Past and present advisory roles, board positions, funding sources, licensed inventions, investments, funding, and invited talks.
(Updated September 1, 2022)
Patent applications filed at Harvard Medical School are owned by Harvard Medical School and they license intellectual property (IP) at their discretion.
The year(s) after the company’s name are the years of his involvement/focus.*
F=Founder; I=Investor; E=Equity; A=Advisor/Consultant; B=Board of Directors; IP=Inventor on licensed patents; L=Funding for laboratory
Infectious diseases
Genocea Biosciences Cambridge MA, vaccines (2006-2011) F,A
Arc-Bio Cambridge, MA and Menlo Park, CA, diagnosing infections (2015-present) Formerly BigDataBio, Cambridge, MA F,I,E,A,B,IP
Genomics/Sensors/Biotracking
Dovetail Genomics, an EdeRoc Company, Scotts Valley CA, (2015-present) E
Revere Biosensors, an EdenRoc Company, Menlo Park, CA, (2015- present) F,I,E,A,B
UpRNA, an EdenRoc Sciences Company (2018-2020) E
Claret Bioscience an EdenRoc Sciences company (2018-present) E
Pharmaceuticals/Biotech
Sirtris Pharma, Cambridge MA Medicines rare, common diseases, sirtuin activation (2004-2010) F,I,A,B,IP
GlaxoSmithKline Sirtuins, (2010-2016) A; (2010-present) IP
Cohbar Menlo Park CA, fatty liver disease, peptides (2010-present) F,E,A
OvaScience MA, fertility solutions (2012-2015) IP
Galilei Biosciences SIRT6 activators (2014-present) F,I,E,A,B
Jupiter Orphan Therapeutics rare diseases (2016-2019) E,A
MetroBiotech, an EdenRoc company aka Bauhaus; NAD boosters (2015-present) F,I,E,A,B (EdenRoc),IP
Life Biosciences Boston, MA Longevity technologies, see listed affiliates (2017-present) F,I,E,A,B,IP
Senolytic Therapeutics, a Life Biosciences Company Senolytics (2017-present) F,I,E,A,B
Spotlight Biosciences, a Life Biosciences company Cambridge, MA (2018-2020) F,I,E,A,B,IP
Selphagy, a Life Biosciences company Barcelona, Spain, New York, NY (2018-present) I,E
Iduna, a Life Biosciences Company Boston, MA (2018-present) F,I,E,A,IP
Immetas Boston, MA (2018-present) F,I,E,A,B
Jumpstart Fertility, a Life Biosciences Company, Sydney, Australia, Boston, MA F,I,E,A,B,IP
Continuum Biosciences, a Life Biosciences Company, Blacksburg, Virgina, Boston, MA F,I,E,A,B
Alterity Therapeutics, a Life Biosciences Company, rare diseases, Melbourne, Australia (2019-present) E,A,B
Atai (2021- present) I
Biosecurity / Medical Genomics
Liberty Biosecurity, an EdenRoc company (2015-present) F,I,E,A,B (EdenRoc), IP
Technology / Services
EMD Millipore (2010-present) IP, Sirt-ainty assay
Wellomics formulation services (2014-present) I,E
Zymo Research Irvine, CA, molecular biology (2017-present) A
Lua Communications, A Life Biosciences company (2014-2019) I,A,E,B (Life Biosciences)
DaVinci Logic (2018-present) I,E,B
Consumer / Biotracking
InsideTracker (Segterra), Cambridge, MA I,A,IP (2011-present) B(2011-2017)
Caudalie Paris, France (2013-present) E,A,IP,L
Elysium Health New York, NY (2018) IP
Shaklee Pleasanton, CA (2008) A
Levels (2021-present) E,A
Tally Health (2021-present) F,I,E,
Animal Health/Husbandry
Animal Biosciences (2017-present) I,E
Vium formerly Mousera, Menlo Park, CA (2013-2020) I,E,A
Agriculture
Bayer Crop Science (2006-present) IP
Investment
Longwood Fund (2012-present) A
Catalio Capital Management (2021-present) A
Frontier Acquisition Corporation (2021-present) F,I,B,E
Bold Capital (2021-present) E,A
Falcon Edge Capital (2021-present) E
Not for Profit Organizations
AFAR (American Federation for Aging Research) B,A,F
Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF) A
Global Healthspan Policy Institute (2016-2021) A
Lifeboat Foundation (2015-2017) S
Ambassador for Business Events NSW, Australia A
Sanford Lorraine Cross Award A
Journals/Education
Aging, NY (2008-present) Co-founder, Co-Chief Editor A
Invited Talks:
2000, Jun Genome Stability and Cancer Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
2000, Oct University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2000, Nov Harvard Medical School, Advisory Council Meeting
2001, Aug M.I.T. Biology, Cambridge, MA
2001, Sept Brown University, Providence, RI
2001, Oct UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
2002, Jan Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2002, Apr Genomics of Aging Conference, Seville, Spain
2002, Jun FASEB Summer Research Conference, Genes and Gene Expression, VT
2002, Oct Metabolism and Aging Conference, Bethesda, MD
2002, Nov Genetics of Aging Conference, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
