November 6-7, 2003
Radisson Huntley Hotel
Santa Monica, California
"Stress, Psychoneuroimmunology, and Aging" David Felten
"Extending Human Life Span - Scientific Prospects and Political Obstacles" Richard Miller
Report on Consortium. Introductions. Steve Cummings
"Molecular chaperones, stress, and aging: New system and perspectives"
Alberto Macario
"Heat shock proteins and longevity in C. elegans" Gordon Lithgow
Progress Report from Consortium Member Cynthia Kenyon
"Regulation of lifespan by insulin/IGF-1 signaling in C. elegans"
Session 2: "Genomic control of the aging process"
"Genomic Structural Changes in Aging" Jan Vijg
"DNA methylation and Aging" Bruce Richardson
Progress Report from Consortium Member Richard Cawthon "Prospects for high-throughput quantitative PCR measurements of blood mtDNA damage"
Session 3: "Adipocytes, Insulin/IGF-1 and Lifespan"
"Genetic Analysis of Insulin Action, Insulin Resistance, and Longevity in Mice -- A Beginning" C. Ronald Kahn
"Leptin, Adipose Tissue and the Aging Process" Nir Barzilai
Session 4: "Progress Reports from Consortium Members"
"Identifying Genes Underlying Longevity and Dietary Restriction" Tom Johnson
"Aging and survival in demographic and experimental studies of biological species" Anatoli Yashin
"Effects of longevity genes and caloric restriction on expression of genes related to insulin signaling" Andrzej Bartke
"Insulin/IGF-1 signaling in human longevity" Elad Ziv