biology

Matt Kaeberlein

Matt Kaeberlein is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Matt Kaeberlein rather than just read about it. In short: Matt Kaeberlein (born 1971) is an American biologist and biogerontologist best known for his research on evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of aging. He is currently a professor of pathology at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle.

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Reference excerpt

Matt Kaeberlein (born 1971) is an American biologist and biogerontologist best known for his research on evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of aging. He is currently a professor of pathology at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle.

Education Kaeberlein attended Western Washington University as an undergraduate and received a B.S. in biochemistry and a B.A. in mathematics in 1997. He received his Ph.D. in biology from MIT in 2002, advised by Leonard Guarente, and did his post-doctoral work with Stanley Fields in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.

Academic career Kaeberlein became an assistant professor at UW in 2006, an associate professor in 2011, and a full professor in 2015. He has received several awards for his work, including a Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award, an Alzheimer's Association New Investigator Award, and an Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award. In 2011, he was named the Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star in Aging Research by the American Federation for Aging Research and appointed as a GSA Fellow. Kaeberlein was also recognized as an Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year in 2010. Kaeberlein is a distinguished visiting professor of biochemistry at the Aging Research Institute of Guangdong Medical College in Dongguan, China. He is also the co-director of the University of Washington Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, the director of SAGEWEB, and the founding director of the Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute at the University of Washington. He is also a co-director of the Dog Aging Project. Kaeberlein has expressed the view that current advances in aging research could enable most people to potentially live to 100 or even 120 in good health.

Honors and awards

2023 Puget Sound Business Journal, Healthcare Innovator of the Year 2020 Robert W. Kleemeier Award, Gerontological Society of America 2019 Nathan W. Shock Award, National Institute on Aging 2019 Parkin Award, Aging Mind and Brain Initiative, Iowa Neuroscience Institute 2019 Frontiers in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Pioneer Award 2017 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017 Elected Chair of the Biological Sciences Section of the Gerontological Society of America 2015 Elected President of the American Aging Association 2011 Selected as a Gerontological Society of America Fellow 2010 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star in Aging Research Award 2010 Appointed co-director of the University of Washington Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging 2009 Appointed distinguished visiting professor, Institute for Aging Research, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China 2009 University of Washington Young Investigator Science in Medicine Lecture 2009 University of Washington Undergraduate Research Mentor Award 2008 New Scholar in Aging Award, The Ellison Medical Foundation 2008 Alzheimer's Association New Investigator Award 2007 Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award, American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation 2006 American Federation for Aging Research Junior Faculty Research Award

References

External links Kaeberlein Lab Website Kaeberlein’s Faculty Page at University of Washington SAGEWEB Website University of Washington Nathan Shock Center Website Optispan Inc

Illustrations

Matt Kaeberlein Headshot

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Matt Kaeberlein

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Matt Kaeberlein claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Matt Kaeberlein before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Matt Kaeberlein ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Matt Kaeberlein

In research: Matt Kaeberlein appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Matt Kaeberlein in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Matt Kaeberlein is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1971 births, 21st-century American biologists, Biogerontologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Matt Kaeberlein outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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