| July 22 (PM), Sunday | BIOINFORMATICS 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), Monday | IDENTIFYING 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), Monday | IDENTIFYING 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), Tuesday | CELL 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), Tuesday | CELLULAR 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), Wednesday | AGING, 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), Wednesday | KEYNOTE 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), Thursday | NOVEL 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), Thursday | NEURODEGENERATIVE 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
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