Resources
An important element of our work is the development of resources for aiding research on the biology and genetics of ageing, in particular computational resources like databases, tools, and methods. These are made available at the Human Ageing Genomic Resources (HAGR). Most notably, we developed GenAge, a manually-curated database of genes related to ageing in humans and model organisms, and AnAge, a database of ageing and longevity in animal species, featuring over 4,000 entries, that has arguably become the established benchmark for comparative and evolutionary studies of ageing. Bioinformatic tools and software are also available in HAGR in the form of Perl scripts and an SPSS script for demographic analyses. HAGR has been featured in Science (307:187) and Nature Reviews Genetics (5:1362), among other journals.
A complementary resource to HAGR is SAGEWEB or science of aging web. SAGEWEB is an internet-based resource center to aid biogerontologists and enhance research into the basic biology of ageing. It includes numerous useful features, such as news, papers of note, events and a forum (among many other community resources to promote interactions and collaborative efforts amongst researchers).
In addition to conducting innovative research, our group aims to attract and train students in the biological study of ageing. Therefore, in parallel to HAGR, we maintain the senescence.info website, which is an educational resource on the science of ageing. It includes numerous tutorials, essays on the biology of ageing, a list of companies and researchers working on ageing, and other resources related to the study of ageing. Students and researchers wishing to learn more about ageing are encouraged to visit senescence.info. Our group's website also features extensive cross-links with senescence.info which thus serves as an additional source of information.
For supplementary materials resulting from our research projects, please refer to our publications. If you require any data, reagent, protocol or software mentioned in a publication that is not provided on our website or publication please feel free to contact us.