LinkedIn Profile (if applicable)

Which role(s) are you interested in volunteering for?

(Content writers only): have you previously studied biology (or biomedical sciences, medicine, etc.) ?

(Content writers only): what previous content writing or other relevant writing experience do you have?

What is your weekly time commitment to the Wiki?

In which city and time zone are you located?

How did you find out about Longevity Wiki?

Optional: briefly describe your vision for the Longevity Wiki

https://www.linkedin.com/in/schulzmaximilian/

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), Engineering (e.g. software development), Volunteer Manager

Internal memos and sales scripts for life science software company. Recently publishing on Medium: https://mnschulz.medium.com/

Zurich, CEST and CET (stupid DST...)

Because I believe a central knowledge repository is a necessary endeavour for the longevity field.

- How can we effectively measure aging, and what does it mean to age?
- What are the most upstream causes of aging we can find? (Can we just gene edit our way out?)
- What are the future distribution problems (e.g. for "aging clocks" in clinics) and how to solve them

1. Starting with classical wiki, having people compile hand-written knowledge about Longevity
2. Splitting up into core scientific articles and classical Wiki - peer review/more trustworthy content
3. Knowledge Aggregation tools with structured knowledge (the first tool being the life-extension tool)
4. More innovative projects: Structured knowledge aggregation e.g. via scientific metadata to papers (standardized pathways, model descriptions, etc.)

porterfieldtk6000@gmail.com

No professional experience; have written two articles so far for the Longevity Wiki, but they have not yet been published.

Well, I'm interested in biology, and I think the wiki can help educate the public, but the main reasons for my interest are that writing for the wiki gives me experience with writing scientific articles, as well as credentials to mention when applying for any future jobs or volunteer positions; and that it increases my chances of meeting other Effective Altruists, with whom I could one day collaborate on projects, professional or otherwise.

Diet and Lifestyle interventions for aging, The work of laboratories working on aging, Biomarkers of aging, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, Clinical trials for aging, Ocular disease and longevity biotech

Undergrad Evolution & Ecology, Doctorate of Optometry, starting Masters program in Science Writing

Magazine article, newly started blog, peer reviewed journal case report, starting masters in science writing program in January

Baltimore, MD (Eastern Time)

From a friend or colleague

I want to help educate the public and clinicians on the significant research developments occuring right now in the longevity space. My hope is increased awareness will lead to more funding and urgency to translate into clinical applications.

1) How far can you rejuvenate an organism via epigenetic reprogramming?

2) How much does decreasing epigenetic age measured by an epigenetic clock actually correlate with phenotype.

3) Can you induce clean up of unwanted accumulated metabolic waste products through enhancing natural mechanisms (autophagy) or is it something that requires targeted theraputic intervention?

My vision is that the Wiki will be a place for people to go and find accessible, reliable and comprehensive information on longevity related topics.

benjaminscwu@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/geroscientist/

New drugs that may slow the aging process, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, Clinical trials for aging, The link between aging and diseases of aging

Victoria, UTC/GMT +10:00

andreasdmelhede@gmail.com

Andreas Dyreborg Melhede

Becoming the main source of information for Longevity and Health

https://www.linkedin.com/in/easytech/

Met Jack Harley at the online global Effective Altruism conference in 2020

To support research into longevity. Our technology is getting to a stage where we can maybe slow/reverse aging and prevent much of human suffering.

Hopefully it helps to distribute knowledge about the latest longevity research. There is still not much about this on Wikipedia so Longevity Wiki might be able to fill this gap. It could help both scientists and lay people alike. Hopefully it motivates people to do more research into anti-aging and speed up the results. I could imagine when longevity research becomes more mainstream, much of Longevity Wiki's content might be integrated into Wikipedia in the future.

Senior Content Writer (Master's or PhD), Volunteer Manager

Diet and Lifestyle interventions for aging, New drugs that may slow the aging process, The work of laboratories working on aging, Biomarkers of aging, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, The ethical arguments relevant to anti-aging technology, Clinical trials for aging, The link between aging and diseases of aging, Any topic (i.e. all of the above)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcwhinns/

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), Engineering (e.g. software development), Volunteer Manager, Translation into Japanese

I maintain a blog, contribute to r/DestructiveReaders, write fiction, and am in the early stages of creating a YouTube channel.

Naha, Okinawa (GMT+09:00)

Death (and ageing) is an afront to life. I want to help spread interest in the scientific pursuit of increasing health-spans and contribute to changing the public 'death is natural/necessary/good' narative.

