| The Ellison Medical Foundation Colloquium on the Biology of Aging The Ellison Medical Foundation
COLLOQUIUM ON THE BIOLOGY OF AGING
Monday, August 3 – Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Marine Biological Laboratory
Lillie Auditorium
AGENDA
Monday, August 3, 2009
8:15 – 8:30 Introductions
8:30 – 9:15
Ao-Lin Hsu, Ph.D .
University of Michigan
The Role of Heat-Shock Factor in the Regulation of Longevity
9:15 – 10:00
Pankaj Kapahi, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
The Conserved role of the TOR Pathway in Mediating Lifespan extension by DR
10:00 – 10: 30 Break
10:30 – 11:15
Lawrence A. Donehower, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Extension of Longevity in p53 Mutant Mice
11:15 – 12:00
Makoto Kuro-o, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
“The anti-aging mechanism mediated by klotho”
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:45
S. Michal Jazwinski, Ph.D.
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Aging in Natural Yeast Populations
1:45 – 2:30
Hartmut Geiger, Ph.D.
University of Cincinnati
Genomic Integrity and DNA-Repair Pathways in Aging Hematopoietic Stem Cells
2:30 – 3:15
D. Leanne Jones, Ph.D.
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Control of Germline Stem Cell Behavior During Aging
3:15 – 4:00
Norman Arnheim, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Molecular Studies of the Paternal Age Effect
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
8:00 – 8:45
Irina M. Conboy, Ph.D.
University of California at Berkeley
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of stem cell aging
8:45 – 9:30
Erik Lee Snapp, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Age-related Oxidative Damage and the ER Folding Environment
9:30– 10:15
Alexei Tulin, Ph.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ating enzymes in aging control
10:15 – 10:45 Break
10:45– 11:30
Josephine Hoh, Ph.D.
Yale University
Insights into Genetics of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
11:30 – 12:15
Siu Sylvia Lee, Ph.D.
Cornell University
Systematic Analysis of Genetic Determinants in C.elegans
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:00
Norman Sharpless, M.D.
The University of North Carolina
Ink4a/Arf Expression in Aging
2:00 – 2:45
William G. Dunphy, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
Checkpoint Mediator Proteins as Potential Regulators of Senescence
2nd Annual Joshua Lederberg Lecture
8:00 pm Lillie Auditorium
Introduction by
Gerald Weissmann, M.D.
Speaker
David Baltimore, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
"MicroRNAs as Players in Immune and Inflammatory Responses" |
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
8:00 – 8:45
Laura J. Niedernhofer, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
The role of DNA repair in attenuating aging
8:45– 9:30
Judd M. Aiken, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mitochondrial DNA Abnormalities: Impact on Sarcopenia
9:30 – 10:15
Robert Alan Reenan, Ph.D.
Brown University
Genetic Recoding by RNA Editing and the Aging Process
10:15 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30
S. Kerry Kornfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
The anticonvulsant ethosuximide disrupts sensory function to extend C.elegans lifespan
11:30 – 12:15
Charles V. Mobbs, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
CBP and SATB-1 expression predict, and mediate effects of dietary restriction on, lifespan
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:00
John E. Repine, M.D.
University of Colorado Health Science Center
Oxygen Tolerance, the Metabolic Syndrome, Longevity and Mitochondrial Function
2:00 – 2:45
Bruce A. Yankner, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Evolution of the Aging Brain Transcriptome
2:45 – 3:30
Stephen F. Heinemann, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Alzheimer's disease: New Approaches to Therapy
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