Understanding Aging: Biomedical and Bioengineering Approaches
The early registration and abstract submission deadlines are both May 15th. The conference is organised jointly by Aubrey de Grey, Irina Conboy of UC Berkeley, and Amy Wagers of Harvard.
From: Fri, 27/06/2008 - 17:00
To: Sun, 29/06/2008 - 22:00
To: Sun, 29/06/2008 - 22:00
The preliminary program already has over two dozen confirmed speakers, all of them world leaders in their field. The list of scientific sessions and confirmed speakers is as follows:
DNA damage, telomeres, cancer
Adam Arkin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Jan Vijg, Buck Institute for Age Research; Jerry Shay, U. Texas Southwestern; Claudia Gravekamp, Pacific Medical Center Research Institute; Zheng Cui, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Rita Effros, UCLA
The cell niche
Irina Conboy, U. California Berkeley; Judith Campisi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Buck Institute; Leanne Jones, Salk Institute; Ken Muneoka, Tulane University; Kevin Healy, Stanford University
Accumulation of damaged molecules
Bruce Rittmann, Arizona State University; Ana Maria Cuervo, Albert Einstein University; Marisol Corral-Debrinski, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie; Richard Hanson, Case Western Reserve University
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Oregon National Primate Research Center; Stephen Badylak, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Amy Wagers, Joslin Diabetes Center; David Schaffer, U. California Berkeley; Tony De Tomaso, Stanford University School of Medicine
In addition there will be short talks selected from submitted abstracts, as well as poster sessions each evening.
Registration for the conference includes preferential admission to the free public preconference "Aging: the disease, the cure, the implications" which will be held in the 1800-seater Royce Hall, UCLA, on the evening of Friday June 27th, and to the dinner and reception following.