Past Symposia

2010 Symposia

• "Rapa, MIFKO, Meth-R, and Adoption: Four Ways to Help Your Mouse Live Longer"
  

  Richard Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
  University of Michigan Geriatrics Center
  September 13, 2010

• "The Mitotic Checkpoint in Progeria and Normative Aging"
  

  Jan van Deursen, Ph.D.
  Vita Valley Professor in Cellular Senescence
  Mayo Clinic Rochester
  May 10, 2010

• "Progeria and Aging: Cell replacement therapy with stem cells?"
  

  Huber Warner, Ph.D.
  University of Minnesota
  College of Biological Science
  April 12, 2010

• "Methuselah's Zoo: What Exceptionally Long-Lived Animals Can Teach Us About Improving Human Health"
  

  Steven Austad, Ph.D.
  University of Texas Health Science Center
  Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies
  March 8, 2010

• "The Might of Myostatin: Modulator of Mass, Mobility and Metabolism"
  

  Nathan LeBrasseur, PT, Ph.D.
  Pfizer Global Research and Development
  Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases
  February 8, 2010

• "Elite Ageing: The Roles of Nature, Nurture and Chance and an Agenda for Discovering Relevant Gene Actions in People"
  

  George Martin M.D.
  University of Washington School of Medicine
  January 11, 2010

2009 Symposia

• "Age-associated immune defects in CD4 T cells are linked to reduced apoptosis and longer cellular lifespan"
  

  Susan Swain Ph.D.
  Trudeau Institute
  December, 14 2009

• "Gene Expression Profiling of Aging in Mammals and its Modulation by Nutritional Interventions"
  

  Tomas Prolla, Ph.D.
  University of Wisconsin at Madison
  November, 9 2009

• "Older Patients with Diabetes: The Challenge of Managing Hyperglycemia when Beta-Cell Function is Failing"
  

  Jeffrey B. Halter, M.D.
  University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
  October 12, 2009

• "p53 in Cancer and Aging"
  

  Heidi Scrable, Ph.D.
  Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
  Mayo Clinic Rochester
  September 14, 2009

• 2009 Scott Named Visiting Professorship

  "What is Needed to Conduct a Successful Program in the Application of Technology to Geriatrics?"
  

  Geoff Fernie, Ph.D., P.Eng.
  Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

  "The Development of Intelligent Systems to Support Older Adults"
  

  Alex Mihailidis, Ph.D., P.Eng.
  Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
  May 21-22, 2009

2008 Symposia

• "Telomeres and Mitochondria—Strange Bedfellows in Cell Senescence"
  

  Thomas von Zglinicki, Ph.D.
  Institute of Ageing and Health
  Newcastle University
  June 10, 2008

• "An Unexpected Journey from Cancer Genetics to Human Skin Color"
  

  Keith Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
  Penn State College of Medicine
  April 17, 2008

• "Signaling to p53-Rb Network in Regulation of Proliferation, Apoptosis and Cellular Senescence"
  

  James Xiao, Ph.D.
  Boston University School of Medicine
  March 27, 2008

• "Turning Anti-Aging Genes against Cancer"
  

  Valter Longo, Ph.D.
  USC Davis School of Gerontology
  March 17, 2008

• "The Long and Short of p53"
  

  Heidi Scrable Ph.D.
  University of Virginia
  March 13, 2008