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We've extended the deadline for abstracts for Diet and Optimum Health Conference 2025! We know that with summer underway...
07/31/2025

We've extended the deadline for abstracts for Diet and Optimum Health Conference 2025! We know that with summer underway, more time may be helpful. 🌞

The new deadline for conference poster session submissions is Monday, Aug. 11 at noon (Pacific). Abstracts are welcome from all researchers, including undergraduate and graduate students.

Check out the conference website for travel award information (due July 31) and our program featuring leaders from the fields of precision nutrition and healthspan research. www.lpiconference.org

** DOH 2025 has been approved for 11.5 Continuing Professional Education Units through the Commission on Dietetic Registration. **

Don’t miss the chance to present your research at Diet and Optimum Health 2025! Abstract submissions for the conference ...
07/23/2025

Don’t miss the chance to present your research at Diet and Optimum Health 2025! Abstract submissions for the conference poster session are due Thursday, July 31. ⏳

We welcome abstract submissions from all researchers, including undergraduate and graduate students. Students and postdocs are encouraged to apply for an Early Stage Researcher Award – winners may receive up to $1,000!

Travel awards also are available to cover or offset the cost of attendance. Check out www.lpiconference.org for more information. We hope to see you there!

https://lpiconference.org/abstracts/

How about some almonds today for that late afternoon snack?Check out a new research study from a team of LPI investigato...
07/16/2025

How about some almonds today for that late afternoon snack?

Check out a new research study from a team of LPI investigators who explored the benefits of daily almond snacking in people with metabolic syndrome.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2025.04.011

It's not too late! We've extended the deadline for discounted registration for the 2025 Diet and Optimum Health Conferen...
07/02/2025

It's not too late! We've extended the deadline for discounted registration for the 2025 Diet and Optimum Health Conference. Be sure to register by July 15 to save up to $150 on registration for our exciting conference program!

For information about the program, travel awards, CPEUs, and poster session abstracts, check out https://lpiconference.org/

Early Bird Registration for the LPI’s 2025 Diet and Optimum Health Conference ends in less than two weeks!Register by Ju...
06/18/2025

Early Bird Registration for the LPI’s 2025 Diet and Optimum Health Conference ends in less than two weeks!

Register by June 30 to save up to $150! This cutting-edge conference is happening September 9-10 in Corvallis, Oregon. https://lpiconference.org/

🍏 DOH 2025 will feature over 20 speakers in 9 sessions that cover the latest perspectives and innovations shaping precision nutrition and healthspan.🍇

The exciting speaker lineup includes:
🔸Holly Nicastro, Ph.D., MPH, as part of the Keynote II Panel Discussion: "Advancing Precision Nutrition and Health"
🔸Michael Snyder, Ph.D (Stanford University Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine): "Disrupting Healthcare Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring”
🔸Frank Hu, MD, Ph.D. (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health): “Optimal Dietary Patterns for Healthy Aging in the GLP-1 Agonist Era”
🔸Christopher Gardner, Ph.D. (Stanford University School of Medicine): “Alignment and Misalignment of Popular Diets with Optimal Health: As Intended vs. As Followed”
…and more!

Check out the conference website for more information about the program, travel funding, and the poster session opportunity. https://lpiconference.org/

**This conference has been approved for 11.5 Continuing Professional Education Units through the Commission on Dietetic Registration**



Congratulations to this year’s LPI Summer Research Scholars! Thanks to generous donors, these five awardees are receivin...
06/11/2025

Congratulations to this year’s LPI Summer Research Scholars! Thanks to generous donors, these five awardees are receiving financial support towards their work with LPI faculty mentors this summer.

The projects delve into a range of promising avenues for healthy aging and disease prevention, such as:

🔎 novel combination treatments for breast cancers
🔎 the role of a novel vitamin D derivative and bioactive natural product(s) in mitigating skin damage from ultraviolet radiation
🔎 investigations into glial cell physiology to better understand brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases
🔎 determining the proteome landscape of therapy-induced senescence in breast cancer subtypes to support the development of senotherapeutics

We look forward to sharing their progress later this summer!

From back row to front, left to right: Maryam Nikpayam (Claudia Maier Lab), Tatum Joyner (Maria Purice Lab), Jacob Kreitzer (Siva Kolluri Lab), Nozomi Akin (Arup Indra Lab), and Seth Husband (Maria Purice Lab)

The Early Bird registration deadline for our 2025 Diet and Optimum Health Conference is around the corner!Join us Septem...
05/23/2025

The Early Bird registration deadline for our 2025 Diet and Optimum Health Conference is around the corner!

Join us September 9-10 for the latest perspectives and innovations shaping precision nutrition and healthspan research. Register before July 1 to avoid the $100-150 late registration fee.

We’re also accepting abstracts for poster presentations (submission deadline is July 31).

