Duration
5 days (Mon–Fri) inside a 5-week coliving journey
Initiation Sequence
MU Shanghai 2026
Bio-Health & Longevity
For the common good of living better
- Blood BiomarkersMetabolic · Inflammatory · Hormonal · Organ Function
- Wearable MonitoringGlucose · HRV · Sleep · Activity
- Genomic AnalysisSequencing · Epigenetic Clocks
- Longevity ProtocolsEvidence-Based · Personalized
May 10 – June 6, 2026 · Shanghai
Chapter Overview
Choose your arc
Theme Week
Five sharp days where biotech practitioners, researchers, and founders collide around frontier health themes.
Open chapterLongevity Co-Creation Camp
Live together for five weeks and turn daily protocols into experiments, tools, and real-world habit systems.
Open chapterProof of Living
Participant journeys and measurable shifts are revealed in public, from baseline markers to transformed outcomes.
Open chapterEast Meets West
Classical Chinese practice and contemporary diagnostics run side by side in one deliberate health operating system.
Open chapterLongevity Commons
Open protocols, anonymized datasets, and shipped code become public infrastructure for the next builders.
Open chapter
Bio-Health Theme Week
Week 2 · May 18–22
2–3 sessions per morning (30–45 min each), afternoons open for networking and workshops. Designed for residents and newcomers alike.
Four focused days of longevity science, AI health, synthetic biology, and intelligent hardware — plus a Friday Open Flow Forum where the hackathon meets the outside world.
Lab Notes
Format
4 theme days + Friday Open Flow Forum
Audience
Global community with China anchor
MON
Monday — Longevity & Anti-Aging
Measuring biological age, evaluating interventions
Three morning sessions on epigenetic clocks, geroprotective compounds, and biomarker interpretation — grounded in published clinical evidence, not speculation.
Session Focus
- Epigenetic clocks: Horvath, GrimAge, and DunedinPACE for measuring biological age
- Evidence literacy: evaluating rapamycin, metformin, and NAD+ research — from hallmarks of aging to clinical trial design
- Academic panel: translating hallmarks-of-aging science into intervention research
East-West Pairing
Blood panels track hs-CRP, HbA1c, and lipid markers while Five Animal Frolics trains the same cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems — Western measurement meets 1,800 years of embodied practice.
TUE
Tuesday — AI for Future Health
From protein structures to clinical trials
How machine learning is reshaping drug discovery, diagnostics, and personalized medicine — with published results, not just promises.
Algorithm Agenda
- AI drug discovery: target identification to Phase IIa clinical data in under 18 months (Nature Medicine, 2025)
- Workshop: AI-assisted diagnostics — how ML improves clinician performance in dermatology and radiology
- CGM + ML metabolic phenotyping: using continuous glucose data to predict individual food responses
East-West Pairing
Machine learning models trained on imaging and genomic data meet TCM pattern recognition — pulse diagnosis and tongue assessment inform the same diagnostic question from a different tradition.
WED
Wednesday — Green Bio-Health Industry
Synthetic biology, biomanufacturing
Synthetic biology is moving from lab to factory. Sessions cover real production milestones: artemisinin via engineered yeast, cell-free synthesis, and precision fermentation at scale.
Green Modules
- Artemisinin: engineered yeast producing an antimalarial drug at industrial scale (Amyris/Sanofi precedent)
- Precision fermentation: engineered microbes producing proteins, fats, and flavors without agriculture
- Cell-free biomanufacturing: producing molecules outside living cells for faster iteration
East-West Pairing
Precision fermentation produces compounds at industrial scale while TCM pharmacopeia identifies which compounds matter — 2,000 years of herbal knowledge meets engineered yeast.
THU
Thursday — Intelligent Care Hardware
Sensors on skin, signals in brain
Hands-on sessions with the device categories reshaping health monitoring — from FDA-cleared wearable ECGs to early-feasibility brain-computer interfaces.
Device Floor
- Continuous glucose monitors: ~288 readings/day, accuracy benchmarks under 9% MARD
- FDA-cleared wearable ECG for atrial fibrillation screening (De Novo DEN180044)
- EEG neurofeedback headbands and implantable BCIs (early feasibility trials)
East-West Pairing
Continuous glucose monitors and EEG headbands generate objective biosignals while acupuncture meridian mapping offers a complementary body topology — hardware meets somatic tradition.