1 - What are the current projections/timeline of the field?
2 - What are the major hurdles to securing funding?
3 - What ways can public and political interest be generated into the longevity field?

alexander.argyriou@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-argyriou-910278160/

In my current role as well as in my previous role I would regularly digest financial/investment reports into a format that a time-pressed individual with little pre-existing knowledge could gain value from. Aside from that, I have standard academic writing experience but no blogging or article-writing experience.

Because I strongly believe in the mission of democratizing scientific research. There is virtually no limit to what science can discover. There is however, a limit to what it can achieve. That limit is based on whether that knowledge stays siloed in academic ivory towers and labs, or whether it spreads and becomes common knowledge. As a non-scientist I won't be making groundbreaking discoveries, but it would be an honor to help turn those discoveries into knowledge shared and used by all.

What are some under-considered consequences of extending life expectancies?

Are there groundbreaking discoveries that have been made in the longevity field for animals that we're working to translate to humans?

Is the focus of the longevity field ultimately extending life expectancy or achieving immortality?

Longevity Wiki will be the resource for those who want to explore the science of longevity without having to dedicate their lives to it. It will have the same commitment to objectivity and truth as scientific journals, but without a reader needing a PhD-level vocabulary to understand it.

dancingreality@gmail.com

LinkedIn is out of date. My company is SaturnLogic.com.

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), Senior Content Writer (Master's or PhD)

New drugs that may slow the aging process, The work of laboratories working on aging, Biomarkers of aging, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, Clinical trials for aging, The link between aging and diseases of aging

San Diego CA, Pacific Time

Rejuvenation Roundup video, wiki logo

A trusted source for longevity topic information, high google search rankings, well supported and well marketed.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtharley/

Melbourne, Australia (AEST)

1) How close are we to slowing aging significantly in humans with drugs?
2) What are the key bottlenecks in the space?
3) How can more researchers and philanthropists become involved and contribute?

To create a comprehensive, accessible and scientifically rigorous knowledge base of longevity and aging science.

jessicajackson789@hotmail.co.uk

Diet and Lifestyle interventions for aging, New drugs that may slow the aging process, Biomarkers of aging, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, The ethical arguments relevant to anti-aging technology

I think the topic of Longevity is really interesting since it's so intricate and complex with the many factors that affect it and the knock on effect is has on society as a whole! There are so many questions and routes to explore within the topic! So I would like to gain more of an understanding of the longevity field and generally update myself on the current knowledge of the longevity field. I would also like to gain more experience in content writing and translation.

Are there any successful trials of drugs which slow down or prevent dementia? What is the biggest factor which impacts the aging process? What are the ethical arguments for anti-aging technology?

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), Translating

Profesional experience: public reports, briefings, media releases; student journalism; undergraduate science

lhowlett4444@gmail.com

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), User Experience (UX)

The ethical arguments relevant to anti-aging technology, Whatever I can write with my lack of biological science qualifications

From a friend or colleague

I have an interest in biology and human health, and learning a bit about the longevity field has made me interested in the ethics of longevity research. I would also like to get some experience in content writing.

Why is longevity important? Is longevity/anti-aging treatment ethical? Will it lead to life-span being dictated by socioeconomic class?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laramilwid/

Correspondence and reports in my current role, translation in my previous role, blogging

It offers an opportunity to combine my writing and research skills with doing good.

rupi.sureshkumar@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupi-sureshkumar/

As a product manger for 8 years, much of my job involves effective written communications e.g. strategy/vision documents, summaries of product insights, product roadmaps.

I really enjoy researching new topics and distilling insights -- I am very interested in learning more about aging generally -- so the opportunity to learn more while also contributing to an impactful project like this is really exciting to me!

1. What do we know about what people want? Sure, we all say we "want to live longer" but we mean that with a lot of caveats. If we could live forever, would we want to? How do people at different ages think about this question and does it vary by age?
2. What is some of the most promising research happening right now in this field? Anything that might be a game-changer for society?
3. What is being done to improve quality of life in later years?

It'd be awesome if it became a commonplace household reference -- something that most middle school or high school students would read as part of one of their classes. I think this would really increase the common understanding about longevity and get more people inspired to think about the space more (versus only a select group of people thinking about it).

Diet and Lifestyle interventions for aging, New drugs that may slow the aging process, Biomarkers of aging, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, Clinical trials for aging, The link between aging and diseases of aging

lots of scientific writing, some contributions to the German Wikipedia pages

translation to healthy humans; good effects with few side effects; precise definition of terms

I may have some time until early Jan in particular & I'm about to mail jack@longevitywiki.org

The work of laboratories working on aging, Biomarkers of aging, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, Clinical trials for aging, The link between aging and diseases of aging

No professional writing experience. I was an English major in college with a strong focus in the sciences (mostly physics) and was also the Editor-in-Chief of the undergraduate science research journal for our campus, as well as a writer for the journal.

