The new science of ageing

Start Time: 9.00am
Start Date: 10 May 2010
End Date: 11 May 2010
End Time: 5.00pm
Venue: The Royal Society, London

Organised by Professor Linda Partridge DBE FRS, Professor Janet Thornton CBE FRS and Professor Gillian Bates FRS

Research into ageing has been galvanised by the discovery of single-gene mutations that extend healthy lifespan of laboratory animals and that delay multiple, ageing-related diseases. Evolutionary conservation of these genetic effects allows the use of invertebrates to understand human ageing. This meeting will discuss the scientific challenges and the prospects for a broad-spectrum, preventative medicine for age-related disease.

The speakers and chairs are Professor Andrzej Bartke, Professor Nir Barzilai, Professor Maria A Blasco, Professor Andrew Dillin, Professor Richard Faragher (chair), Dr David Gems, Professor Brian Kennedy, Professor Cynthia Kenyon, Professor Stuart Kim, Professor David Kipling (chair), Professor Tom Kirkwood, Professor Janet Lord (chair), Dr Mike Murphy (chair), Professor Thomas Nyström, Professor Thomas Rando, Professor Eline Slagboom, Professor Patrick Vallance, Professor Rudi Westendorp, Professor Dominic Withers.

For further information and registration information, visit The Royal Society website.