| Thursday, August 16 |
| 8:15 - 8:30 |
Introductions |
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| 8:30 - 9:15 |
Priyamvada Rai, Ph.D. (Weinberg lab)
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Defining a Role for Oxidative Stress in the Induction of Cellular Aging |
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| 9:15 - 10:00 |
Victoria Lundblad, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Translating Yeast Telomere Biology to Human Cells: Identification of Activities that Regulate Human Telomere Maintenance and Cellular Proliferation |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The Genetic Role of Telomere Dynamics and DNA Damage Response in Stem Cell Depletion, Organ Homeostasis and Aging |
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| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Tannishtha Reya, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Control of Stem Cell Self-renewal and Regeneration |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
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| 1:00 - 1:45 |
Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D.
University of Rochester
Evolution of Telomerase Activtity, Genome Stability, and Longevity |
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| 1:45 - 2:30 |
Arlan G. Richardson, Ph.D. , University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio; and South Texas Veteran's Health Care System Audie Murphy Division
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Fred E. Regnier, Ph.D./co-PI , Purdue University
Development of Proteomic Tools to Identify Post-Translational Modifications in Proteins that Occur with Age |
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| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Break |
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| 3:00 - 3:45 |
Woodring Wright, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Therapeutic Implications of Immortalized Normal Cells
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| 3:45 - 4:30 |
Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D.
Immune Disease Institute
Mouse Models of Sirtuin Deficiency |
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| Friday, August 17 |
| 8:00 - 8:45 |
Ary Goldberger, Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Nonequilibrium Dynamics, Time Asymmetry, and the Biology of Aging |
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| 8:45 - 9:30 |
Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Aging of the Synapse |
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| 9:30 - 10:15 |
Kathryn J. Moore, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Genetic and Functional Analysis of CD36-signaling in Age-related Chronic Inflammatory Diseases |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Break |
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| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Jiyan Ma, Ph.D.
Ohio State University
The Pathogenic Mechanism of Prion Disease |
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| 11:30 - 12:15 |
Daniel Promislow, D.Phil.
University of Georgia
Gene Interactions, Gene Networks, and the Evolution of Aging |
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| 12:15 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
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| 1:15 - 2:00 |
Shawn Cameron Ahmed, B.S., Ph.D.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Germline Immortality in C. elegans |
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| 2:00 - 2:45 |
Olivia M. Pereira-Smith, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio
The Role of the MORF/MRG Family of Novel Transcription Factors in In Vitro and In Vivo Aging |
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| 2:45 - 3:30 |
Shuji Kishi, M.D., Ph.D.
Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School
Genetic Approaches for Functional Aging in Zebrafish |
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| 8:00 PM |
Friday Evening Lecture
Craig Mello, Ph.D.
2006 Nobel Laureate
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Return to the RNAi World: Rethinking Gene Expression, Evolution and Medicine |
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| Saturday, August 18 |
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| 8:00 - 8:45 |
Andrzej Bartke, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Growth Hormone Signaling, Glucose Homeostasis, and Aging |
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| 8:45 - 9:30 |
Shin-ichiro Imai, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Invitation to the NAD World: Mammalian Sirt1 and NAD Biosynthesis in Aging and Metabolism |
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| 9:30 - 10:15 |
Eric Verdin, M.D.
J. David Gladstone Institutes
Role of a SIRT3, a Sir2-related Mitochondrial Protein Deacetylase, in Aging |
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