Scientific
Programme
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Lectures:
Anargirios School
Registration, Poster sessions, Lunches, Welcome reception
& Congress dinner:
Spetses Hotel |
| Sunday May 20th, 2007 |
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| 17:00-21:00 |
Registration at the Spetses Hotel |
| Monday May 21st, 2007 |
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8:00-9:00 |
Registration at the Spetses Hotel |
| Chairman:
Stathis Gonos, Greece |
9:00-9:15 |
Welcome |
9:15-9:45 |
George Martin, USA: “Clonal
attenuation of somatic cells in aging mammals: a review of
supportive evidence and its biomedical significance” |
9:45-10:15 |
Jerry Shay, USA: “Is
cellular aging due to DNA damage signalling from short telomeres,
telomere position effects or both?” |
10:15-10:45 |
Joao Passos, UK: “Mitochondrial
dysfunction and telomeres in cellular senescence” |
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10:45-11:15 |
coffee break |
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Chairman:
Brian Clark, Denmark |
11:15-11:45 |
Stathis Gonos, Greece: “Longevity
assurance molecular pathways in human cells” |
11:45-12:15 |
Pidder Jansen-Duerr, Austria:
“Oxidative stress and energy failure in senescence and
aging” |
12:15-12:30 |
Richard Faragher, UK: “Senescence,
proliferation and apoptosis in human vascular smooth muscle
cells |
12:30-12:45 |
Brian Clark, Denmark: “A
tribute to D. Harman achievements in aging research” |
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12:45-14:30 |
lunch at the Spetses Hotel & free time |
14:30-16:30 |
poster session-1/Spetses Hotel |
Chairman:
Claudio Franceschi, Italy |
16:30-17:00 |
Tom Kirkwood, UK: “Systems
biology and the role of mitochondria in aging” |
17:00-17:30 |
Rudi Westendorp, The Netherlands:
“The complex regulation of human lifespan” |
17:30-18:00 |
“SENETEK” lecture |
| Anthony Linnane, Australia:
“Healthy Aging: Regulation of the Metabolome by Cellular
Redox Modulation and Prooxidant Signaling Systems: The Essential
Roles of Superoxide Anion and Hydrogen Peroxide” |
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18:00-18:30 |
coffee break |
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Chairman:
Dimitris Kletsas, Greece |
18:30-19:00 |
Jan Hoeijmakers, The Netherlands:
“Human progeroid DNA repair disorders and mouse models:
impact on aging and lifespan extension” |
19:00-19:30 |
Paolo Giacomoni, USA: “Morphological
changes associated with aging” |
19:30-19:45 |
Norbert Dencher, Germany:
“Alterations in supramolecular architecture and post-translational
modifications of respiratory chain complexes: a clue in aging?” |
19:45-20:00 |
Sabine Fimmel, Germany:
“GRO-alpha: A Potential Marker for Cancer and Aging
Silenced by RNA Interference” |
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20:00-21:00 |
free time |
21:00-22:30 |
Welcome reception at the Spetses Hotel |
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Tuesday
May 22nd, 2007 |
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Chairman:
Jennifer Rivett, UK |
9:00-9:30 |
Monica Driscoll, USA: “Age-associated
decline, genetics and chance in a simple animal model” |
9:30-10:00 |
Tilman Grune, Germany: “Distribution
of oxidized proteins in oxidative stress and aging” |
10:00-10:30 |
Bertrand Friguet, France:
“Aging of proteins: oxidation, degradation and repair” |
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10:30-11:00 |
coffee break |
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Chairman:
Karin Kochanek-Scharffetter, Germany |
11:00-11:30 |
Thomas Rando, USA: “Muscle
stem cell aging and tissue regenerative potential” |
11:30-11:45 |
Zhenyu Ju, Germany: “Cell
intrinsic checkpoints and environmental alterations limit
stem cell function in aging telomere dysfunctional mice”
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11:45-12:00 |
Julie Mattison, USA: “Rhesus
monkeys: parallels to human aging and the effect of dietary
restriction” |
12:00-12:15 |
Takuya Chiba, Japan: “Identification
and characterization of food deprivation-activated genes and
a novel insulin receptor substrate interacting protein in
