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High school students, aging professionals, and older adults were brought together for the 2019 MIT AgeLab OMEGA Summit.

MIT AgeLab’s fifth annual OMEGA Summit engages high school students with older generations

The summit convenes experts and elders with young people for dialogue and learning about aging.

November 7, 2019

Bryan Reimer, an AgeLab research scientist and the associate director of the New England University Transportation Center, was honored for his work developing a better understanding of how people engage with vehicle automation.

Bryan Reimer receives human factors innovator award

MIT AgeLab research engineer directs a team that studies in-vehicle automation, robotics, AI, and the mechanics of driver attention, among other topics.

October 30, 2019

The startup Rendever uses virtual reality to help aging adults overcome widespread problems like depression and social isolation.

Startup uses virtual reality to help seniors re-engage with the world

Rendever’s VR platform brings new experiences and fond memories to aging adults in nursing homes.

September 12, 2019

Jay Park (pictured, left) was one of three Boston-area high school students to receive a 2019 OMEGA scholarship, along with Sidonie Brown and Brook Masse. Pictured at right is AARP Massachusetts Director Michael Festa.

High school students receive 2019 MIT AgeLab OMEGA Scholarships for work with elders

Local youth recognized for fostering unity across generations.

June 24, 2019

MIT biologists found that intestinal stem cell populations declined in aged mice (right), compared to younger mice (left). Messenger RNA encoding a protein associated with intestinal stem cells is labeled in black.

Biologists find a way to boost intestinal stem cell populations

Study suggests that stimulating stem cells may protect the gastrointestinal tract from age-related disease.

March 28, 2019

MIT researchers found that when they halted cell division in human fibroblast cells, they became abnormally large and then entered a non-dividing state known as senescence (right panel). Untreated, normal-sized fibroblasts are shown at left.

Biologists answer fundamental question about cell size

The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the striking uniformity of sizes.

February 7, 2019

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker gives remarks at the In Good Company Optimal Aging Challenge reception at MIT.

MIT AgeLab hosts Governor Baker, winners of In Good Company Challenge

Entrepreneurial ventures are developing technologies, community resources, and solutions to address social isolation and loneliness among older adults in Massachusetts.

December 26, 2018

AgeLab researcher Taylor Patskanick exercises in the AGNES suit, which simulates the physical challenges of advanced age.

SilverSneakers exercise program fights isolation

MIT AgeLab researchers find that an exercise program for older adults has unexpected social and health benefits.

November 29, 2018

Tracking the growth of neuron arbors under the microscope over two weeks, researchers typically saw growth beyond the arrow marker in 6-month-old mice (green), but none beyond the marker in 18-month old mice (red).

Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons

Neural plasticity and arbor growth decline with age, study in mice shows.

August 20, 2018

Joseph Coughlin of MIT AgeLab addresses the 2018 Connectivity Summit on Rural Aging

MIT AgeLab partners with Tivity Health for Connectivity Summit on Rural Aging

Attendees address rural social isolation among aging populations in America.

August 16, 2018

AGNES, the Age Gain Now Empathy System developed at MIT AgeLab, a suit built to better understand the physical challenges associated with aging.

Challenge seeks innovations to improve wellbeing in aging populations

MIT AgeLab launches In Good Company global challenge in partnership with GE, Benchmark Senior Living, and the Massachusetts Council to Address Aging.

July 17, 2018

“What we discovered is, very little [Medicare] money is spent on people who we know with high probability are going to die in a short amount of time,” says Amy Finkelstein, a professor in MIT’s Department of Economics and co-author of a paper in the journal Science.

The value of late-in-life health care spending

Study debunks notion that large chunks of Medicare go to futile end-of-life care.

June 28, 2018

Lew Aronin '40 is a frequent and enthusiastic participant in Tech Reunions.

At 99, Lew Aronin ’40 volunteers for MIT AgeLab

Physics alumnus who saw the Hindenburg fly over campus now collaborates with researchers to explore the impacts of longevity.

June 28, 2018

MIT AgeLab’s Joe Coughlin (right) and AARP’s Michael Festa (left) present OMEGA Scholarship awards to Rachel Schultz and Marley Belanger. Not pictured: Caroline Collins-Pisano.

High school students receive 2018 MIT AgeLab OMEGA Scholarships for work with elders

Local youth recognized for fostering unity across generations.

June 26, 2018

An MIT-led research team reversed age-related endurance loss in mice by treating them with a compound that promotes new blood vessel growth.

Study suggests method for boosting growth of blood vessels and muscle

Activating proteins linked to longevity may help to increase endurance and combat frailty in the elderly.

March 22, 2018