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Morgan Levine, PhD

Assistant Professor Adjunct in Pathology
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Assistant Professor Adjunct in Pathology

Biography

Morgan Levine was previously a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the department of Pathology at Yale University where she ran the Laboratory for Aging in Living Systems. In 2022, she was recruited to join Altos Labs as a Founding Principal Investigator at the San Diego Institute of Science. She currently leads a research group at Altos Labs working at the intersection of bioinformatics, cellular biology, complex systems, and biostatistics with the overall goal of understanding the molecular trajectories aging cells, tissues, and organisms take through time.

Appointments

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Fellow
UCLA (2017)
PhD
University of Southern California, Gerontology (2015)

Research

Overview

Research in the Levine lab focuses on modeling epigenetic changes in aging. To do this, we use data from human and rodent cell culture and primary tissue samples to probe the causes and consequences of aging-related alterations in DNA methylation. We are also actively involved in the development of biomarkers of aging. Our ability to "quantify aging" will facilitate basic and observational research by 1) drastically shortening the time needed to screen therapeutics targeting aging, 2) helping to identify genetic and behavioral factors that influence lifespan and healthspan, and 3) informing our framework of Theories of Aging.


Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Aging; Algorithms; Alzheimer Disease; Biostatistics; Cellular Senescence; Clonal Evolution; Computational Biology; DNA Methylation; Energy Intake; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Regulatory Networks; Genetic Variation; Longevity; Stem Cells

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Morgan Levine's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

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Locations

  • Brady Memorial Laboratory

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    310 Cedar Street

    New Haven, CT 06510