2003, Apr Museum of Science, Boston, Science Live!, layperson seminar
2003, Apr Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
2003, Apr Biomol Research Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA
2003, July Museum of Science, Boston, Science Live! Stage
2003, Sept Oncogenes EMBL Conference, Salk Institute, San Diego, CA
2003, Sept Development and Growth Control Meeting, Arolla, Switzerland
2003, Sept Student invitation, Brandeis University, MA
2003, Sept NIA-RFA meeting, Mechanisms of Calorie Restriction, Bethesda, MD
2003, Oct Gerontology Fellows Seminars, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, MA
2003, Oct New York University, Frontiers in Biotechnology Seminar Series
2003, Nov Advisory Council Meeting, Harvard Medical School
2003, Dec Student invitation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2004, Jan Evening Seminars for Fellows and Faculty, Children's Hospital, MA
2004, Jan Cleveland University, Cleveland, OH
2004, Jan Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004, Feb Beth Israel East Deaconess, Endocrine Grand Rounds
2004, Mar Department of Neurobiology, HMS, Boston MA.
2004, Mar Dean's Longwood Seminars, Harvard Medical School, MA
2004, Mar Keynote Speaker, National Council on Spinal Cord Injury, MA
2004, Apr Harvard National Pepper Centers Conference, MA
2004, May Student Invitation, University of Calgary, Canada
2004, Aug Invited Speaker, Wood's Hole Course on Aging, MA
2004, Sept Redox Symposium, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2004, Sept Biology of Aging, Gordon Research Conference, Aussois, France
2004, Sept University of Nebraska, Redox Biology Conference
2004, Oct Time and Aging Conference, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
2004, Oct Exeter Hospital, NH, Medical Education Lecture
2004, Oct Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Biology of Aging Conference
2004, Nov University of Texas SW, seminar series
2005, Jan Young Presidents Association, keynote speaker
2005, Feb The Wistar Institute, PA
2005, Mar Cold Spring Harbor seminar series
2005, Mar Caltech, CA, seminar series
2005, Apr Cornell University, Ithaca, seminar series
2005, Apr HMS Entrepreneur Symposium, 2005
2005, May U. Colorado, Boulder, seminar series
2005, Jun RAND, Summer Workshop on Aging, Santa Monica
2005, Aug FASEB Summer Glucose Transporter Meeting
2005, Aug Cold Spring Harbor Aging Course, guest lecture series
2005, Aug NIH, National Institutes for Diabetes (NIDDK), seminar series.
2005, Aug Procter and Gamble, Academic Seminar Series, invited speaker
2005, Sept UT San Antonio, Invited Speaker
2005, Sept Neurological Society, Hynes Convention Cntr., Boston
2005, Sept Abingworth Advisory Ltd. London Marriot Hotel, County Hall
2005, Nov CNIO Cancer Conference, Madrid, Spain
2005, Dec National Institutes on Aging Seminar series
2006, Jan Gordon Aging Conference, Ventura Beach, CA
2006, Feb Lorne Cancer Conference, Melbourne, Australia
2006, Feb University of Sydney, Australia
2006, Mar Genomic of Ageing Meeting, Palermo, Italy
2006, Mar BioInnovator of 2006, BioAgenda conference, FL
2006, Apr Harvard Medical School Dean's Advisory Council presentation
2006, May Distinguished Speaker at Baylor College of Medicine Annual Symposium
2006, May Massachusetts General Hospital Seminar series on Neurodegeneration
2006, June Varmus Presidential Lecture at Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY
2006, June Werner-Gren/Royal Swedish Academy "Aging" Conference, Sweden
2006, Aug The Burnham Institute
2006, Aug Telluride Tech Festival, CO, keynote speaker
2006, Aug Woods Hole Ellison Aging Course, lecturer
2006, Sept Albert Einstein, NY, Diabetes Section, invited speaker
2006, Sept Mayo Clinic Graduate Student Symposium, Keynote Speaker
2006, Oct Woods Hole RUNN Neurological Surgeon Course
2006, Oct Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY
2006, Oct Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Aging, invited Speaker
2006, Oct Lux Capital Entrepreneur Symposium, Charles Hotel, MA
2006, Oct Massachusetts General Hospital, CBRC, Charlestown, MA
2006, Nov USCD, Department of Pharmacology, invited speaker
2006, Nov Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, TX
2007, Jan NovaNOW, Science Café, lay-person seminar, Cambridge, MA
2007, Jan Proctor and Gamble, OH, USA, Invited Speaker
2007, Jan Heredity Disease Foundation, Sirtuins as Targets for HD, Boston, MA.
