Paths to Progress in Longevity Biotech
Protocol Labs and Foresight Institute are excited to invite you to apply to a 5-day mini-workshop series to celebrate LabWeek, PL’s decentralized conference to further public goods. The theme of the series, Paths to Progress, is aimed at (re)-igniting long overdue progress in longevity bio, molecular nanotechnology, neurotechnology, crypto & AI, and space through emerging decentralized, open, and technology-enabled funding mechanisms.
LabWeek also includes many additional events focused on Public Goods Funding, Sustainability, and Decentralized Science. Register and learn more at labweek.io/24-pg.
This mini-workshop is focused on Paths to Progress in Longevity Biotechnology:
Different paths to longevity progress have come into view through roadmaps and tech trees by Amaranth Foundation, the Longevity Biotech Fellowship and Foresight Institute, including tool development, biostasis, biomarkers, replacement amongst others. Can we compare individual maps to find shared high-impact goals? Let’s explore what we can learn from emerging funding mechanisms, such as the Gitcoin-funded Longevity Prize, Impetus Grants, longevity DAOs and many others, to accelerate progress.
Confirmed presentations thus far include:
Aaron King, Foresight Institute: A tech tree to find and fund undervalued longevity areas
Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute: Learning from the Longevity prize for new longevity hypotheses
Amit Deshwar, Kerna Lab : Genetic medicine pathways for longevity
Andrea Cipriano, Stanford: Aging background and collaborative approaches to standardizing biomarkers
Joe Betts-Lacroix, Retro: Retro PhD programs for rejuvenation science
Lightning talks will highlight science and technology opportunities as well as new tools for finding and funding progress. We’ll break into groups to deepdive on your shared interests and close with plenary report-outs to map progress opportunities to enablers. Our question is: what could this community build to close the current progress gaps?
Our workshop capacity is extremely limited. If you’d like to attend, please consider applying soon. We hope you join us to explore new R&D/DeSci technologies for advancing technological progress for the benefit of life.
To apply to the other workshops on bio, nano, neuro, crypto, AI in this series, you can do via the full Paths to Progress @LabWeek events calendar.
For those who want more post LabWeek, learnings from the LabWeek workshop series will feed directly into Foresight’s 2024 technical workshops – longevity workshop, neuro workshop, crypto AI workshop, nano workshop, space workshop – with a session on new R&D/DeSci funding technologies for advancing the respective area.