December 4, 2023
ECMage/BLAST/lifetime CDT Joint meeting ‘Young Leaders in Interdisciplinary Ageing Science’
We are delighted to confirm further details of our next network meeting to be held on 31 January 2024. The joint event commences at 10.30 am with registration on Wednesday 31 January and will comprise 10-minute presentations from ageing network members, along with a CDT student talk and two invited keynote talks: Tissue engineering approaches […]
October 16, 2023
The Business Case for Ageing Research Workshop is Open for Registration!
BLAST and MYAGE research networks are co-hosting a one-day workshop on the Business Case for Ageing Research at the Academy of Medical Sciences, 41 Portland Place, London on the 14th November 2023. The workshop aims to identify key gaps and opportunities in the commercialisation of geroscience which will ultimately inform UKRI’s bid in this […]
July 21, 2023
Pump priming funds (4th call)
Pump priming funds fourth call (associated with the BLAST Summer School 2023) now open! Deadline: 13th August 2023 midnight (i.e. 11:59pm) Please access the application form here Note: The deadline has been extended (Aug 6 –> 13th) to allow for administrative delays due to the Summer period BLAST provides pump priming financial support, through funding […]
June 1, 2023
BLAST Summer School 2023 – Applications Open!
Calling all ECRs! Following the roaring success of our 2022 Summer School at the University of Oxford, the BLAST network is offering another ECR-focused Summer School to discuss the Tools & Technologies in Ageing Research. The BLAST network is one of 11 Interdisciplinary Ageing Across the Life Course networks with the aim of transforming ageing […]
May 5, 2023
Nutritional Resilience for Healthy Ageing workshop open!
The BLAST (Building Links in Ageing Science and Translation) research network in coordination with the larger UKANetworks is holding a two-day workshop on Nutritional Resilience for Healthy Ageing at the School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University in Belfast on June 6th & 7th 2023, in collaboration with the PROMED-COG project. The workshop will comprise […]
March 15, 2023
Ageing of the Mind and Senses Workshop, Apply Now!
The BLAST (Building Links in Ageing Science and Translation) research network is holding a one-day workshop on the Ageing of the Mind and Senses at the Conference Centre of the University of Sussex in collaboration with the University of Sussex Institute of Cognitive Science (COGS). The workshop will comprise scientific talks by experts on how […]
November 30, 2022
Congratulations to awardees of BLAST pump priming (round 1)
We are delighted to announce the awardees of our first tranche of pump priming awards. Congratulations to: Helen Weavers, University of Bristol Hrvoje Augustin, Royal Holloway University of London Bowen Xu, UCL James Murray, Swansea University We very much look forward to hearing updates from your research as it progresses