National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F)


Institute of Biological Research & Biotechnology


Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Ageing

12th Congress of the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology (IABG)

''Molecular Mechanisms and Models of Ageing''
Spetses island, Greece 20-24 May 2007

 

Scientific Programme

Lectures: Anargirios School
Registration, Poster sessions, Lunches, Welcome reception & Congress dinner:

Spetses Hotel
Sunday May 20th, 2007  
17:00-21:00 Registration at the Spetses Hotel
Monday May 21st, 2007  
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”
   
10:45-11:15

coffee break

   
 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”
   
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”
   
18:00-18:30
coffee break
   
 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”
   
20:00-21:00
free time
21:00-22:30
Welcome reception at the Spetses Hotel
 
Tuesday May 22nd, 2007
 
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”
   
10:30-11:00
coffee break
   
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”
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”
   
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”
   
18:00-18:30
coffee break
   
 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?”
   
20:00-21:00
free evening
21:00-22:30
“Biogerontology Lecturers’ dinner” at the Old Harbour
 
 
Wednesday May 23rd, 2007
 
 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”
   
10:30-11:00
coffee break
   
 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”
   
12:30-13:30
lunch at the Spetses Hotel
13:30-16:30
free afternoon
   
 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”
   
18:00-18:30
coffee break
 
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”
   
20:00-21:00
free time
21:00-22:30
Congress dinner at the Spetses Hotel
 
 
Thursday May 24th, 2007
Departure

 


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