2007, Jan NIH Directors Meeting
2007, Feb Scripps, Frontiers in Research Symposium
2007, Feb UTSW, Texas, Biochem Dept.
2007, April Molecular Basis of Aging Conference, Titisee, Germany
2007, April Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum
2007, May Harvard/Paul F. Glenn Symposium, 2007
2007, June BioAgenda Conference, Innovator of the Year Award Recipient
2007, July Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
2007, Aug Woods Hole Ellison Aging Course, lecturer
2007, Oct Woods Hole RUNN Neurological Surgeon Course, keynote
2007, Oct The Harvard Club, NY, for lay people
2007, Nov Symposium on Nutrition and Aging, The Buck Institute
2007, Dec NIH workshop on the therapeutic potential of resveratrol, Bethesda
2008, Jan Boston University, Dept of Biochemistry, seminar series
2008, Jan Harvard "Pasteur Frontiers in Medicine" series
2008, Feb Glaxo Smith Kline, CEO Presentation
2008, Jan New York Academy of Science, Nutrients and Aging, NY
2008, Feb Boston University, Cardiac Division
2008, Feb Gladstone Institute, UCSF
2008, Mar Invited speaker, Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra
2008, Mar Edmonton Canada, Student Symposium, Keynote
2008, Mar Nutrient Signaling and Aging, Keystone Conf., Colorado, invited speaker
2008, Mar University of Alberta, Keynote speaker, Merck Prize
2008, April HMS Beth Israel Combined Grand Rounds
2008, May Case Western Reserve, Genetics Symposium, Keynote speaker
2008, June American Diabetes Association (ADA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco
2008, June World Science Festival, NY, Panel Participant
2008, July RAND, Summer Workshop on Aging, Santa Monica
2008, July GSK SciNovations Symposium, Pennsylvania
2008, July NIH Workshop on Epigenetics and Aging, Bethesda
2008, July FASEB meeting on "Molecular Mechanisms of Nutrient Control", Arizona
2008, Aug Woods Hole Ellison Aging Course, lecturer
2008, Oct Harvard Biotechnology Conference, Harvard
2008, Oct CNIO, Spain, Madrid, invited speaker
2008, Oct Arias Symposium on Liver Disease, Colonnade Hotel, Boston
2009, Jan Keystone Meeting on Diabetes, Banff, Canada
2009, Jan Salk Institute Symposium on Aging
2009, Feb Joslin Diabetes Weekly Seminar Series
2009, Feb Anzac Institute, Sydney, Australia
2009, Feb Centenary Institute, Australia
2009, Mar Diabetes Dialog Conference, Istanbul
2009, Apr Pre-Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, 3rd International, Nice, France
2009, Apr Banbury Conference on Sirtuins, Organizer/speaker
2009, Apr Iona College, NY (student invited speaker)
2009, Apr ASIP conference, Aging Session, New Orleans
2009, May 98th International Pathology Conference, Kyoto Japan
2010, Feb Keystone Meeting on Molecular Mechanism of Aging, Tahoe
2010, Feb Rockefeller University, Invited speaker
2010, Mar Colloquium on Aging, Seville, Spain
2010, May Salk Institute, invited lecture series
2010, Apr Pennington Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, invited speaker
2010, Apr Cancer Consortium Colloquium, Cincinnati
2010, May Student invited speaker, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
2010, May Fisher Lectureship (3 seminars around the UCLA campus)
2010, May UTSCA Barshop Institute lecture, Texas (student invited speaker)
2010, April Nature colloquium on Frailty, Boston
2010, June Glenn Workshop on Aging, Santa Barbara, CA
2010, June Kogod Symposium on Aging, Mayo Clinic, MN
2010, Aug Woods Hole Ellison Aging Course, lecturer
2010, Sept UNSW Alumni dinner speaker, Australia Consulate, NY