FRI
Friday — Open Flow Forum
A flowing bazaar of ideas
A participant-driven finale where anyone — Fortune 500 or solo researcher — sets up booths in real time, runs live demos, and takes open stages. No rigid pre-registration.
Open Principles
- Real-time booth setup, low barriers — claim a spot on the day
- All four themes converge: longevity, AI, green bio, and hardware in one forum
- Action-oriented outcomes: partnerships, investments, collaborations initiated on-site
East-West Pairing
Open-stage pitching meets teahouse-style circle dialogue — hard metrics and spontaneous trust-building happen in the same room.
Ritual Voice
Longevity Co-Creation Camp
Lab Voice
5-week arc · May 10 – June 6
After watching endless videos and podcast tutorials, people often end up more confused. Better to live inside the experiment: each week begins with tai chi, Five Animal Frolics, yoga, or shakuhachi breath meditation; meals are designed around longevity nutrition; and we test how rhythm, data, and joy align in real life.
5-Week Arc
Living Lab Track (~100 participants)
Sunlit wood floors where tai chi and Five Animal Frolics flow into shakuhachi breath circles, herbal steam rising from morning tea.
Cyber Longevity (~20–40 participants)
Lab-grade monitoring: genome sequencing reports, blood panel curves, and live CGM traces scrolling on AI dashboards.
Open Longevity — Build Track (For Developers)
Whiteboards, shared datasets, and prototype terminals — a build pipeline from friction to open-source.
I Just Want to Be Happy Track (~40–60 participants)
Weekly city tastings from street stalls to nightlife routes — no biomarker pressure, just joy logs and contrast notes.
Living Lab Track
Longevity education and daily practice without invasive testing
Five weeks blending Traditional Chinese Medicine and modern longevity science. We host at least one guided learning session each week (movement, breath, recovery, or protocol design), rather than requiring daily morning practice. For food, participants can choose a full meal plan or follow weekly meal reference guides when a fixed plan is not convenient.
Morning
Morning rotation: tai chi → Five Animal Frolics (五禽戏) → yoga → shakuhachi (尺八) breath meditation
Noon
Midday nutrition: evidence-based longevity meals + communal table rituals
Evening
Evening downshift: release stretches, seated meditation, and circadian sleep prep
Lab Interaction
Try It: Breath ↔ HRV
Week 1
Why Longevity? — aging biology, Blue Zones, personal baselines
Week 2
Move & Breathe — guided movement and breath session (at least one structured session this week)
Week 3
Eat & Heal — longevity nutrition, TCM dietary therapy, and meal reference/meal plan options
Week 4
Sleep & Restore — circadian biology, stress recovery, HPA axis
Week 5
Your Protocol — synthesize 4 weeks into a personal longevity routine
Output
A practical personal longevity protocol, weekly learning records, and a community network with reusable meal references
Cyber Longevity
High-density quantified-self experiment (program design model)
Everything in Living Lab Track plus program-planned genome sequencing (Week 1), planned 3× blood panel checkpoints (Weeks 1, 4, 5) targeting 100+ biomarkers (program-design target; actual panel scope can vary by implementation and consent), continuous monitoring streams (~288 CGM readings/day as a device cadence reference, plus HRV, sleep, ECG), an AI health dashboard, and combined Western medical + TCM practitioner coaching.
Measurement Density Scene
~211K data points
per participant across all sensor streams: CGM, HRV, sleep, ECG, blood, genome
Interactive Layer
Explore the Data Density
01
Sequencing
02
Blood Panels
03
CGM / HRV
04
AI Dashboard
05
Coaching
SEQUENCE — baseline blood, genome sample, device onboarding, TCM constitution assessment
DECODE — genome data returns, blood results reviewed, first personalized protocol
INTERVENE — precision daily routine: diet, movement, supplements calibrated to data
OPTIMIZE — mid-point blood re-test, AI recalibrates protocol on 3 weeks of data
REVEAL — final blood panel, before/after comparison, personal Longevity Report
Dual-lane coaching: Western clinicians read biomarkers, TCM practitioners read constitution
Output
Genome report, an opt-in 5-week program data log, before/after biomarker comparison, and a personal Longevity Report
Open Longevity — Build Track (For Developers)
Live the problem, then build the solution
A 5-week studio arc: live the program for 2 weeks (feel the friction), build for 2 weeks (prototype on 100+ co-livers as test users), demo at Proof of Living. Everything ships open-source into the Longevity Commons.
