CSH Asia Symposium: Molecular Basis of Aging and Disease

Molecular Basis of Aging and Disease 

 

Suzhou,China
September 9-13, 2013

 

Organized by:
Adam Antebi, Max Planck Institute, Germany

Jing-Dong Jackie Han, Partner Institute for Computational Biology, China

Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute, USA 

Jan Vijg, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

 

Major Topics:

1. Comparative biology of aging

2. Cellular endpoints

3. Systems aging

4. Developmental and environmental interactions

5. Metabolism

6. DNA damage and repair

7. Molecular and cellular interventions  

 

Keynote Speakers:
Adam Antebi, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, GERMANY

Judith Campisi, Buck Institute for Research on Aging and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Abstract title: Aging and cancer: Putting the paradoxes in perspective 

Leonard Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Abstract title: Sirtuins, Aging and Disease 

Hong Gil Nam, Pohang University of Science and Technology, KOREA

Linda Partridge, University College London, United Kingdom

Abstract title: Nutrient-sensing pathways and functional ageing in Drosophila 

Zhongjun Zhou, The University of Hong Kong, CHINA

Abstract title: Critical Roles for Lamin A in chromatin remodeling and SIRT1 activation

 

Invited Speakers:
Vilhelm Bohr, Biomedical Research Center, USA

Anne Brunet, Stanford University, USA

Mario Fraga, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/CNB-CSIC and IUOPA, SPAIN

Abstract title: Genome-wide epigenetic signatures of adult stem cell aging 

Jing-Dong Jackie Han, Partner Institute for Computational Biology, China

Jan Hoeijmakers, Erasmus University Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

Abstract title: Getting aging in mice largely under control 

Eun Seong Hwang, University of Seoul, South Korea

Matt Kaeberlein, University of Washington, USA

Abstract title: Effects of high dose rapamycin therapy on mitochondrial dysfunction and disease 

Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute, USA

Philipp Khaitovich, CAS-MPG Institute for Computational Biology, China

Stuart Kim, Stanford University Medical Center, USA

Abstract title: Regulatory factors that guide the normal aging process in C. elegans 

Seung-Jae Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology, KOREA

Abstract title: Sensory neuronal regulation of lifespan via endocrine signaling in C. elegans 

Siu Sylvia Lee, Cornell University, USA

Hao Li, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Valter Longo, University of Southern California, USA

Abstract title: Fasting Cycles in Aging and Cancer 

Nozomu Mori, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, JAPAN

Abstract title:Neuronal Shc in neural development, plasticity, and brain aging 

Takaomi Saido, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, JAPAN

Abstract title: Single APP locus knockin mouse models of Alzheimer's disease: Distinguishing facts from artifacts 

Isao Shimokawa, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, JAPAN

Abstract title: Differential regulation of cancer and lifespan by dietary restriction via FoxO1 and FoxO3 

Colin Stewart, Institute of Medical Biology, SINGAPORE

Yousin Suh, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

Xiaoli Tian, Peking University, CHINA

Jan Vijg, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

Abstract title: Aging of the genome 

Meng Wang, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Abstract title: A novel role of a lysosomal acid lipase in regulation of longevity 

Zhuohua Zhang, Central South University, CHINA

Jinqiu Zhou, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CAS, China

Songyang Zhou, Sun Yat-sen University, CHINA

 

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