The XVIIth World Congress of the InternationalAssociation of Gerontology .
Aging Research Center Home Page
The objective of these Symposia is to bring together scientists who have made recent major advances in the study of aging ranging from neuroendocrinology, neurobiology, genetics, and molecular mechanisms to practical issues of treatment and care of the elderly and patients with age-related CNS diseases. Our goals are to bring together speakers who normally would not meet at a meeting devoted to Alzheimer's disease, molecular biology of aging, clinical geriatrics, or other commonly covered topics.
For more information, please write, send a facsimile or email:
Dr. Andrzej Bartke
Director of Research,
Geriatrics Initiative,
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine,
P.O. Box 19636
Springfield, IL 62794-9636, USA
E-Mail: abartke@siumed.edu
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Dr. Richard E Falvo,
Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology,
Medical Biomolecular Research Building,
103 Mason Farm Road,
School of Medicine,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7545, USA
E-Mail: rfalvo@med.unc.edu
WWW Site: http://www.neurobiology-and-neuroendocrinology-of-aging.org/
Sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, this course provides intensive exposure to modern experimental biogerontology for a group of 15 to 20 research scientists. Designed primarily for junior faculty members and advanced postdoctoral fellows who have had at least two years of postdoctoral research experience in some aspect of cell or molecular biology. Senior scientists who wish to become familiar with modern biogerontology are also welcome to apply. Each day will include (a) overview lectures designed to introduce trainees to the results and concerns central to modern experimental gerontology; (b) research development workshops at which students will present their work and research ideas for constructive critique; and (c) faculty research seminars on selected topics.
Topics Include:
Caloric restriction and aging, Invertebrate models for studying aging, Neurodegenerative diseases of aging, Genetic control of
longevity, Evolution of aging, Transgenic models to study DNA repair & aging, Comparative biology of aging, Aging of the
reproductive system, Cellular phenotypes, aging and cancer, Neuroendocrine systems and aging· Genomic instability and aging ·
Stress, stress responses and aging
Application deadline: Monday, March 1, 2004
Send CV, publication list, (2) letters of reference and a one-page description of research interests to:
Arlan G. Richardson, PhD, Director
In care of: Ms Nilda Tamames
The Aging Research and Education Center
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive , MSC 7756
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
CONFERENCE THEMES:
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF AGING:
As Modulated by Genes, Hormones and Oxidative Events
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2004 5:00-6:00 PM: AGE Meeting Registration Begins 6:00-8:00 PM: WELCOME RECEPTION 8:00-10:00 PM: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 2004 SESSION 1: Non-murine Vertebrate Models of Aging: Mechanistic similarities and differences Chair: George Roth, NIH/NIA 8:10 AM: 1. The mole rat: Rochelle Buffenstein, CCNY/CUNY Testing mechanisms of aging in the longest-living rodent, the naked mole-rat 8:40 AM: 2. Birds: Steve Austad, University of Idaho Why do birds live so long 9:10 AM: 3. Fish: David Reznick, University of California,Riverside, "Comparative studies of senescence in natural populations of guppies (Poecilia reticulata)" 9:40 AM: 4: Monkeys: George Roth, NIH/NIA "The monkey model of Caloric Restriction and Aging SESSION 2. Invertebrates: Hormones, Receptors and Genes, Effects on Lifespan Chair: Tom Johnson, University of Colorado 10:30 AM 5: Valter Longo University of Southern California. Longevity regulation in Yeast: from Ras to Superoxide 11:00 AM: 6. Gordon Lithgow (C. elegans) "Molecular chaperones, stress response and lifespan in C.elegans" 11:30 AM: 7. Marc Tatar (Drosophila) Titile to be announced. 12:00 AM: 8. Tom Johnson, University of Colorado. (C. Elegans) Response to hypoxia explains much of the differential longevity seen in Age mutants of C. elegans SESSION 3: Mutational versus Normal Models for Aging: Comparative features. Chair: Andrzej Bartke, Southern Illinos University 1:30 PM: 9. Richard Maser, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. "Aging and degenerative disease in the telomerase mutant mouse" 2:00 PM: 10. Andrzej Bartke, Southern Illinois University: Interaction of caloric restriction with murine longevity genes 2:30 PM: 11. Richard Miller, University of Michigan: "Genetics and gene expression studies of aging mice" 3:00 PM: 12. David Harrison, The Jackson Laboratories: Genetic regulation of mammalian aging SESSION 4: Submitted papers session (posters will be mounted also) Chair: Don Ingram, NIH/NIA 3:50 PM: 13. 