Longevity, Cellular Senescence & Immunology: From Cells to Systems

This foundational lecture establishes the basic cellular structures and functions, including mitochondrial roles, essential for understanding subsequent discussions on cellular aging and energy metabolism.

Building on cellular fundamentals, this lecture introduces genomic conflict, providing context for how internal cellular dynamics and genetic stability are crucial for healthy cellular function and longevity.

Expanding from internal genomic conflicts, this lecture explores coevolution at various biological levels, including intracellular organelles, which is vital for understanding the complex interplay shaping cellular health and immune responses.

This lecture defines viruses and their fundamental properties, providing a necessary biological context for understanding how external agents interact with and challenge cellular and immune systems.

This lecture applies physics principles to virology and public health, demonstrating how external threats like viruses impact cellular and immune systems, building on the foundational understanding of viruses.

This capstone lecture integrates concepts of cellular energy metabolism and mitochondrial health, directly linking them to cognitive decline and longevity, thereby connecting foundational cellular biology to systemic aging processes.