OXR1 maintains the retromer to delay brain aging under dietary restriction.
American Aging Association AGE Meeting, San Antonio, TX. May 17–20, 2022. 
OXR1 maintains the retromer to delay brain aging under dietary restriction.
Midwest Aging Consortium Symposium (virtual). April 1, 2022. 

2021

Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function. 
Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting, Jena, Germany (virtual). October 20–23, 2021. 

2020

Age-related neuroprotection by dietary restriction requires OXR1-mediated retromer function.
Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology and Therapeutics, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (virtual). December 2–4, 2020. 

2019

The Drosophila homolog of RGS7BP regulates insulin-like peptide production and diet-dependent lifespan.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. December 5, 2019. 
The Drosophila homolog of RGS7BP regulates insulin-like peptide production and diet-dependent lifespan.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA. March 11, 2019. 
Systems biology of lifespan and healthspan response to diet restriction in Drosophila.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA. March 11, 2019. 

2018

The Drosophila homolog of RGS7BP regulates insulin-like peptide production and diet-dependent lifespan.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, UCSF Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA. November 9, 2018. 
The Drosophila homolog of RGS7BP regulates insulin-like peptide production and diet-dependent lifespan.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. May 17, 2018. 

2017

Genome-wide analysis reveals novel genetic regulators of diet-related changes in longevity and healthspan.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. November 3, 2017. 
Genome-wide analysis reveals novel genetic regulators of diet-related changes in longevity and healthspan.
21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA. July 23–27, 2017. 
Metabolomics of lifespan extension in calorically restricted fruit flies.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California. March 30, 2017. 
Genome-wide analysis reveals novel genetic regulators of diet-related changes in longevity and healthspan.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA. March 30, 2017. 

2016

Genome-wide analysis reveals novel genetic regulators of diet-related changes in longevity and healthspan.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. May 26, 2016. 

2015

Mapping natural genetic variants associated with regulating diet-related health and longevity.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA. May 11, 2015. 

2014 

Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with nutrient response.
Bay Area Aging Meeting, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. May 28, 2014.

Talks for lay audiences

2025

UPCOMING: Dietary restriction drives OXR1 expression to stabilize the endolysosomal network, delay neurodegeneration, and extend lifespan.
Buck Institute visitor group, Novato, CA. May 21, 2025.

Traffic Control in the Brain: The Role of the Retromer.
Buck Institute visitor group, Novato, CA. April 16, 2025. 
Traffic Control in the Brain: The Role of the Retromer.
Buck Institute visitor group, Novato, CA. March 28, 2025.

Traffic Control in the Brain: The Role of the Retromer.
Buck Institute visitor group, Novato, CA. February 13, 2025.

Traffic Control in the Brain: The Role of the Retromer.
Buck Institute visitor group, Novato, CA. February 6, 2025. 

2024

Research and Discoveries on Aging and the “Healthspan” from the Buck Institute. 
NEXT Village Retirement Community, San Francisco, CA. March 20, 2024.

2023

My path to the Buck and aging research in flies???
Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Novato, CA. August 15, 2023.

My path to the Buck and aging research in flies??? 
MEA NorCal Chapter, Novato, CA. June 23, 2023.

2021

Wilson KA. The Buck Institute for Research on Aging and COVID-19. Sons in Retirement, Napa Chapter, virtual. June 1, 2021.
 

2020

Genetic variation and aging.
Buck student learning group, virtual. October 13, 2020.

The hallmarks of aging.
Buck student learning group, virtual. October 12, 2020.

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging and COVID-19.
Sons in Retirement, Santa Rosa Chapter, virtual. April 16, 2020.

Academic careers in STEM. 
Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA. February 20, 2020.

2018

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the effects of diet on aging.
Sons in Retirement, Windsor Chapter, Windsor, CA. September 19, 2018.

Using flies for scientific research!
Buck student learning group, Novato, CA. July 11-12, 2018.

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the effects of diet on aging.
Sons in Retirement Napa Chapter, Napa, CA. July 10, 2018.

Dissecting the genetic basis for individual responses to dietary restriction.
American Society on Aging, Novato, CA. March 27, 2018.

2016

The Buck Institute and the effects of diet on aging.
Rotary Club of Novato, CA. June 28, 2016. 
Share

Tools
Translate to