4:05 PM: 14. 4:20 PM 15. 4:35 PM 16. 4:50 PM 17. 7:30 PM: Hayflick Award, and Hayflick Awardee Lecture 8:30 PM: Open meeting of the NIA sponsored anti-aging treatments grant discussion group SUNDAY JUNE 6 SESSION 5: The Molecular Bases of Cell Senescence Chair: Judy Campisi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 8:00 AM: 18. Jerry Shay, University of Texas SW Med. Center, Dallas "Do short telomeres signal replicative senescence?" 8:30 AM: 19. Richard Faragher, University of Brighton, U.K. "Why do Werner's syndrome patients look the way they do?" 9:00 AM: 20. Olivia Pereira-Smith, Baylor College of Medicine Studies of the role of the MORF/MRG gene family in cell senescence and immortalization. 9:30 AM: 21. Judy Campisi, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory "Causes and consequences of cellular senescence" SESSION 6: Submitted papers session (posters will be mounted also) Chair: James Nelson, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 10:20 AM: 22. 10:35 AM: 23. 10:50 AM: 24. 11:05 AM: 25. 11:20 AM: 26. SESSION 7. Control of Cell Cycle Activity and Cancer in Aging and Senescence. Chair: George Martin, University of Washington 1:00 PM: 27. Maria Blasco, Spanish National Center of Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain "Mouse models to study the role of telomeres and telomerase in Cancer and Aging" 1:30 PM: 28. Manuel Serrano, Spanish National Center of Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain, "Engineering cancer resistance in mice and its consequences on aging" 2:00 PM: 29. Chu-Xia Deng, NIH/NIDDKD, Roles of BRCA1 in cell cycle checkpoints and aging 2:30 pm: 30. Irving Weissman, Departments. of Pathology and Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Title to be announced. SESSION 8. The Role of Mitochondria and Oxidative Damage in Age-related Changes and Disease Chair: Arlan Richardson, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 3:20 PM: 31. David Nichols, The Buck Institute on Aging 'mitochondrial ATP synthesis, calcium regulation and ROS control - keeping three balls in the air' 3:50 PM: 32. Norman Wolf, University of Washington. Measurements of mitochondrial membrane potential and peroxide production in the intact aging lens 4:20 PM: 33. Arlan Richardson, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Deficiencies in Mn-Superoxide Dismutase and/or Glutathione Peroxidase-1 Affect Mitochondria Structure and Function” 4:50 PM: 34. Bennett van Houten, NIH/NIEHS "Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial DNA damage: sorting out life and death decisions" 7:00-7:20 PM: NICOLAI PRIZE AND GLENN AWARDS TO GRADUATE AND POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS WHOSE POSTERSWERE SELECTED 7:20-7:50 PM: CURRENT GOALS AND PROJECTIONS OF THE NIA DIVISION OF BIOLOGY OF AGING Dr. Huber Warner, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging 8:00 PM: OPEN BUSINESS MEETING OF THE AMERICAN AGING ASSOCIATION MONDAY, JUNE 7 SESSION 9. Aging and DNA Damage Responses Chair: Jan Vijg. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 8:00 AM: 35. Vilhelm Bohr, NIH/NIA Premature aging proteins: links between DNA repair and Aging" 8:30 AM: 36. Jan Vijg, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio "Genomic instability and aging" 9:00 AM: 37. A. Heydari, Wayne State University "Age-related decline in Base Excision Repair as Mechanism for decreased Genomic Stability with Age." 9:30 AM: 38. Ian Hickson, University of Oxford, U.K. "Premature aging and cancer predisposition in RecQ helicase- deficient disorders" SESSION 10. The Nervous System: Age-related Changes and Protection from Deterioration Chair: Paula Bickford, University of Southern Florida 10:20 AM: 39. Robert Floyd, Oklahoma Med. Res. Foundation & Univ. of Oklahoma, "What have we learned about brain agingfrom studying the nitrones?" 10:50 AM: 40. Paula Bickford, University of Southern Florida. "Oxidative stress and inflammation in the aging brain" 11:20 AM: 41. Ashley Bush, Mass. General Hospital, & Harvard University "The metallobiology of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders" 11:50 AM: 42. Simon Melov, The Buck Institute on Aging "Gene expression profiling of neuronal oxidative stress and aging" 12:20-1:20 PM: ANNUAL AGE LUNCHEON. CREDITS TO MEETING SPONSORS. 1:30- 2:30 PM: PRESENTATION OF HARMAN AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING RESEARCH IN AGING -- THE HARMAN LECTURE BY AWARDEE END OF MEETING All invited speakers are now confirmed.