My top interest is in the commitment to open-access scientific information. Science and research are so frequently kept behind paywalls, which means the general public has quite limited access to the information except through popular scientific writing. And as many scientists bemoan, pop sci often communicates its findings, well, poorly (and with bias). I am very interested in your commitment to bridging this knowledge gap in this really interesting area of research, and I'd love to be a part of the team supporting this access to information to everyone.

I am also interested in the field and research itself, the actually longevity focus. My interest in this research is less in the longevity itself (sorry!) and more in the possible reclaiming of quality of life. I learned relatively recently that while our average lifespan in developed countries has increased, the number of years of quality living has decreased - the diseases of aging have actually taken up some of our previously healthily lived years. You have a diagram in your article "Anti-Aging: State of the Art" that incapsulates my interest quite well, which compares the changes in duration of subclinical aging and age-related diseases when medical intervention and anti-aging intervention are applied. The idea that suffering from diseases like type 2 diabetes and cancer could be alleviated not through direct research into these fields but research into longevity/aging is compelling, and a project that seeks to expand access to information on this field is one I want to support.

I am going to list three questions that can be answered but reveal my current information gaps:
1. I am still a bit confused on the definition of a disease of aging, particularly as it applies to COVID-19 (a viral infection). Is the idea that a disease of aging encapsulates opportunistic killers, where the opportunity is created by aging?
2. Is this a field with a core group of researchers, or is the information you are accumulating significantly dispersed throughout multiple fields/subfields?
3. What biological differences have been found in animals that exhibit negligible senescence as compared to animals like humans that follow age-mortality curves? What are the eventual causes of deaths if not aging/diseases of aging? What is the biological mechanism/differences between negligibly senescent vertebrates and plants that maintain a non-aging root system but aging trees from the root system (or the other example of bacteria where the colony is immortal but the cells die easily)?

An easy-to-navigate, peer-checked, up-to-date, encyclopedia comprised of neutral (uninterpreted/evaluated) information derived from high-quality (ideally peer-reviewed) sources written in a manner that is straight-forward, easy to understand/digest (to the target audience), and impeccably documented to the original sources. My vision would also include a caveat of no excessive reliance on a single research group/source, if at all possible in this field.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernhoftbret/

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), Engineering (e.g. software development)

Portland, Oregon - Pacific Standard Time

Because there is a great need for this kind of information and research to be brought together for consumption by the Internet. And I'd like to help make that a reality.

How likely is it that I'll live to be 150 years old? How does living in space impact the aging process? Which diet is the most effective in preventing aging related diseases?

It's hard to say, but I'd love to see more articles on a wider selection of relevant topics.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anton-stamm-56b5361aa/

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), Researcher (as mentioned in the handbook, sounds really interesting)

New drugs that may slow the aging process, The work of laboratories working on aging, Biomarkers of aging, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, My personal interest lies in the molecular mechanisms of the aging process and related areas.

Someone mentioned it in the VitaDAO Discord server

I started studying biology for no other reason than to do something about aging. Unfortunately, in my opinion, I have too few points of contact with this topic in my everyday life. Therefore, I am looking for a way to increase my knowledge in this area through a project/work :)

Is there any single basic mechanism that could explain several aspects of the aging process?

What are the mechanisms that protect certain species from aging and can they be made usable?

Will living without aging be heaven or hell?

As I understand it, the wiki is supposed to be written for people who are not specialists or do not know much about biology. I think that's noble, and I think that helps to bring the topic closer to people who are just starting to deal with it. The ultimate vision for me, however, would be for the wiki to become relevant to the scientific community as well. I have often imagined that the scientific community on aging could work together on a wiki. The goal here would not be for scientists to publish their results in some journal, but for scientists to integrate their results into a larger whole. One could conveniently access the current state of knowledge via the wiki and would not have to research many papers. If someone wants to know more details, he/she can simply look up the cited paper. Basically, it would be about working on a collective wiki article instead of (or in addition to) a collection of individual papers.

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), Senior Content Writer (Master's or PhD), Translation EN>PTBR

I am currently a master's student. Reading and writing scientific content is part of my routine.

How far can we go? Will "longevity" be accesable by anyone? How important is bioethics on the longevity field?

Good source for non-scientists

Junior Content Writer (non-Master's or PhD), Senior Content Writer (Master's or PhD)

Diet and Lifestyle interventions for aging, New drugs that may slow the aging process, The work of laboratories working on aging, Biomarkers of aging, The biology of aging, including the hallmarks of aging, Clinical trials for aging, The link between aging and diseases of aging

Los Angeles, Pacific Time