2010, Sept NIH Nathan Shock Symposium on Stress and Longevity, Bethesda, MD
2010, Oct Cold Spring Harbor Meeting, Conference Organizer (lab members – 4 talks)
2010, Oct Keynote Speaker, 5Th international Congress on GRS and insulin signaling, NY
2010, Nov Firkin Oration, Melbourne
2010, Nov ASMB, Professional Development Lecture
2010, Nov Plenary Lecture, ASBMB Conference, Melbourne
2010, Nov Les Lazarus Award Lecture, Garvan Institute, Sydney
2010, Dec Am. Soc. Hematology, Orlando, FL
2011, Jan Keystone Diabetes and Obesity Meeting, Keystone, CO - Keynote
2011, Jan BU Endocrinology Grand Rounds, MA
2011, Jan Keystone DNA Damage and Repair, Keystone, CO
2011, Feb Coimbra University, Portugal, Grad course on mitochondria
2011, Feb NY Academy of Sciences, Sirtuin Symposium, NY
2011, Feb Invited Speaker, National Cancer Institute, MA
2011, Mar Organizer, Speaker, Cell Press Symposium on Aging and Metabolism, Hyannis
2011, Apr University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, Annual Cheves Smythe Lecture
2011, June Cold Spring Harbor, 78th Symposium on Metabolism and Disease
2011, June FASEB Meeting on Acetylation, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
2011, Aug Ellison Medical Foundation Annual Meeting, Woods Hole, MA
2011, Sept SwissEx Conference on Aging
2011, Oct Dean’s Lecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2011, Oct RUNN lecture, Neurobiology, Woods Hole, MA
2012, Jan Brown University, Aging Seminar Series
2012, Feb Keystone Sirtuin Meeting, Tahoe City, CA
2012, Mar Keynote Speaker, Annual Glenn Symposium M.I.T.
2012, May Inventages Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
2012, Jun UNSW, Sydney. Invited speaker
2012, Jul Freie Universitaat Berlin. Invited speaker
2012, Aug Woods Hole Seminar on Aging
2012, Aug Symposium in Honor of Lenny Guarente. MIT
2012, Nov Keynote Speaker, Keystone Meeting on Sirtuins, Tokyo
2012, Dec Symposium on Sirtuins, Sirtris, a GSK Company, Cambridge, MA
2013, Feb Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY
2013, Feb Stanford University, CA
2013, May Glenn Symposium, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
2013, June AGE Meeting, Baltimore, USA
2013, Jun RUNN Course for Neuroscientists, Woods Hole
2013, Aug FASEB Conference on HDAC/Sirtuins, Barga, Italy
2013, Sept Boston University, Symposium on Obesity and Metabolic Control
2013, Sept Symposium on Resveratrol and Aging, Caudalie Headquarters, Paris
2013, Oct Interventions to slow aging, Erice, Italy
2013, Nov Geroscience Summit, NIH
2013, Nov GSK, Sirtuin DPU, PA
2013, Nov Sanford-Burnham Institute, Florida, Invited speaker
2014, Jan Stanford University, Glenn Symposium on Aging
2014, Feb Harvard Medical School Council Members Lecture
2014, Mar Dartmouth University, Student Selected Speaker
2014, Mar Conference on Metabolism and Inflammation, Sydney
2014, Mar US Patent Office presentations
2014, Apr Denham Harmon Award in Gerontology, University of Nebraska
2014, Apr GSK SAB meeting, Philadelphia
2014, Jun RUNN Course for Neuroscientists
2014, Sep U. Arizona, Grad Student Invitation
2014, Sept Therapeutics of Aging Meeting, Harvard
2014, Oct John Little Symposium, Harvard
2014, Oct Ideas Week Chicago, IL
2014, Oct Keio University Symposium on Aging
2014, Nov Dean’s Lecture, UNSW
2014, Dec Unilever, CT, Invited Speaker
2015, Jan Beth Israel Deaconess Diabetes Lecture, Harvard Medical School
2015, Jan Keystone Mitochondria and Diabetes Meeting, Santa Fe, NM
2015, Feb Fusion Aging Meeting Cancun
