11th Longevity Consortium Symposium
November 5-7, 2008
Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel
Washington D.C.
Consortium Program and Research Activities
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Location: Hill Room
6:00pm - 6:45pm Reception (Cash Bar)
6:45pm - 7:00pm Steve Cummings: Opening Remarks & Introduction Of Participants
7:00pm - 7:45pm Dinner
7:45pm - 8:30pm Nir Barzilai: Using genetics to prevent age-related diseases
8:30pm - 9:00pm Group Discussion
Thursday, November 6, 2008 Location: Hill Room
7:30am - 8:40am Breakfast
8:45am - 9:00am Steve Cummings: Update On Grant Renewal
SESSION ONE: CONSORTIUM INVESTIGATOR PROGRESS REPORTS/NEW FINDINGS
9:00am - 9:20am Ludmila Pawlikowska: Insulin/igf-1 signaling pathway genes and human longevity
9:20am - 9:40am Michal Masternak: The nexus of genetic determinants of longevity, insulin/igf-1 and fat distribution
9:40am - 9:55am Lutz Kockel: A tiny contribution to akt-tor signaling and life span
9:55am - 10:15am Alex Reiner: Stress and inflammation genes in human aging and longevity extension in drosophila
10:15am - 10:30am Coffee Break
10:30am - 10:50am Richard Miller: Comparative cellular biogerontology: A new longevity consortium initiative
SESSION TWO: STEM CELLS AND AGING
10:50am - 11:20am Morgan Carlson: Stem cells, the microenvironment and aging muscle
11:20am - 11:50am Paola Scaffidi: Lamin a-dependent misregulation of adult stem cells associated with accelerated aging
11:50am - 1:30pm Lunch - Attendees On Your Own
Steering Committee & Osmb Meeting - Connect Room
SESSION TWO: STEM CELLS AND AGING (Continued)
1:30pm - 2:00pm David Hawkins: Genome-wide mapping and analysis of promoters and enhancers in embryonic stem cells and differentiated cells
2:00pm - 2:30pm Larry Donehower: p53, cancer, and aging in mice
SESSION THREE: SYSTEMS APPROACHES TO HUMAN DISEASE AND METABOLISM
2:30pm - 2:45pm Nicholas Schork: Biostatistics and bioinformatics core
2:45pm - 3:15pm Monica Mo: Genome-scale systems biology of human metabolism
3:15pm - 3:30pm Coffee Break
3:30pm - 4:00pm Rohith Srivas: Integrative network biology
4:00pm - 4:30pm Steve Horvath: A systems based approach to identifying tissue specific co-expression modules in human aging
Meeting Adjourns for the Day
Friday, November 7, 2008 Location: Hill Room
7:00am - 8:20am Breakfast
SESSION FOUR: OPPORTUNITY FUND PROPOSALS
8:20am - 8:40am Thomas Johnson: Mapping genes for ad lib and dietary restricted longevity in the mouse
8:40am - 9:00am Pamela Paris: Gene copy number variants in cancer and aging
9:00am - 9:20am Matt Gill: Gh-igf axis in cellular stress resistance and human longevity
SESSION FIVE: GWAS STUDIES IN HUMAN LONGEVITY
9:20am - 9:30am Ludmila Pawlikowska: Genomics core
9:30am - 9:50am Kathryn Lunetta: Report on the activities of the charge aging research group
9:50am - 10:10am Tom Perls: Gwas studies in centenarians
10:10am - 10:30am Bradley Willcox: Genetic basis of exceptional longevity in Okinawans
Presentations Conclude: Meeting Adjourns
11:00am - 3:30pm Meeting of Participants in the Grant Renewal Process (Location: Hill Room)