Problem -> Prototype -> Open Source
Live the friction for 2 weeks, frame the problem, then prototype on 100+ co-livers as real test users — ship everything into the Longevity Commons.
Preview Longevity Commons /commonsW1
Weeks 1–2: EXPERIENCE → IDEATE — Problem Pitch Night (Week 2 Tuesday), team formation
W2
Weeks 3–4: BUILD → TEST — afternoon workshops become optional, build sprint begins
W3
Week 5: DEMO at Proof of Living — Open Longevity (For Developers) builders and Cyber Longevity share the same stage
Output
Published open-source tools, protocols, and analysis workflows in the Longevity Commons (MIT / CC BY 4.0).
I Just Want to Be Happy Track
Taste, play, and compare
No health optimization pressure here. Every week we curate open-ended food and entertainment explorations across Shanghai, then compare how pure joy routines differ from optimization-heavy tracks.
Note
This is a joy-first contrast track: no health constraints, then a structured comparison in Week 5.
Week 1
Week 1 — Street Flavors & Night Markets
Week 2
Week 2 — Desserts, Cafes, and Late-Night Talks
Week 3
Week 3 — Live Shows, Clubs, and Social Games
Week 4
Week 4 — Comfort Foods, City Walks, and Sleep-Whatever
Week 5
Week 5 — Happy vs. Optimized: final comparison
Output
A Joy Journal dataset, a weekly spend-and-mood log, and a final comparison report versus the other three tracks
Week 5 · Ledger Reveal
Living Ledger
Your body is the blockchain, biomarkers are the ledger
The Week 5 Friday showcase where Cyber Longevity participants reveal before/after biomarker journeys and Open Longevity (For Developers) builders demo what they created — converging at the Open Flow Forum.
A 5-week coliving experiment where your body becomes the data and your protocol becomes the proof.
Illustrative sample data (not clinical claims)
Week 1 · Baseline
Low-signal phase: sleep and recovery are still volatile while habits are unstable.
- HRV Coherence (example)Before 0.41
- Sleep Efficiency (example)Before 72%
- VO2 Estimate (example)Before 34.2
Week 5 · Reveal
High-signal phase: protocol adherence stabilizes and recovery trends become legible.
- HRV Coherence (example)Before 0.41 → After 0.48Delta +18%
- Sleep Efficiency (example)Before 72% → After 89%Delta +17 pts
- VO2 Estimate (example)Before 34.2 → After 40.2Delta +6.0
Uncertainty and Limits
- These structures are illustrative program examples, not clinical claims.
- The cohort is self-selected and non-randomized; outcomes can be confounded by adherence and lifestyle.
- Biomarker deltas inform future individualized decisions and do not replace medical advice.
Cohort Summary Strip (example)
Median HRV Lift (example)
+14%Median Sleep Efficiency (example)
86%Median Resting HR Shift (example)
-5 bpmProtocol Adherence (example)
82%Open Longevity (For Developers) · Builder Demo
The same stage presents tool-building outputs. Projects ship in week five with reproducible methods and open documentation.
Circadian Composer
Rhythm protocol orchestration
Converts sleep and light data into daily timing suggestions.
Pulse Concord
Cross-read diagnostics panel
Places blood trends beside TCM constitution notes and flags interpretation gaps.
Meal-Lens
Dietary therapy + CGM feedback
Tracks post-prandial curves and marks personal high-response ingredients.
Pairing Atlas
East Meets West
Morning movement draws from Five Animal Frolics (~1,800 years old), tai chi, and shakuhachi breath meditation alongside modern yoga. Cyber Longevity pairs Western clinicians reading blood panels with TCM practitioners reading pulses. Communal meals blend evidence-based nutrition with traditional Chinese dietary therapy.
- Five Animal Frolics, tai chi, and shakuhachi breathwork alongside modern yoga and zone 2 training
- Western clinicians interpret blood panels while TCM practitioners assess constitution through pulse and tongue diagnosis
- Evidence-based longevity nutrition integrated with traditional Chinese dietary therapy in every communal meal
Practice ↔ Measurement Matrix
Select any cell to inspect evidence, limits, and citation.
