Ageing Mind Ageing Body
For those that wish to stay over night, accomodation has been reserved at St Anne's college - these rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis- the rooms should be booked via Dr Lynne Cox.
Poster boards will be 2m high and 1m wide
10:00-10:30 Registration, coffee and poster set up
10:30-10.35 Introduction and Welcome - Prof. J M Lord
10:35-11:05 Professor Ian Deary (Edinburgh University)
Childhood IQ and Healthy Ageing
11:05-11:35 Professor Gordon Wilcock (Bristol University)
Unhealthy ageing - Alzheimers disease
11.35-12.00 Professor Hugh Perry (Southampton University)
Impact of systemic inflammation on the inflamed brain
12.05-2.35 Two short presentations selected from poster submissions
12:35-2.00 Lunch & Poster Session
2.00-2:15 BSRA Annual General Meeting
2:15-2:45 Two short presentations selected from poster submissions
2.45-3.15 Dr Colin Watts ( Cambridge University)
Repairing the ageing brain - potential for stem cell therapy
3.15-3.45 Professor Michael Rowan (Trinity College Dublin)
Targeting Alzheimer's disease - amyloid ß-protein disruption of synaptic plasticity
3:45-4.15 Tea and poster session
4:15-5:15 LORD COHEN MEDAL LECTURE: Professor Tom Kirkwood (Newcastle University)
TBA
5:15 Prizes for Best poster and Oral presentation
5.45-6.30 Evening Keynote Speaker: Professor Doug Carroll (Birmingham University)
Happiness in the Third Age of Man
19.00 Social with meal at nearby restaurant - all welcome