Vera Gorbunova on Longevity, Aging Biology and DeSci (Decentralized Science)

Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast. In this episode, Vera Gorbunova, endowed Professor of Biology at the University of Rochester, co-director of the Rochester Aging Research Center, and co-founder of the new journal Aging Biology, run by scientists for scientists, shares with us a bit of her vast knowledge in the field of Longevity. She talked about the problems of the current scientific system, the partnership that her laboratory made with VitaDAO, and about the research that she is currently carrying out.   Navigate through the topics discussed in this podcast using the timestamps below.  ____  Timestamps:  0:42 Intro 2:53 Vera's Life Story & Background 7:44 Comparative Longevity Approach 14:12 Serendipitous Discoveries 15:34 DNA Repairing Fidelity & Epigenetics Reprogramming 24:46 Who are the heroes of Vera 27:09 What Vera strongly believes and that other people disagree 32:28 Possible Nobel Prize-winning work 35:14 Chromatin: Hallmark of Aging 39:25 HSC Stem Cells   45:20 Extracellular Matrix 50:12 VitaDAO x Vera’s Lab Partnership on Naked Mole Rats 1:00:26 Programmed vs Damage Theory of Aging 1:11:07 Issues between Scientific Journal Publishers, Editors and Reviewers 1:17:42 Potential of Decentralized Scientific Journals & Peer-review 1:32:18 Final Conclusions   ____   Special thanks to:   Sebastian Brunemeier (Host): https://twitter.com/sebastian_gero   Vera: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vera-gorbunova-64a97b46/   ____   Let's connect:   Website: https://bit.ly/3d6nh2C Twitter: https://twitter.com/Molecule_dao Discord: https://discord.com/invite/moleculedao