Among the many reasons to attend:

** An exciting lineup of renowned researchers from around the country: https://lpiconference.org/2025-speakers/
** Cutting edge topics: nutrition and the microbiome, dietary supplements, novel interventions, inflammation and immunity, and data technologies.
** Professional development opportunity through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (approved for 11.5 Continuing Professional Education Units)
** Discounted registration for postdocs and students
** Financial support and award opportunities for early career scientists: https://lpiconference.org/travel-awards/ (applications due July 31)

Visit https://lpiconference.org/ to learn more!

Congratulations to Jan Frederik Stevens, the LPI’s new Ava Helen Pauling Chair!Dr. Stevens was among several OSU faculty...
05/16/2025

Congratulations to Jan Frederik Stevens, the LPI’s new Ava Helen Pauling Chair!

Dr. Stevens was among several OSU faculty members recognized by the Oregon State University Foundation at its annual Faculty Excellence Dinner on May 7.

He is currently LPI’s Associate Director of Research and a professor in the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy. He joined the Institute in 2002.

Dr. Stevens’ research focuses on the chemistry, biology, and pharmacology of natural products from plants. He is known for leading pioneering research on xanthohumol, a natural product from the female flowers of the hops plant.

The Stevens lab has discovered that xanthohumol exerts anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, and anti-hyperglycemic effects in animal models of metabolic syndrome. Dr. Stevens brought xanthohumol to clinical trials for testing its safety and efficacy in patients suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

The Ava Helen Pauling Chair position was named in honor of Dr. Linus Pauling’s wife because of her great importance to him, his career, and their work opposing nuclear testing and promoting world peace.

Photo: Fred Stevens and LPI Director Emily Ho at the Faculty Excellence Dinner (Karl Maasdam Photography)

We did it! Because of so many of you, the Linus Pauling Institute exceeded its goal during yesterday’s Dam Proud Day fun...
05/01/2025

We did it! Because of so many of you, the Linus Pauling Institute exceeded its goal during yesterday’s Dam Proud Day fundraising event. We received 121 donations and raised over $90,000!

This success helps us in several important ways, raising funds for our research, student fellowships and support, and the Micronutrient Information Center.

Also, a huge thank you goes to our many challenge donors who helped inspire so many others to give and support the LPI!

Ever been overwhelmed by the endless media stream of nutrition and health advice that you aren’t sure you can trust? The...
04/30/2025

Ever been overwhelmed by the endless media stream of nutrition and health advice that you aren’t sure you can trust?

The Micronutrient Information Center (MIC) is the LPI's answer to this problem.

The MIC is a free, online hub for evidence-based information about the roles of nutrients and other dietary factors in health and disease.

Your gift to the MIC today will help us expand this resource at a time when health misinformation is growing.

We need 50 more gifts of ANY amount to reach our goal today!

As part of today’s online event, we’ve released a new guide to help you choose supplements. In collaboration with OSU Extension, "Choosing Supplements Wisely" is part of our Top 10 Micronutrients for Aging Well project. *Check it out at lpi.pub/Top10Project*

One reason we care so much about today’s fundraising drive is that it will support graduate students like Kristen Snitch...
04/30/2025

One reason we care so much about today’s fundraising drive is that it will support graduate students like Kristen Snitchler.

Thanks in part to the Simone & Balz Frei Graduate Fellowship Fund, Kristen is deepening her research into Alzheimer’s disease and the role the amyloid beta peptide plays in its progression.

Her passion for research grew out of her own family’s health challenges. “My mother suffered from a chronic illness as an adult, and her experience left me with a deep sense of empathy and a desire to understand the mechanisms underlying chronic illness,” she said.

As Kristen also watched her grandmother battle dementia and her father fight esophageal cancer, she realized the profound importance of healthspan rather than just lifespan.

Now, Kristen is a third-year PhD student in the Oregon State University Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics program. With her thesis advisor, LPI affiliate faculty member Dr. Nate Mortimer, she is using a Drosophila (fly) model in her Alzheimer’s research.

Help us reach today's goal and support tomorrow's leaders in healthy aging research! https://www.damproudday.org/organizations/linus-pauling-institute

Dam Proud Day is happening today, April 30!Today only, YOUR donation will help the Linus Pauling Institute unlock $84,00...
04/30/2025

Dam Proud Day is happening today, April 30!

Today only, YOUR donation will help the Linus Pauling Institute unlock $84,000 in challenge gifts to advance our research, outreach, and graduate student training.

Visit lpi.pub/DamProud and select “Give Now” to choose where you want to put your donation to work. Help us carry on the legacy of two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling through our mission to promote optimal health through cutting-edge research and trusted public outreach.

As Dr. Mary McCarthy, one of our longtime supporters, said recently: “I believe in healthy aging, and I am Dam Proud to support LPI!”

We hope you’ll join Mary today in supporting the LPI!

Also, as part of today’s annual fundraising drive, you can catch LPI Director Emily Ho in an interview with Dam Proud Day Live at 12:50 p.m. (Pacific). Watch Emily and other interviews today at www.damproudday.org/live_stats or in person at SEC Plaza in Corvallis.

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