For more information:
Contact information at the American Aging Assoication:
Ms. Donna Cinni
American Aging Association
The Sally Balin Medical Center
110 Chesley Drive, Media, PA 19063
phone 610-627-2626
fax 610-565-9747
WWW Site: http://www.americanaging.org
CONFERENCE THEMES:
Ageing Sessions:
Comparative biology of ageing phenotypes
Functional pathways in ageing and longevity
Ageing systems
Technology Sessions:
Progress in biochips
Methods of discovery
Bioinformatics
In the biomedical sciences, the next challenge beyond the genome is to define and understand complex functional networks that maintain biological systems throughout life. Ageing, which affects all organ systems, is inarguably the most complex phenotype we know. The main objective of the 2nd International Conference on Functional Genomics of Ageing is to facilitate a paradigm shift in the science of ageing, from studying individual components towards a systems approach to understand the integrated functional pathways that control age-related phenotypes.
For more information, please visit the web site below:
WWW Site: http://www.elsevier.com/fga2004
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The objective of these Symposia has been to bring together a group of scientists who made recent major advances in the study of CNS and endocrine aging, from a basic science viewpoint to practical issues in the treatment and care of the elderly and patients with age-related CNS diseases. The next [2002] symposium will cover topics including cellular and molecular mechanisms, insulin and IGF, amyloid precursor protein, neuroprotection, circadian rhythms, nutrition, melatonin, caloric restriction, reproduction and fertility, auditory systems, and evolutionary concepts.
The format of the meeting, four and a half days with brief lectures and poster sessions, ample time for discussion, and afternoons left open for recreation and informal interactions, creates an atmosphere conducive to in-depth analysis of research results and their implications. Our previous five Symposia have attracted speakers, poster presentors, session chairmen and attendees from 27 countries. The site of the Symposium will be the Mehrerau Monastery [established in 1090] which lies on the eastern shore of the Lake of Constance [Bodensee] in the city of Bregenz, Austria.
Invited speakers thus far include:
J. Campisi, USA , C. Barnes, USA,
M. Gallagher, USA, D. Gems, UK, K. Gordon, USA, M. Lane, USA, F.
Lezoualc'h, France, B. Lockhart, France, B. Pakkenberg, Denmark, G.
Paolisso, Italy, M. Racchi, Italy, M. Rose, USA, D. Skene, UK, J. Syka,
Czech Republic, R. Verwer ,The Netherlands, G. Wick, Austria, A.
Wirz-Justice, Switzerland and J. Zimmerman, USA.
