LongeCity Newsletter
November 2011
A double-digit date (18th instead of the 8th) as we were waiting for
more than a couple of double acts to line up. And here they are: TWO
brilliant reseach projects on cryonics
to select from, TWO new leaders
have joined LongeCity's core management cadre and TWO original features on caloric
restriction. To make sure that you don't miss any of this, we have set
up a system that notifies you
TWICE about new developments.
Caliban
NEWS
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Research
Funding: Members referendum
LongeCity continues its proud tradition to support small-scale,
high-impact life extension research. In response to our call for
project proposals on cryopreservation and biostasis in August we
received three high-quality proposal. With the help of knowledgeable
peer reviewers a shortlist of 2 was drawn up by the Board and now our
Members have the vote:
Project (1):
"Uncovering the mechanisms of cryoprotectant
toxicity" by Joao Pedro de Magalhaes and Soren
Stirling -- employs large-scale gene expression profiling to identify
genes and mechanisms of cryoprotectant toxicity in vascular endothelial
cells.
Project
(2): "Cryonics Research" by Ben Best and Aschwin and Chana de Wolf --
proposes to study the effect of blood washout and vitrification perfusion in a small animal
model.
Members can vote
until 18:18 GMT Dec.18th 2011 on one of the proposals. The proposal
with the most votes will be supported with up to $8000, subject to a
funding agreement and matching donations.
>> Link
to the Referendum (Members only)
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Lead Officers appointed: Mind
& rwac
In
response to our call last month, two very able appliacnts stepped
foward and were appointed by the Board. We are delighted to welcome
"Mind"
– Justin Loew who re-joins LongeCity Management after
a well-deserved rest from active duty. Mind is known to all as our
previous executive Director (this role was abolished when he stepped
down) who ran LongeCity almost single-handedly and chaperoned us
through a difficult patch and as the host of the LongeCity broadcast.
He joins us in a vital role: as Membership Secretary, Mind will not
only be the first point of contact for Members and outside enquiries
alike, he will also help with bringing members with shared interests
together.
We are also grateful to "rwac"
– Kiran Prakash, a well known
member of the community who steps up as Lead Engineer. In this role,
rwac, who has a background in computer science and has served on the
Engineers team for some time, will lead on the technical maintenance of
the forum and on software development. Shannon, who was previously
acting Membership Secretary is now acting as Lead Moderator, and will
help with setting moderation policy and arbitrate entrenched disputes.
If you are looking to join LongeCity leadership the first step is
usually to get some experience as volunteer. >>Contact our
TeamsCoordinator
on how you could best make a contribution.
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Artice and Lecture on Calorie Restriction
This
month we continue our drive to
improve our site content especially regarding science articles with a
double feature on caloric restriction. Often described as the only
proven intervention that extends mean and maximal life-span in
mammalian species, it is also a lifestyle choice for the committed
immoralist. But why and how des it work? How to begin and what are the
downsides? These and other questions are dressed in a short feature by
Paul McGlothin, Co-author of “The CR Way” and in a
Video lecture by
Sven Bulterijs, LongeCity Director and student in biochemistry and
biotechnology.
>>
Calorie
Restriction Primer
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More comprehensive notifications
enabled
We
have changed the way the
forum notifies you about items of interest, such as when someone quotes
one of your posts or sends you a private message. This may
mean that
you get more email from the forum than you are used to. You can easlily
switch this feature off, or tailor it precisely to your liking by going
to this page (but you need to be logged in).
>> Link
to settings
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