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FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2006 |
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PRE-MEETING
SYMPOSIUM:
Calorie Restriction
Organizer:
Richard Weindruch |
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7:00 AM |
Registration and Continental
Breakfast at Jean Mayer USDA-HNRCA
at Tufts University - located at 711
Washington Avenue
(one block from the Marriott
Courtyard Tremont Hotel) |
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8:00 |
Welcome |
Richard Weindruch |
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8:05 |
Model organisms |
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SIR2 Genes and Calorie Restriction |
Leonard P. Guarente |
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A Biochemical/Genetic Pathway for
the Life Span Extending Effects of
Calorie Restriction in the Fly |
Stephen
L. Helfand |
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Dietary Restriction and Gene
Expression in C. elegans |
David Gems |
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Calorie Restriction in Yeast and
Worms: Public or Private Mechanisms |
Matt Kaeberlein |
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10:05 |
Break |
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10:20 |
Rodents |
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Effects of Moderate (8%) Caloric
Restriction on Free Radical Biology |
Chris
Leeuwenburgh |
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Metabolic Regulators in Calorie
Restriction: Linking Cell Survival
and Organismal Longevity |
Rozalyn M. Anderson |
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11:20 |
Lunch Break |
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12:30 PM |
Non-human primates |
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The University of Wisconsin Dietary
Restriction and Aging Study |
Ricki Colman |
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The NIA
Study of Dietary Restriction and
Aging |
Donald K. Ingram |
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Delay in T-Cell Senescence by
Caloric Restriction in Aged
Long-Lived Non-Human Primates |
Janko Nikolich-Zugich |
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2:00 |
Break |
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2:15 |
Human primates |
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Long-term Adaptations to CR |
John O. Holloszy |
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Feasibility of Long-Term Caloric
Restriction in Humans |
Susan B. Roberts |
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Effect of CR on Energy Metabolism
with Emphasis on Mitochondrial
Biogenesis |
Eric Ravussin |
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Panel Discussion: Is Caloric
Restriction the Only Way to Increase
Health Span?
Moderator: James Joseph
Panelists: Eric Ravussin and
Stephen R. Spindler |
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5:00-7:00 |
AGE
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
(AT COURTYARD MARRIOTT) |
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5:00-7:00 |
AGE BOARD MEETING
(AT COURTYARD MARRIOTT) |
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7:00-9:00 |
Welcome
Reception
(AT COURTYARD MARRIOTT) |
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35th
AGE ANNUAL MEETING
Interventions in Aging and
Age-related Diseases: The Present
and the Future
SATURDAY, JUNE 3 |
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7:00 AM |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast at Jean
Mayer USDA-HNRCA at Tufts University
- located at 711 Washington Avenue
(one block from the Marriott
Courtyard Tremont Hotel) |
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8:15 |
Welcome Notes |
Simin Meydani, Chair |
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8:30 |
SESSION
1: Current Advances in Understanding
the Basic Biology of Aging |
CHAIR: Raj
Sohal |
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Identification of Mechanisms of
Aging from Worm to Man |
Siegfried Hekimi |
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Reactive Oxygen Species, Signal
Transduction and Aging |
Toren
Finkel |
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Mitochondrial Respiratory Activity,
Oxidative Stress & Aging |
Raj
Sohal |
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10:15 |
Break |
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10:30 |
SESSION
2: Sarcopenia: Cause, Effect, and
Treatment |
CHAIR: William
Evans |
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Molecular Mechanisms in Relation to
Sarcopenia |
Geoff
Goldspink |
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Hormonal and Pharmacological
Treatment |
Shalender Bhasin |
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Nutritional and Exercise
Interventions |
William
J. Evans |
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Effect of Protein Intake on Change
in Muscle Strength in Older Persons:
Does Inflammation Matter? |
Benedetta Bartali (N*) |
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Tourniquet-Induced
Ischemia/Reperfusion Damage in Aging
Skeletal Muscle |
Roger Farrar |
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12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
NEW!
Lunch and AGE sponsored debate: Amyloid-beta and Alzheimer's
Disease: Center Ring or Side Show?