2015, Mar Keystone Sirtuin Meeting, Santa Fe, NM
2015, Apr Northeastern University, Boston, Science and Engineering Club
2015, Apr Washington University, invited speaker
2015, May U. Penn, invited speaker
2015, May GlaxoSmithKline, invited speaker
2015, June Glenn/AFAR Symposium on Aging
2105, Aug NAD biology, FASEB Conference, Timmendorfer Strand, invited speaker
2015, Aug Sirtuins and HDACs FASEB Conference, Timmendorfer Strand, invited speaker
2015, Sept Harvard “The World is Waiting” seminars
2015, Sept ASIP Conference, Baltimore
2015, Oct RUNN lecture, Neurobiology, Woods Hole, MA
2015, Dec Aging Symposium, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Invited speaker
2016, Jan NIH Hallmarks of Aging Conference
2016, Jan HMS, Genetics Retreat
2016, Mar Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Annual Meeting, Sydney Australia
2016, Apr Keystone Epigenetics Conference, Santa Fe
2016, May Glenn/AFAR Meeting Santa Barbara
2016, July Cell Symposium on Aging and Metabolism, Sitges, Spain
2016, Sept Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Aging, NY
2016, Sept Yale University, CT, Dept. of Biochemistry
2016, Sept Glenn Aging New England Meeting, CT
2016, Oct Arc Fusion Event, San Francisco
2016, Nov Contestant and team winner, NASA iTech
2016, Nov 92Y NY evening event
2017, Jan Conference on Aging and Aging-based Therapeutics, Scripps Florida
2017, Feb The Kastan Lecture, USC, named lecture
2017, Mar Fusion Conference on Aging, 2017, Cancun, Mexico
2017, Mar Aging and Senescence meeting, Harvard Medical School
2017, Apr NASA panel speaker, Space Conference, Colorado Springs, CO.
2017, Apr Australian Biology of Aging Meeting, Sydney
2017, May University of Virginia, Aging and Healthspan Conference
2017, May University of Rochester, Invited Speaker
2017, May University of Washington, Grad Student invited speaker
2017, May Harvard Med. School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Grand Rounds
2017, June AMPlify Conference, Sydney Australia
2017, June Carlyle Investor Conference, JFK Center, Boston
2017, June Charles Perkins Center, Sydney, Australia
2017, June Charoen Pokphand, Thailand, invited speaker
2017, June Harvard/Paul F. Glenn Symposium
2017, July New Orleans FASEB meeting on NAD
2017, Aug AFAR Board Meeting, Advances in Aging Research
2017, Aug FASEB meeting on acetylation and sirtuins, Big Sky Montana.
2017, Sept CLSA Investor Conference, Hong Kong
2017, Oct IUBMB Symposium on Aging, Athens Greece, Plenary Lecturer
2017, Oct a16z Andreessen Horowitz Conference, Las Vegas
2017, Nov Pepper Center, Symposium on NAD precursors. Harvard Medical School
2018, Feb Seminar to veterinary staff, Harvard Medical School
2018, Feb Genetics Department Retreat, Harvard Medical School
2018, Mar Longwood Seminars, Keynote Speaker, Harvard Medical School
2018, Apr Young Jewish Professionals, NY
2018, Apr Young Professional Organization, Boston
2018, Apr Arc Fusion Conference, Boston. Radical Wellness
2018, May The University of Washington, Stem Cell Meeting
2018, May CNIO Spain, Conference on Aging, Madrid
2018, May Convergence conference, Cape Cod
2018, June EdenRoc Meeting, Santa Cruz
2018, July HHMI Workshop, HMS
2018, Sept CNIO/Madrid Meeting on Aging
2018, Oct Symposium on Aging and NIV, BWH, Boston
2018, Oct Innovation Meeting, Boston, MA, NASA iTech
2018, Oct Discovery Museum, Acton, MA
2018, Nov Australian Consulate, NY
2018, Nov Owners Forum, Oman
2018, Nov AFAR Conference on Aging, NY
2018, Nov Regeneron, NY
*to the best of his knowledge