Previously the Live Forever Club – now more focused on campaigning for radical life extension in the UK

João Pedro de Magalhães

Professor of Molecular Biogerontology at University of Birmingham Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, consultant, futurist, speaker

In 2008, I joined the University of Liverpool to establish my own group on genomic approaches to ageing. In 2022, I was recruited to the University of Birmingham as Chair of Molecular Biogerontology. We are world-leaders in employing genomics and bioinformatics to study ageing with pioneering work in studying gene networks of ageing and in sequencing and analyzing genomes from long-lived species.

In our research activities we have established numerous national and international collaborations, including collaborations with clinicians, biotech companies and non-profit organizations. Please browse this website for more information about our work and publications.

In 2014, he wrote a paper examining the prospects for curing ageing and concluded it would not happen in his lifetime. As at 2023, he still believes that.

Company Interests

Magellan Science - Founder
Centaura - Chief Scientific Officer
YouthBio Therapeutics
Insilico Medicine - Scientific Advisor
Longevity Vision Fund - Advisory Board
NOVOS - Scientific Advisory Board

Previous organisations:

British Society for Research on Ageing - board of trustees
University of Liverpool - Professor, Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group

Visit website: https://jp.senescence.info/

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University of Birmingham

Public research university located in Edgbaston, United Kingdom

Details last updated 07-Sep-2019

João Pedro de Magalhães News

The reason scientists say healthspan and lifespan cannot be separated

Live Forever Club - 09-Dec-2025

Ageing research seeks both better health and longer life

FDA backs YouthBio’s alzheimer’s gene therapy

CISION PR Newswire - 25-Sep-2025

YB002 showed memory rescue in mice; FDA feedback clears path for first human trial

Study of 117-year-old reveals clues to healthy ageing

The Guardian - 24-Sep-2025

Maria Branyas’s biology shows how genetics and lifestyle protect against age-related disease

Bowhead whale genome reveals secrets of long life and health

Live Forever Club - 04-Sep-2025

These adaptations explain its extraordinary 200-year lifespan

Can machine learning discover lifespan-extending drugs for mice?

Live Forever Club - 09-Nov-2024

This highlights promising paths for potential anti-ageing therapies

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British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA)

Scientific society which promotes and funds research into the biology of ageing

University of Liverpool

Public research university for UK and international students

João Pedro de Magalhães is also referenced in the following:

ARDD 2022 - 9th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting

29-Aug-2022 to 02-Sep-2022

Event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organized by University of Copenhagen

Biostasis Symposium UK

20-May-2023

A chance for UK cryonicists to mingle and hear from important figures in the cryonics field, organized by Tomorrow Bio (FREE)

BSRA Annual Scientific Meeting 2024

04-Sep-2024

A compelling lineup of speakers from all areas of the biology of ageing (Birmingham, UK)

Centaura

Company with mission to prevent and reverse aging.

Commercialisation pathways of longevity innovation

07-Apr-2021

Online event with Prof. João Pedro de Magalhães and Ms. Svitlana Surodina organized by Ageing Research at King's. (FREE)

Ending Age-Related Diseases (EARD) 2021

19-Aug-2021 to 22-Aug-2021

Hear the latest developments from the leading experts in rejuvenation biotechnology research

Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing 2022

25-Nov-2022 to 26-Nov-2022

Unique biennial online meeting of scientists working on the biology of ageing organized by Heales and International Longevity Alliance (FREE)

Five Alarm Bio

Company that develops drugs to slow down the ageing process

Global Healthspan Summit (GHS) 2025

04-Feb-2025

Longevity summit organised by Hevolution Foundation (Riyadh,Saudi Arabia)

Longevity Leaders World Congress 2021

04-May-2021 to 07-May-2021

The virtual event for leaders in longevity science, technology, business and finance organized by Longevity Leaders (LSX).

Longevity Med Summit

04-May-2023 to 05-May-2023

Annual gathering of the entire longevity ecosystem to tackle the aging problem

Longevity State Conference 2024

13-May-2024

Conference about longevity, its social changes and aging organised by Vitalism Foundation (Cofrentes, Spain)

Longevity Summit Dublin 2023

17-Aug-2023 to 20-Aug-2023
Club discount available - click here

Event gathering Global Longevity and Rejuvenation community in Dublin with many longevity movement superstars as speakers

Longevity Summit Dublin: four new mini-interviews

Highlights from four mini-interviews at the Longevity Summit Dublin

Longhack

21-Jan-2022 to 23-Jan-2022

Online event about longevity boosting organized by Longevity Hackathon with many speakers from the biotech, pharma and other fields

Rejuveron Age Better Live Longer Symposium

10-May-2022

Symposium about healthy living organized by Rejuveron (FREE)

The Science of Aging by Prof João Pedro de Magalhães

13-Oct-2020

Why do we biologically age? Can aging be reversed? (Zoom)

Transvision Madrid 2021

08-Oct-2021 to 10-Oct-2021

World congress discussing on futurist concepts like longevity extension, artificial intelligence, human enhancement and other technologies with first humanoid robot speaker, Sophia, organized by HumanityPlus.