For more information, please write, send a facsimile or email:
Richard Falvo or Andrzej Bartke
Department of Physiology,
LS II, Rm 245,
Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine,
Carbondale,
Illinois
USA 62901-6512
FAX: 618-453-1517
Email: abartke@siumed.edu
Email: rfalvo@siumed.edu
WWW Site: http://www.neurobiology-and-neuroendocrinology-of-aging.org/
Location: Washington DC, USA
Date: Nov 29 - Dec 2, 2001
WWW Site: http://www.iasia.org
Location:
Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
USA
Date: October 20, 2001
10:00am - Opening Remarks
10:15am - Delaying Aging in Cells
10:45am - Vitamin A and Aging Skin
11:15am - BREAK
11:45am - Stem Cells and Regenerative Potential
12:15pm - Short Presentations from Biotechnology Companies
1:00 pm - PM LUNCH
2:15 pm - Exercise and Metabolism
2:45 pm - The Cost of Living with Oxygen
3:15 pm - BREAK
3:45 pm - Genes and Drugs Therapy
4:15 pm - Short Presentations from Biotechnology Companies
5:15 pm - The Future of Aging Research
5:30 pm - RECEPTION
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Buck Institute for Aging Research, University of California, Berkeley
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For more information, and to register,
Telephone: 1 (510) 642-5461
WWW Site: http://crea.berkeley.edu/symposium.html |
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
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The call for papers will be sent July 1999 and close July 2000. To request either the call for papers or registration information you can use the form below. Alternatively, you can fax or mail:
Dr. Gloria Gutman, Chair
2001 World Congress Organizing Committee
Gerontology Research Centre
Simon Fraser University
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5K3, CANADA
Telephone: (604) 291-5062
Fax: (604) 291-5066
Email: iag@sfu.ca
The XVIIth World Congress of the International
Association of Gerontology
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Date........ July 23-28, 2000
The topics will include, among others, interrelationships between the different types of pathologies which contribute to cognitive decline and dementia, brain glucose and energy metabolism in sporadic Alzheimer, genetics of Alzheimer disease, behavioral changes during aging, cell cycle regulation in aging, estrogens and aging, reproductive aging in men, transgenic animals as models for degenerative diseases, circadian disturbances in the elderly, aging and hypothalamic control of episodic release of pituitary hormones, nutraceutical formulations which slow aging and treat age-related diseases , caloric restriction and demography of longevity. The invited speakers include:
P. Berger, Austria; J.A. Edwardson, UK; S. Hoyer , Germany; J.P. Huston ,Germany; A. Iguchi, Japan;. P. Jansen-Dürr, Austria; M. Jucker, Switzerland; A. Maggi, Italy; M.A. Pericak-Vance, USA; B. Sommer, Switzerland; R.E. Tanzi, USA; E J.W. Van Someren , The Netherlands; J. D. Veldhuis, USA; B. Villeponteau, USA; R. Weindruch, USA; J. R. Wilmoth, USA.
The site of the Symposium will be the Mehrerau Monastery (established in 1090) which lies on the eastern shore of the Lake of Constance (the Bodensee) in the city of Bregenz, Austria.
For more information, please write, FAX or email:
Richard Falvo or Andrzej Bartke
Department of Physiology, LSII 245, Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois, USA 62901-6512
(FAX : 618 - 453-1517)
(Email: rfalvo@som.siu.edu)
(Email: abartke@som.siu.edu)
WEB site:
http://www.som.siu.edu/physiology/bregenz.html ,
Richard E. Falvo, Ph.D.
Professor
Physiology, LS II
School of Medicine
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Il 62901 -6512 USA
Voice: 618-453-1508
FAX: 618 - 453-1517
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San Francisco, California
Invited speakers include:
Bacchetti, Blackburn, Blasco, Campisi, Cech, Chiu, Clark, Collins,
deLange, DePinho, Harrington, Hodes, Hornsby, Kim, Kyo, Lansdorp,
Lingner, Morin, Murnane, Pederson, Shay, Thomson, Weinberg, Wilmut,Wright
for additional information email: symposium@geron.com
or call Pam Lomele, meeting coordinator 650-473-7700
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Science Foundation
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The Euroconferences Activity of the European Union
BIOLOGICAL AGEING
Molecular, Cellular & Tissue Gerontology
Spa, Belgium,
6-10 May 2000
Organised in association with :
International Association of Gerontology (IAG) and
The United Nations programme on ageing
Theories of ageing, Model organisms (
Cellular ageing & defense systems (DNA repair, PARP, proteasome, etc), Bioenergetics & Ageing,
Stress-induced senescence (gene expression, telomeres, etc),
Human Genetics & Longevity, Caloric Restriction, Myocytes & Telomerase,
Age-related pathologies (osteoarthritis, Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, etc),
New technologies in molecular & cellular gerontology, etc
Location:
This site is located in the belgian Ardennes, a hilly
region covered by charming dense forests,
providing an excellent location for scientific meetings where exchanges
between scientists as well as
mental concentration are favored. This site is 10 min walk away from
the small thermal city of Spa.
Spa is known for its hydrothermal resorts and springs of fresh waters.
Spa can be reached by
train from Brussels International Airport ; which can be reached easily
from all over the world.
