Find a Conference

Alert - GRC systems are offline for approximately one week. For more information, please click here.

Biology of Aging

Gordon Research Conference

July 22 - 27, 2001
Chairs James F. Nelson and Phyllis M. Wise
Vice Chairs Eugenia Wang and John Tower and Rudolph E. Tanzi

Conference Program

July 22 (PM), SundayBIOINFORMATICS AND EXPRESSION PROFILING IN AGING RESEARCH
Chair: Dr. Saira Mian Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Dr. Kevin Becker, National Institute on Aging
    Analysis of Complex Biological Processes with cDNA Microarrays
  • Dr. Susan Hilsenbeck, Baylor College of Medicine
    Design & Analysis of Array Studies in Cancer & Aging Research
  • Kelly LaMarco
    SAGE-KE: a new initiative on aging at science
July 23 (AM), MondayIDENTIFYING GENES THAT SPECIFY AGING PROCESSES: I. INVERTEBRATES
Chair: Dr. Gordon Lithgow Buck Center on Aging
  • Dr. Michal Jazwinski Louisana State Univ. Health Science Center
    Metabolic Pathways for Extended Longevity in Yeast
  • Dr. Monica Driscoll Rutgers University
    Cell specificity of aging in C. elegans: Immortal neurons and Sarcopenia
  • Dr. Stephen Helfand University of Connecticut Health Center
    Mutations In the Indy Gene Extend Life Span in Fruitflies
  • Dr. Cynthia Kenyon University of California - San Francisco
    Regulation of aging in C. elegans by insulin/IGF-1 and steroid hormone signaling
July 23 (PM), MondayIDENTIFYING GENES THAT SPECIFY AGING PROCESSES: II. MAMMALS
Chair: Dr. Andrzej Bartke Southern Illinois Univ.
  • Dr. Gretchen Darlington Baylor College of Medicine
    Candidate Longevity Genes - Gene Expression Analysis of the Ames Dwarf Mouse
  • Dr. Richard Miller University of Michigan
    Genetic and Biomarker Analyses of Aging Mice
  • Dr. Gary Van Zant Univ. of Kentucky Med. Ctr.
    Genetic Specification of Stem Cell Cycling and Longevity in Mice
  • Dr. Giovanna De Benedictis University of Calabria
    Stress-responder Genes and Age-associated Disease Genes: Intriguing findings in centenari
July 24 (AM), TuesdayCELL PROLIFERATION AND AGING
Chair: Dr. Judith Campisi Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
  • Dr. Gillian Butler-Browne CNRS
    Muscle Ageing and the Mitotic Clock
  • Dr. Peter Hornsby Baylor College of Medicine
    Transplantation of Genetically Modified Adrenocortical Cells as a Tool for Studying Aging
  • Dr. Peter Lansdorp University of British Columbia
    Estimates of Human Cell Turnover Using Telomere Length Data
  • Dr. Jeffrey Macklis Neurology & Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School
    Induction of Neurogenesis in the Neocortex of Adult Mice
July 24 (PM), TuesdayCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF SARCOPENIA
Chair: Dr. Osvaldo Delbono Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine
  • Dr. Stefano Schiaffino University of Padova
    Regulation of skeletal muscle fiber size by Ras and calcineurin signaling
  • Dr. Lars Larsson Pennsylvania State University
    Aging and Regulation of Muscle Contraction: Motor Unit to Molecular Level
  • Dr. Anne McArdle Univ. of Liverpool-Univ. Clinical Depts.
    Musculoskeletal aging in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Hsp70
  • Dr. Nadia Rosenthal Massachusetts General Hospital
    Adenoviral Vectors and Restoration of Function in Aging Skeletal Muscle
July 25 (AM), WednesdayAGING, ADIPOSITY, AND THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Lovejoy Pennington Biomedical Res. Center
  • Dr. James Kirkland Boston University
    Adipogenesis and Aging
  • Dr. Farid Chehab University of California - San Francisco
    Overexpression of Transgenic Leptin in Young and Older Mice
  • Dr. Philip Scarpace University of Florida
    Leptin Resistance with Age: Intervention with Leptin Gene Therapy
  • Dr. David York Pennington Biomedical Research Center - Louisiana State University
    Age, Energy Balance, glucocorticoids and leptin
July 25 (PM), WednesdayKEYNOTE LECTURE
Chair: Dr. Thomas Kirkwood University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
  • Dr. Linda Partridge Univ. College - London
    Mechanisms of Ageing: Public or Private
July 26 (AM), ThursdayNOVEL NEUROPROTECTIVE ACTIONS OF ESTROGEN IN THE AGING BRAIN
Chair: Dr. James Simpkins Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
  • Dr. Luis M. Garcia-Segura Instituto Cajal, C.S.I.C.
    Neuroprotection by Estrogen: Interaction with Insulin-like Growth Factor-I
  • Dr. Pauline Maki National Institute on Aging
    Effects of Sex Steriod Hormones on Cognition & Brain Function
  • Dr. Catherine Woolley Northwestern University
    Effects of Estrogen on Hippocampal Circuitry
July 26 (PM), ThursdayNEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF AGING
Co-Chairs: Dr. Rudolph Tanzi Harvard Medical School
Dr. John Tower University of Southern California
Dr. Eugenia Wang University of Kentucky - Louisville
  • Dr. Mariann Blum Univ. of Texas Health Science Center
    Role of Cytokines & Extracellular Matrix in the Aging-associated Reduction of Injury induced plasticity of midbrain dopamine neurons
  • Dr. Dora Kovacs, Harvard Medical School Beta amyloid production: the role of cholesterol and cholesteryl-esters
  • Dr. Konrad Beyreuther, University of Heidelberg APP Processing and Its Regulation by Cholesterol

Contributors

Supported by: National Institute of Aging; Paul F. Glenn Sponsorship Fund, in cooperation with the American Federation for Aging Research; The Ellison Medical Foundation; The Kronos Foundation.

Conference Links

Conference History
Additional Fee Info

Alcohol-Induced End Organ Diseases
March 16 - 21, 2025
Biology of Aging (GRS)
July 12 - 13, 2025
Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization
June 1 - 6, 2025


Contact Us

MyGRC Account
Check your application status, complete your registration, update your poster, change your rooming preference, make a bus reservation, print an invitation letter, print a receipt (which includes verification that you are presenting a poster) or print an invoice by logging into your account.

GRC Venues
Everything you need to know, to plan your trip.

FAQs
Instant answers to common questions.

Tell us how we can help

Call us and leave a detailed message at: 401-783-4011

*This voicemail is only checked once daily. Due to high volume of requests during the conference season, responses may be delayed.

You have no notifications