The Immune-Aging Project

The Immune-Aging Project

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What We Do

We are building a new ecosystem for the collaborative science of longevity.

Our mission is to accelerate breakthroughs in immune aging by uniting the key voices needed to discover, fund, and translate research from the lab to the real world, including researchers across diverse disciplines, clinicians, funders, policymakers, and global thought leaders.

Our flagship initiative to build this community is the Burstcast, a modern webinar series. This platform aims to facilitate new connections and accelerate the sharing of cutting-edge research in the field.

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Our Thinking: The Collaborative Science of Longevity

Late-life health loss often attributed to aging is not our inevitable fate. We believe that by elucidating the fundamental mechanisms of immune aging, we can translate that biology into actionable interventions and engineer a future of healthy longevity.

To achieve this, we believe in a community-driven approach. Finding the right collaborator (whether a cross-disciplinary researcher, a funder, or an industry partner) is like finding a substrate for an enzyme.

We aim to facilitate collaborative science and data sharing to help each other overcome bottlenecks in scientific work and bring fundamental science and industry work together.

Team

The Immune-Aging Project is guided by a team passionate about collaborative science and healthy longevity. We are bringing together diverse expertise to foster a dynamic dialogue that turns scientific insights into a living conversation.

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Amit Agrawal, Ph.D.

Amit is a systems biologist specializing in immune aging and senescent cell biology. His research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, resulted in uncovering the heterogeneity among senescent cells and pathway that enables senescent cell in old tissue to play “hide & seek” with various immune cells.

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Julia Magdalena Majewska, Ph.D.

Julia during her postdoctoral fellowship at Weizmann Institute of Science, demonstrated that senescent cells, like cancer cells, evade immune clearance by upregulating the immunosuppressive checkpoint PD-L1. Her work bridges together aging and immuno-oncology, highlighting a shared immune-evasion mechanism and its therapeutic potential. Julia recently joined the Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, where she investigates the aging immune system in clinical settings, with a focus on oncology-driven insights.

Webinar: Burstcast

(Launching in November 2025)

Welcome to Burstcast! A live, 60-minute scientific dialogue that blends the best elements of a podcast and a webinar. Curiosity drives the questions. Evidence drives the answers. The conversation flows through four distinct phases:

  1. Concept (10 min): We start with a relatable story to answer the audience's unspoken question: 'Why should I care?
  2. Scientific Claim (5 min): The dialogue zeroes in on the one provocative, measurable claim the scientist is making.
  3. Interactive Data Reveal (30 min): Together, we explore the data live. Curiosity guides the discussion, focusing on how the guest arrived at their conclusions.
  4. Open Dialogue (15 min): We discuss the work's impact and what it means for the field. This is a dedicated space for community engagement, open questions, and diverse perspectives.

Want to know more about the Burstcast?

→ Read the article: Let the Data Breathe

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Whether you're a researcher, entrepreneur, student, or a curious mind, we believe you will enjoy the immune-aging science here.

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