All equipment is available on the site for a successful meeting. The
city of Spa offers great opportunities
for recreational activities in a pristine environment.
For more information:
Chairman:
http://www.esf.org/
http://www.esf.org/euresco/00/c_cal00.htm
Vice-Chairmen:
Thomas B.L.
Claudio
Efstathios S.
Eline
Speakers provisionally include:
Andersen, U. of Southern California, USA
Linnane, CMBM, Melbourne,
Australia
Arrigo, U of Lyon, France
Octave, U. of Louvain, Belgium
Bohr, NIA, Baltimore, USA
Osiewacz, U of
Frankfurt, Germany
Brand, U of Cambridge, UK
Partridge, University
College London, UK
Bürkle, Heidelberg DKFZ, Germany
Rattan, U of
Aarhus, Denmark
Butler-Browne, U Paris VI, France
Richter, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Campisi, UC Berkeley, USA
Rodemann, U of Tübingen,Germany
De Benedictis, University of Calabria, Italy
Roth, NIA, USA
Franceschi, U of Bolona & INRCA, Italy
Schipper, Mc Gill U., Canada
Friguet, U of Paris VII, France
Slagboom, TNO
Leiden, The Netherlands
Gonos, NHFR Athens, Greece
Toda, Tokyo Metr. Inst.
of Gerontology, Japan
Hoeijmakers, U of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Toussaint, U of Namur,
Belgium
Janssen-Dürr, Austrian Inst. of Aging, Austria
van Leuven, KU Leuven,
Belgium
Jazwinski, Louisiana State University, USA
von Zglinicki, Charite
Berlin, Germany
Johnson, U of Colorado, USA
Weindruch, University
of Wisconsin, USA
Kirkwood, U of Newcastle, UK
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Olivier Toussaint, PhD
The University of Namur (FUNDP)
Unit of Cellular Biochemistry & Biology
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
B-5000 Namur BELGIUM
Fax: + 32 81 724135
Phone: + 32 81 724132
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E-mail : olivier.toussaint@fundp.ac.be
September 29th - October 3rd, 1999
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The Meetings & Courses Office
PO Box 100, 1 Bungtown Road
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724-2213
Phone: 516-367-8346
Fax: 516-367-8845
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Location ....... Olivone, Switzerland
Date ........... September 18 - 22, 1999.
C. Brack,
O. Toussaint,
G. Lithgow,
H. Osiewacz
are the organizers of this
EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) Workshop.
Programme outline
Saturday afternoon: registration
Saturday evening: Session 1 chair: Ch. Brack
Opening lectures George Martin : keynote lecture
Tom Kirkwood (Evolutionary origins of ageing)
Sunday morning: Session 2 chair: Gordon Lithgow
Model organisms I Heinz Osiewacz (fungi)
Linda Partridge (flies, evolution/population genetics)
Christine Brack (flies, transgenics)
Sunday afternoon: Session 3 chair: Christine Brack
Model organisms II Gordon Lithgow (C. elegans, genetics)
Tom Johnson (C. elegans)
George Roth (primates, calorie restriction)
Eline Slagboom (humans, genetic association studies, twins)
Sunday evening: Poster session / discussions
Monday morning: Session 4 chair: Olivier Toussaint
Cellular senescence I Judith Campisi (replicative senescence)
Olivier Toussaint (oxidative stress)
T. Von Zglinicki (stress and telomerase)
Q. Chen (stress and programmed cell death)
Monday afternoon: Discussions/excursion
Monday evening: Session 5 chair: Jose Remacle
A. Buerkle (PARP)
S. Gonos (gene expression)
B. Friguet (proteasome)
J. Hoeijmakers (DNA repair/transcription)
Tuesday morning: Session 6 chair: Heinz Osiewacz
Bioenergetics, Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial DNA Mutations
Brian Merry (calorie restriction in rats)
D. Turnbull (mt mutations, disease and ageing in humans)
G. De Benedictis (mt DNA variability in ageing populations)
S. Melov (towards therapy of mt dysfunction)
Tuesday afternoon: Session 7 chair: Claudio Franceschi
a) Immune system ageing C. Franceschi (centenarians)
F. Schaechter (genetic linkage studies)
G. Wick (ageing of immune system)
b) Brain ageing chair: Mathias Jucker
Mark West (structural changes in brain ageing)
Fred W. van Leeuwen (frameshift mutations and ageing/Alzheimer Disease)
M. Staufenbiel (transgenic mouse model for Alzheimer Disease)
Tuesday evening : Poster session / discussions
Wednesday morning: Session 8
Roundtable discussion I: chair: Tom Kirkwood or Gordon Lithgow
Suresh Rattan , all speakers from sessions 1-4
Model systems: cellular ageing versus integrated systems, advantages
and disadvantages
Roundtable discussion II: chair: Brian Clark
Molecular Gerontology: a challenge for the future of human health
(present and future research in Europe/in other countries)
Brian Clark
Jose Remacle
Dick Knook