- Moderator: Dr. Donald Ingram;
Debaters: Drs. Benjamin Wolozin and
Mark A. Smith |
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2:00 |
SESSION
3: Osteoporosis: Mechanisms,
Prevention and Treatments |
CHAIR: Connie
Weaver |
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Osteoporosis: In Search of an Underlying Mechanism
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Robert
Klein |
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Osteoporosis: Life Choices for
Prevention |
Connie
Weaver |
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Osteoporosis: Treatments, but No
Cure |
Dennis
Black |
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3:30-5:30 |
Poster session – Wine and
Cheese Reception
Competition for the Nicolai Prize
and the Glenn Award |
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6:00 |
SOCIAL (Dinner and Dance Cruise)
- reservation required; bus departs
6pm from Tufts University |
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35th AGE ANNUAL MEETING
- SUNDAY, JUNE 4 |
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7:00 AM |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast at Jean
Mayer USDA-HNRCA at Tufts University |
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8:15 |
SESSION
4: Intervention in Aging and
Age-Related Skin Diseases |
CHAIR: Barbara Gilchrest |
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The Role of Telomere-Based Signaling
in Skin Aging/Photoaging |
Mina Yaar |
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The Role of Retinoids in Preventing
and Treating Skin Aging Changes |
Sewon
Kang |
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Mechanisms and Consequences of
Age-Associated Changes in the Skin
Barrier |
Peter
Elias |
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9:45 |
Break |
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10:00 |
SESSION
5: Immunity and Infection
Session Supported by the Ellison
Medical Foundation |
CHAIR: Laura
Haynes |
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Age and the Adaptive Immune System
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Jorg Goronzy |
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The Effect of Age on the Cognate Function of CD4 T- Cells
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Laura Haynes |
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Influenza Vaccination: T-Cell
Responses Translate to Health
Outcomes in Older Adults
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Janet E. McElhaney |
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Vitamin E Supplementation
Reverses the Age Associated Decline
in Phosphorylation of the Adaptor
Protein LAT in CD4+ T Cells of Old
Mice |
Melissa Marko (N*) |
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Regulation of T-Cell Responses to
Acute and Cronic Viruses in Old
Rodents |
Janko Nikolich-Zugich |
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12:00
PM – 2:00 PM |
Luncheon -
Annual Awards
(AT COURTYARD MARRIOTT)
Keynote
Speaker: Britton Chance -
Cognitive
function evaluated by NIR
spectroscopy |
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2:00 |
SESSION 6: Trans-Atlantic Awareness
& Collaboration Symposium on Aging
Research
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sponsored by the
Biotechnology and Biological
Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
through the UK SPARC Network for
Ageing Research |
CHAIRS:
Richard Faragher and
Norman Wolf |
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The Modification of IL-7 and the
Reversal of Thymic Atrophy in Aged
Mice |
Sian Hansen |
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Functional Effect of Failure of
Adaptive Responses in Skeletal
Muscle During Aging |
Anne McArdle |
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Reconstructing Young and Aged Skin |
Ian Kill |
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Analyzing the Relationship Between
Oxidative Stress and Aging in
Drosophila |
Robert Saunders |
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Understanding Soft Tissue Aging -
the Effect of Cyclical Loading |
Roger Smith |
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Inclusive Design Tool Based on
Psychological and Biomechanical
Functional Performance |
Bernie Conway |
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4:00 |
Break |
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4:15–5:15 |
Denham Harman Lecture:
Philip W. Landfield |
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5:15-6:15 |
AGE
BUSINESS MEETING |
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6:30
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Student
Session (CHAIR: Rafael de Cabo)
- Data Blitz
- Round Table - discussion on
perspectives on careers in aging
research for young scientists
- Social event
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35th AGE ANNUAL MEETING -
MONDAY, JUNE 5 |
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7:00 AM |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast at Jean
Mayer USDA-HNRCA at Tufts University |
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8:15 |
SESSION
7: Metabolic Syndrome and Aging |
CHAIRS: Mohsen
Meydani and
Jose Ordovas |
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Adipocytes,
Inflammation and the Metabolic
Syndrome in Aging |
Nir Barzilai |
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Obesity, Regional Body Fat
Distribution and the Metabolic
Syndrome in Older Men and Women |
Tamara Harris |
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Intervention in
Metabolic Syndrome of Aging |
Jose Ordovas |
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SIRT1 Regulates
Insulin Secretion by Repressing UCP2
in Pancreatic Beta-Cells |
Laura Bordone |
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Aging Up-Regulates Expression of
Inflammatory Mediators in Mouse
Adipose Tissue |