rat hypothalamus by suppression subtractive hybridization
analysis” |
12:15-12:30 |
Gillian Butler-Browne, France:
“Premature cell cycle arrest of congenital DM1 satellite
cells” |
12:30 -12:40 |
Peter Butler, The Netherlands:
“Presentation of the Biogerontology journal” |
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12:40-14:30 |
lunch at the Spetses Hotel & free time |
14:30-16:30 |
poster session-2/Spetses Hotel |
Chairman:
Jan Hoeijmakers, The Netherlands |
16:30-17:00 |
Elizabeth Corder, USA: “Susceptibility
groups for Alzheimer’s disease and estimation of inherited
risk for individuals” |
17:00-17:30 |
Tim Cowen, UK: “Pro-NGF
and the sortilin receptor influence of age-related neurodegeneration” |
17:30-18:00 |
Graham Pawelec, Germany:
“Human T cell senescence” |
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18:00-18:30 |
coffee break |
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Chairman:
Tom Kirkwood, UK |
18:30-19:00 |
Claudio Franceschi, Italy:
“Systems Biology and Genetics of Immunosenescence in
Humans” |
19:00-19:30 |
Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein,
Austria: “CD8+ T cells and immunological memory in aged
humans” |
19:30-19:45 |
Eugenio Mocchegiani, Italy:
“Zinc, oxidative stress, genetic background and immunosenescence:
implications for healthy aging: ZINCAGE study” |
19:45-20:00 |
David Gems, UK: “Is
superoxide dismutase a determinant of longevity in the nematode
C. elegans?” |
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20:00-21:00 |
free evening |
21:00-22:30 |
“Biogerontology Lecturers’ dinner”
at the Old Harbour |
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Wednesday
May 23rd, 2007 |
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Chairman:
Jonathan Powell, UK |
9:00-9:30 |
John Sedivy, USA: “Signaling
networks of stress-induced cellular aging” |
9:30-10:00 |
Penelope Mason, USA: “Oxidative
DNA damage processing and changes with aging” |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Alexander Buerkle, Germany:
“Aging, DNA repair and poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation” |
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10:30-11:00 |
coffee break |
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Chairman:
Thomas von Zglinicki, UK |
11:00-11:30 |
Olivier Toussaint, Belgium:
“Stress-induced senescence and human aging” |
11:30-12:00 |
Renu Wadhwa, Japan: “CARF
is involved in senescence and apoptotic response of human
cells” |
12:00-12:15 |
Roy Smith, USA: “Ghrelin
receptor (GHS-R1A) agonists show potential as interventive
agents during aging” |
12:15-12:30 |
Sebastien Martien, France:
“Oxidative damage and sufficient telomere length enable
emergence of pretumoral cells from senescent epidermal keratinocytes” |
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|
12:30-13:30 |
lunch at the Spetses Hotel |
13:30-16:30 |
free afternoon |
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Chairman:
George Martin, USA |
16:30-17:00 |
William Orr, USA: “Overexpression
of glutamate-cysteine ligase extends lifespan in Drosophila
melanogaster” |
17:00-17:30 |
Robert Tanguay, Canada:
“Small Hsp chaperones, aging and resistance to oxidative
stress in Drosophila” |
17:30-18:00 |
Heinz Osiewacz, Germany:
“Molecular network controlling aging in Podospora anserina” |
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18:00-18:30 |
coffee break |
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Chairman:
Graham Pawelec, Germany |
18:30-19:00 |
Suresh Rattan, Denmark:
“Aging, intervention, prevention and therapy through
mild stressed-induced hormesis in human cells” |
19:00-19:30 |
Aubrey de Grey, UK: “How
much rejuvenation is enough? Quantifying longevity escape
velocity” |
19:30-19:45 |
Popi Sintichaki, Greece:
“Protein synthesis is a novel determinant of aging in
C. elegans ” |
19:45-20:00 |
Robert Saunders, UK: “Genomic
instability on loss of Drosophila WRN exonuclease” |
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20:00-21:00 |
free time |
21:00-22:30 |
Congress dinner at the Spetses Hotel |
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Thursday
May 24th, 2007 |
Departure |