George Martin
ev. 1 Scientific Journalist
Wednesday afternoon end of meeting, departure
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For more details: http://www.arclab.org/conchina.html
Sponsor
Antiaging Science & Technology Society, Gerontological
Society of China
Organizers
Antiaging Science & Technology Society , Gerontological
Society of China
China International Symposium Center for Sciences and Technology
(CICCST)
Co-Organizer
BILONG Institute for Transgenic Animals in Beijing (BITAB)
Supporters
Gerontological Society of China
Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Union Medical
College, Chinese
Academy of medical Sciences
Beijing Hospital and Gerontological Research Institute
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March 25 - 28, 1999
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The Meetings & Courses Office
PO Box 100, 1 Bungtown Road
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724-2213
Phone: 516-367-8346
Fax: 516-367-8845
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This meeting is intended to provide a format for the exchange of ideas and information, to discuss the latest research findings and technical advances, and to facilitate interaction amongst groups working on telomeres and telomerase in diverse systems. Topics include:
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| Robin
Allshire (Edinburgh)
Silvia Bacchetti (McMasters) Thomas Cech (Boulder) Howard Cooke (Edinburgh) Daniel Gottschling (Seattle) |
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February 21-24, 1999
San Antonio, Texas
More than 500 geriatricians and gerontologists from North, Central and South America are expected to attend the Pan American Congress on Gerontology to be held in San Antonio, Texas, February 21-24, 1999. The Congress has been endorsed by the Gerontological Society of America, Canadian Association on Gerontology, North American Regional Committee of the International Association of Gerontology, and the Latin American Committee of the International Association of Gerontology. The World Health Organization also has plans to conduct symposia sponsored jointly by WHO and the Pan American Congress in San Antonio. The Pan American Congress on Gerontology will identify the most important common challenges facing aging in the Americas, information required to meet these challenges and strategies most likely to achieve healthy aging.
Pan American Congress on Gerontology
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October 15-17, 1998
Hotel Sofitel
Melbourne
Australia
Keynote Speakers:
RM Gibson Visiting Fellow:
Prof. Michael Rose
Professor of Evolutionary Biology
University of California
David Wallace Lecture:
Prof. Alan Pearson
Professor of Clinical Nursing
University of Adelaide
The Australian Association of Gerontology
1998 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
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FEB. 7-12, 1999
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Doubletree Hotel
Ventura, California, USA
Philip C. Hanawalt, Chair
Samuel H. Wilson, Vice-Chair
Some of the Speakers Include:
Jan Hoeijmakers:
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Vilhelm Bohr:
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Date............ July 26 - 31, 1998
Organizers
Richard Falvo, Professor
Andrzej Bartke, Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Carbondale, Illinois USA
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Program Committee
Geoffrey Bennett
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Ezio Giacobini
Geneva, Switzerland
Michel Hoffman
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Luciano Martini
Milan, Italy
Joseph Meites
East Lansing, MI USA
George S. Roth
Baltimore, MD USA
Paola Timiras
Berkeley, CA USA
Werner K. Waldhäusl
Vienna, Austria
Georg Wick
Innsbruck, Austria
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Scientific Secretary
Michael Ramek
Graz, Austria
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Friday and Saturday
July 17-18, 1998
8:45 AM-6:00 PM
Queens College,
City University of New York,
Flushing
New York
USA
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The role of cell death in aging
Regulation of cell death in development
Caspase gene regulation and human longevity
Programmed cell death: Evolutionary considerations
TRAF proteins in the immune system
Oncogene-induced apoptosis
Regulation of apoptosis by viral transforming proteins
On the relationship between metabolism, immune recognition, and cell death
Lipid mediators: An insight into mechanisms in apoptosis
