Sven Bulterijs has studied biochemistry and biotechnology at the University of Ghent (Belgium) and has worked as a postgrad researcher at Yale University (lab of David Spiegel).
Sven Bulterijs is one of the founding members of the Belgian NGO Heales and continues to serve as its co-president & CSO. Heales is the largest non-profit organization in Continental Europe promoting and advocating scientific research into longevity and biogerontology. He also serves as the CSO of the Institute of Exponential Sciences (IES), editor of the Longevity Reporter, adviser for the Lifeboat Foundation, and as director of Longecity.
He has published multiple peer-reviewed papers and has given lectures at multiple international conferences. He is a long-time proponent of life extension, and has been involved in advocacy and outreach for many years.
Sven Bulterijs has served in several conference organizing committees:
International Imminst Conference, Brussels, Belgium, October 9-10 2010.
First Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA), Brussels, Belgium, December 12-14 2012.
Second Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA), Brussels, Belgium, October 1-3rd 2014.
Third Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA), Brussels, Belgium, September 29th – October 1st 2016.
Invited lectures
“CR as a way of life” Medical Master program Vitality and Ageing, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, October 12th 2010.
“Calorie restriction as a way of life” Medical Master program Vitality and Ageing, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, October 10th 2011.
“Calorie restriction as a way of life” Medical Master program Vitality and Ageing, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, October 9th 2012.
Debate about the influence of nutrition on aging (with Kris Verburgh and Geert Depuydt) Dag van de maakbare mens, Ghent, February 23rd 2013.
“An overview and classification of geroprotectors, based on their impacts on the hallmarks of aging” MipTec, Basel, September 23rd-25th 2014.
“Life extension: a reality or utopia?” Medical Career Day, Groningen, November 22nd 2014. “The Science of Aging” Bioethics Class, University of Gent, November 13th 2014.
Lectures at own conferences
“Metformin as a geroprotector” International Imminst Conference, Brussels, Belgium, October 9-10 2010.
“Glucosepane: a major protein cross-link” International Imminst Conference, Brussels, Belgium, October 9-10 2010.
“Healthy life extension by calorie restriction” First Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA), Brussels, Belgium, December 12-14 2012.
“The Hallmarks of Aging Score (HAS) as a method to classify geroprotective drugs” Second Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA), Brussels, Belgium, October 1-3rd 2014.
“Chemical tools to study AGEing” Second Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA), Brussels, Belgium, October 1-3rd 2014.
“Gezonde levensverlenging: een utopie of een realiteit?” Technology, future & exponential Science, Deventer, Nederlands, April 3rd 2015.