Race Against the Ageing Clock
Life expectancy has risen sharply over recent decades, but many people live their later years in poor health. The discovery of an ageing ‘clock’ written onto our DNA raises the promise of matching our health-span more closely to our lifespan. Research at the Institute aims to understand the epigenetic clock and the factors that affect it.
In 2018, for the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, we developed a new exhibit based on this epigenetic research called Race Against the Ageing Clock. This video forms part of the exhibit, explaining the science of the epigenetic ageing clock and our work in this area. Find out more here.
Keywords: Epigenetics, Ageing Clock, Healthy Ageing
Date: June 2018
Royal Society Partnership success with CCHSG
Students from created this video while at the in London. It explains the project they are working on with scientists from Olivia Casanueva's Group.
Keywords: Schools, Royal Society, C. elegans
Date: April 2017
Weapons of Microscopic Destruction - meet your immune army!
Meet your immune army and find out how the key cells of your immune system work together to keep you fit and healthy. The video also features Institute researchers explaining how discoveries resulting from the Institute’s have helped advance our understanding of how the immune system works with important applications for healthcare and in an ageing population.
Please note that thanks to a grant from the , this video is also available in , , and .
Keywords: immune system, immune cells, °ÄÃÅÌìÌìºÃ²Ê research
Date: August 2015
How clean are your thumbs?
Watch this timelapse video to see what’s lurking on your fingertips!
Date: May 2015