Practice
HRV
CGM
EEG
Blood Biomarkers
Genome
Five Animal FrolicsWuqinxi
Tai ChiYang 24-form
YogaYoga + Pranayama
ShakuhachiBreath Meditation
TCM Dietary TherapyFood as intervention
Five Animal FrolicsWuqinxi
Tai ChiYang 24-form
YogaYoga + Pranayama
ShakuhachiBreath Meditation
TCM Dietary TherapyFood as intervention
Longevity Commons
Open-source by default — MIT / CC BY 4.0
Every project, protocol, and opt-in anonymized dataset from MU Shanghai ships into a public repository. Code under MIT, data and protocols under CC BY 4.0. Maintained by MU Shanghai as shared infrastructure, growing with each annual cohort.
Three Pillars
Code
MIT-licensed dashboards, analysis scripts, and longevity tools
Data
Opt-in anonymized health datasets reusable for longevity research
Protocols
Reproducible longevity routines in structured, open format
Licensing
MITCodeCC BY 4.0ContentApache 2.0Protocols
Commons Includes
Code repositories (MIT-licensed) — dashboards, tools, analysis scripts
Anonymized datasets (CC BY 4.0) — opt-in participant health data
Structured longevity protocols — reproducible routines in open format
Research notes and Jupyter notebooks from the build track
Method & Ethics
Rigorous, transparent, participant-first
The program emphasizes evidence literacy, informed consent at every data-sharing step, and responsible handling of personal health data — while preserving low-barrier access for Living Lab Track participants.
Core Principles
- 01
Living Lab Track involves no invasive medical testing — education and practice only
- 02
All data sharing is opt-in with clear consent boundaries at each step
- 03
Cross-disciplinary interpretation: Western and TCM perspectives read the same data, no single-discipline absolutism
What Claims Are NOT Made
- This is not a clinical trial
- Results are observational, not causal
- TCM interpretations are cultural context, not medical diagnosis
5-Week Timeline
Four tracks in parallel, crossover moments by design
Living Lab, Cyber Longevity, Open Longevity (For Developers), and I Just Want to Be Happy tracks run simultaneously. Intentional crossover moments — genome shares, mid-point reveals, Problem Pitch Night, and final contrast reviews — keep the tracks interconnected.
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Week 1
2
Week 2
Week 2 Tuesday: Problem Pitch Night — 2-min pitches, team self-organization
3
Week 3
4
Week 4
Week 4: Mid-point blood comparison — are interventions moving biomarkers?
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Week 5
Week 5 Friday: Proof of Living + Open Flow Forum
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Week 1
2
Week 2
Week 2 Tuesday: Problem Pitch Night — 2-min pitches, team self-organization
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Week 3
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Week 4
Week 4: Mid-point blood comparison — are interventions moving biomarkers?
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Week 5
Week 5 Friday: Proof of Living + Open Flow Forum
Living Lab
W1Why Longevity?
W2Move & Breathe
W3Eat & Heal
W4Sleep & Restore
W5Your Protocol
Cyber Longevity
W1SEQUENCE
W2DECODE
W3INTERVENE
W4OPTIMIZE
W5REVEAL
Open Longevity (For Developers)
W1EXPERIENCE
W2IDEATE
W3BUILD
W4TEST
W5DEMO
I Just Want to Be Happy Track
W1Street flavors & night markets
W2Desserts, cafes, late talks
W3Live shows & social games
W4City walks & comfort foods
W5Final contrast review
Impact
Community first, visibility second
Targets: durable collaboration networks that outlast the event, open-source longevity tools that compound year over year, and broad public visibility for frontier bio-health work.
Target Metrics
100–150
Core participants
70%+ maintain post-event connections
50+
Media mentions
1M+ social impressions
50+
Booths
30+ demos
20+
Open stage talks
15+ partnerships initiated
Source: Program architecture docs
muBuenos Track Record
15K+
Talent network
$20M+
Facilitated investment
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How to Participate
Visitor
Attend Theme Week sessions and tour the Friday Open Flow Forum
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Join the 5-week Longevity Co-Creation Camp — live, build, and demo at Proof of Living
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