A genetic dissection of apoptosis in Drosophila
Apoptosis and AIDS Pathogenesis
Apoptosis of myocytes during coxsackievirus R3-induced myocarditis results in dilated cardiomyopathy
Acquired resistance to apoptosis during tumorigenesis
Modulation of apoptosis by oncogene and tumor suppressor genes
Cell cycle regulation and cell death
Apoptosis during Xenopus development
Mechanisms of Cell Death Symposium __World Wide Web Site
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June 1 - 3, 1998
Hotel Sofitel
San Francisco,
CA
USA
The upcoming conference Telomeres & Telomerase: Implications for Cell Immortality, Cancer, and Age Related Disease, to be held June 1 - 3, 1998 at the Hotel Sofitel in San Francisco, CA. This conference brings together, for the first time, the world's leading researchers specializing in all aspects of telomere and telomerase research. The conference co-chairs are Michael Fossel, M.D., Ph.D. , University of Michigan and Michael West, Ph.D., Origen Therapeutics. The Keynote speakers are Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D., Whitehead Institute, M.I.T. and CaL Harley, Geron Corporation. Special Honorees are Leonard Hayflick, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and Alexey Olovnikov, Ph.D.,Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
Wade Aldous, M.D.
Madigan Army Medical Center
Judith Campisi, Ph.D.,
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Life
Sciences Division, Berkeley National Laboratory
John K. Cowell, Ph.D., D.Sc., FRC Path,
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner
Research Institute
David Corey, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Cal Harley,
Geron Corporation
Minoru Hirose, DV.M.
Chugai Diagnostics Science Company
Shawn E. Holt, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Nam Kim, Ph.D.
Geron Corporation
Peter M. Lansdorp, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Research Centre
John Murnane, Ph.D.
Dept of Radiation Oncology
University of California, San Francisco
James K. McDougall and Aloysius Klingelhutz,
Fred Hutchinson Research Center
Tom Okarma
Geron Corporation
Jerry Shay, Ph.D.
University of Texas, Southwest Medical Center
K.R. Shroyer, Dept. of Pathology,
University of Colorado Health Sciences
Masinobu Sugimoto
AGENE Research Company
Christopher B. Umbricht, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center.
We would be pleased to send or fax a full program to you. Please contact us at hmatysko@liebertpub.com or 1800 5 BIOCON ext. 652. The conference is co-sponsored by The Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, publishers. If you would like a complementary copy, please contact vcohn@liebertpub.com.
We would also appreciate it if you could post that Telomeres & Telomerase: Implications for Cell Immortality, Cancer, and Age Related Disease, will take place June 1 - 3, 1998 at the Hotel Sofitel in San Francisco, CA, The full program of this conference is available on request.
Please call: 800 5-BIOCON or (914) 834-3100 (ext 652) or
E-Mail: hmatysko@liebertpub.com
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Tuesday, May 19 through Thursday, May 21, 1998
Kharkov State University,
Kharkov,
Ukraine
The scientific program will consist of plenary lectures, oral and poster presentations as well as round table nonformal communications. Researchers interested in the conference are invited to submit abstracts before April 1, 1998. Abstracts publication is free of charge. Registration fee is equivalent to 25 USD on arrival.
The following topics of discussion on symposium:
1. Molecular and genetical mechanisms of aging.
2. Membrane and neuro-humoral mechanisms of aging.
3. Age-dependent cell dysfunctions.
4. Accelerated senescence and life span increase mechanisms.
Contact person for abstracts submission and additional information:
Vladimir Padalko
Research Institute of Biology
Kharkov State University
Maidan Svobody 4,
Kharkov 310077,
Ukraine (Europe)
tel. 0572 338244
e-mail: lemeshko@univer.kharkov.ua
www site: http://www.univer.kharkov.ua/main/events/,
We are looking for sponsors!
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Dear Colleague
You are invited to participate in a new meeting on the
Genetics of Aging, to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
beginning after dinner at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, and
concluding with lunch on Sunday, April 5, 1998. The meeting will
explore the regulation and function of genes and genetic processes
that are now known or suspected to control cellular and/or
organismic aging.
Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers in consultation with the chairs of the individual sessions. We hope that you or a member of your laboratory will be able to participate in a most interesting and stimulating meeting.
Conference Organizers:
Judith Campisi
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Calvin Harley
Geron Corporation
Leonard Guarente
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Proposed Sessions:
Model Systems
Werner's Syndrome/Wrn-Like Genes
Cell Senescence & Gene Expression
Cell Senescence And Telomeres
Telomeres And Telomerase
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For Additional Information, please contact:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The Meetings & Courses Office
PO Box 100, 1 Bungtown Road
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724-2213
Phone: 516-367-8346
Fax: 516-367-8845
WEB PAGE: http://nucleus.cshl.org/meetings/98aging.html
REGISTRATION:
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February 12-17, 1998
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia Marriot Hotel,
Philadelphia, PA
USA
Thermodynamics and Information Theory in Biology
Monday, February 16, 3:00pm-6:00pm
Organized by Thomas D. Schneider, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health; Georgi P. Gladyshev, Academy of Creative Endeavors, Russia
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Date............ August 19 - 23 1997
Note.........
The 16th Congress of the International Association of Gerontology will be held in Adelaide, South Australia from August 19 - 23 in 1997. Strategically located Pre-congress meetings in Honolulu (August 16 - 18) and Singapore (August 17 - 19) will offer additional comprehensive and exciting conferences in their own right.
The theme of the Congress - Aging Beyond 2000 One World One Future - emphasises the global relevance and significance of human ageing. It symbolises the universal issues associated with individual and population aging and emphasises the potential for linkages between developed and developing nations. The Congress theme highlights the growing need to meet the challenges posed by the rapidity and scale of aging world wide.
The Congress will dramatically underline these issues through a Pacific Wide event which will see the three sites - Adelaide, Honolulu and Singapore - linked in an interactive video -conference presentation. This session will mark the beginning of the World Congress and provide the opportunity for truly global exchange at the Official Opening and during the first plenary scientific symposium.
The three Congress sites will present an integrated program. The Singapore Precongress will emphasise the socio-economic and developmental implications of population aging. A major feature will be the integration of the Sandoz Lectures within the Program. The Honolulu Precongress will also cover a full range of gerontological topics with a special focus on prevention of chronic disease and disability as well as the attainment and promotion of healthy and successful aging.
The main Congress in Adelaide will focus on an integrated approach to aging. In addition the 1997 Conferences of the Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine, Geriaction and the Alzheimer's Association are officially linked to the World Congress and will feature sessions integrated with the Adelaide event.
The 1997 World Congress, at its close, will ratify and present, to governments of the world and international agencies, a Statement highlighting the significance of global aging. This Declaration will stress the urgent need for all nations to scientifically and rationally address opportunities and challenges posed by an aging society.
Delegates to the 1997 World Congress have a range of participation options. They may choose to travel directly to the main Congress in Adelaide or may consider the option of journeying to the Adelaide Congress via one of the Precongress Meetings in either Singapore or Honolulu. For further information registration package and call for papers contact:
Secretariat - 1997 World Congress of Gerontology
Science Park
Bedford Park
SA 5042 Australia
Telephone (+618) 8201 7568
Facsimile (+618) 8201 7551
Email:
Email:
iag.congress@flinders.edu.au
World Wide Web address
http://cmetwww.cc.flinders.edu.au/congress/intro.html
Note deadline for submission of abstracts any of the three sites is 31
December 1996
Date............ July 21 - 26, 1996
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Date............ June 2nd - June 5th 1996
Note.........
Further information about the Conference can be obtained from:
Alzheimer's Association of Tasmania
169 Campbell Street
Hobart 7000
Ph +61 02 348884
Fax +61 02 369012
E-Mail:
mures@hba.trumpet.com.au
Date............ May 29th - June 1st 1996
Note.........
Some of the conference themes will include:
Phenomenon of the "Third Age"
The role of Hormone Replacement Therapy
Conference Secretariat:
Mures Convention Management
Victoria Dock
Hobart 7000
AUSTRALIA
Phone: Australia 002 341424 International + 61 02 341424