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)