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TOP DONOR: BRIAN CARTMELL #2 DONOR: DONALD MACLEAN #3 DONOR: JEFF BONE/TOPSIGHT FUND #4 DONOR: PEG KAY LIFEBOAT NEWS: 3,424 SUBSCRIBERS DONORS: 5,833 GETAS ALERTS: 570 SUBSCRIBERS FACEBOOK: 13,428 MEMBERS TWITTER: 31,728 MEMBERS LINKEDIN: 6,278 MEMBERS BLOG: 111,463 POSTS ADVISORY BOARDS: 2,895 MEMBERS FORUMS: 24 REPORTS: 74 PROGRAMS: 26 more statistics $HQ Supervisor The Lifeboat Foundation is looking to hire an HQ Supervisor . This individual will be trained by our president in Austin, Texas USA and will be in charge of everything from financial paperwork to keeping our HQ (headquarters) clean. The two main qualities that are being looked for are: 1) follow through 2) and a strong interest in Safeguarding Humanity”. Current Programs AIShield AsteroidShield BioShield InfoPreserver InternetShield LifePreserver LifeShield Bunkers NanoShield ScientificFreedomShield SecurityPreserver Space Habitats X-Risks Network News Learn about our 3 books . Our LifeShield Bunkers program now enables you to participate in a local LifeShield Bunker. Our David Brin ’s new novel Existence mentions our many programs . Watch the trailer for this book. The New York Times says "The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit that seeks to protect people from some seriously catastrophic technology-related events. It funds research that would prevent a situation where technology has run amok, sort of like a pre-Fringe Unit." Partners Latest News May 11, 2024 M. Carolina Florian joins our Life Extension Board. Since 2016, Carolina has investigated the role of epigenetics and the stem cell microenvironment in driving the aging of somatic stem cells. May 10, 2024 The 7th NoRCEL Conference will be held October 30–November 1 at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. The theme of this conference is Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)” pertaining to the emergence of life on Earth. Our Sohan Jheeta is Founder of NoRCEL. May 7, 2024 Jiaqian Wu joins our Biotech/Medical Board. The Wu Lab has performed unprecedented transcriptome profiling for eight highly purified neural cell types from the brain by RNA-Seq. They identified a large number of novel lncRNAs, and functional and genetic experiments substantiated the role of lncRNAs in oligodendrocyte precursor cell (OPC) formation for the first time and its role in astrogliosis. Apr 25, 2024 Shahaf Peleg , Cofounder of Luminova Biotech , joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Apr 20, 2024 Tumelo Mojapelo , Foresight Facilitator at Flux Trend , joins our Futurists Board. Apr 20, 2024 Peter J. Mullen , coauthor of The Metabolic Relationship Between Viral Infection and Cancer , joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Apr 20, 2024 Khyobeni (Beni) Mozhui joins our Life Extension Board. Beni is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) . Apr 15, 2024 Danesto B. Anacio joins our Sustainability Board. His research interest focuses on the futures of socio-ecological systems and change, particularly on production and consumption patterns, indigenous peoples’ adaptation processes, and environmental behaviors. Apr 13, 2024 Vlad Senatorov , CSO at Reservoir Neuroscience , joins our Neuroscience Board. Apr 13, 2024 The COSPAR 2024 Scientific Assembly will be held July 13–21 in Busan, Korea. The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) was established on October 3, 1958 by the International Council for Scientific Unions (ICSU). Among COSPAR’s objectives are the promotion of scientific research in space on an international level, with emphasis on the free exchange of results, information, and opinions, and providing a forum, open to all scientists, for the discussion of problems that may affect space research. Apr 13, 2024 The 16th International Symposium on Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology of Aging will be held July 12–17 in Bregenz, Austria. This event is being organized by our Holly M. Brown-Borg . Our Julie K. Andersen will be speaking. Apr 13, 2024 The 9th International Conference on Unsolved Problems on Noise (UPoN 2024) will be held June 3–7 in Budapest, Hungary. Random fluctuations, and its effect on systems, have always been an interdisciplinary subject that has attracted some of the best scientists. The aim of the UPoN conference is to provide a forum for researchers working on different fields of noise, fluctuations and variability, where they can present their scientific problems which do resist solutions and discuss together in a fruitful atmosphere. Our Laszlo B. Kish is General Chair of this conference. more news Upcoming Events Rejuvenation Startup Summit 2024 will be held May 10–11 in Berlin. Our Bobby Brooke , Stephanie Dainow , Greg M. Fahy , Peter Fedichev , Michael Greve , Lorna Harries , Jean M. Hébert , Brian K. Kennedy , Dobri Kiprov , Mike Kope , Robin Mansukhani , Phil Newman , Matthew O’Connor , Marco Quarta , Frank Schueler , Vlad Senatorov , Petr Sramek , and Mourad (Toporsian) Topors will be speaking. The International Space Development Conference 2024 will be held May 23–May 26 in Los Angeles, California. Our Gary Barnhard , Sherry E. Bell , Aidyl Gonzalez-Serricchio , Michelle Hanlon , Janet Ivey , Rod Pyle , Alan Stern , and Peter A. Swan will be speaking. The 2024 Systems Aging Conference will be held June 2–7 in Barcelona, Spain. Our Tamir Chandra , João Pedro de Magalhães , M. Carolina Florian , Vadim N. Gladyshev , Vera Gorbunova , Myriam (Elfersi) Grunewald , Steve Horvath , Gordan Lauc , Andrea B. Maier , Khyobeni (Beni) Mozhui Peter J. Mullen , Morten Scheibye-Knudsen , Björn Schumacher , and Jiaqian Wu will be speaking. world news Lifeboat TV Click on the channel number to go to the page shown! Also view our educational videos ! Featured Stories Theoretical physicist-cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton , author of Birth of the Universe from the Multiverse , joins our Cosmology Board. Laura is particularly interested in the possibility of generating dark energy from transplanckian physics in string theory, gravity and quantum field theory in curved space, and higher-dimension braneworlds. GREAT NEWS! We have raised our grant limit from $10,000 to $25,000. Aaron Balogun is one of our LinkedIn Managers . He is also Account Manager at Capitol Advantage and Director of Operations at Flanagan Consulting, LLC. Russia accused of unleashing cyberwar to disable Estonia and Georgia . Our David Pearce has authored the special report Utopian Surgery: Early Arguments Against...