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System Biology Symposium of Aging

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF AGING SYMPOSIUM November 10-13, 2009

     
Buck Institute for Age Research
8001 Redwood Blvd.
Novato, CA 94945

Organizers:
Robert Hughes, PhD; Stuart Kim, PhD; & Simon Melov, PhD,

Speakers


Accommodations

Program Focus:
The 2009 Buck Institute Symposium on Systems Biology and Aging will bring together renowned researchers from diverse backgrounds to discuss the emerging synergies between new technologies, integrative biology, aging, and age-related diseas.

 
Symposium Schedule

 

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

 

5:30 – 6:00      Welcome Reception at the Buck Institute

6:00 – 7:30      Dinner at the Buck Institute

7:30 – 8:30      TITLE TBA

Mike Synder, Ph.D.

Stanford University

                        Sponsored by Ellison Medical Foundation

 

Wednesday, November 11, 2009


8:30 – 9:10      Systems Biology of Ageing and Longevity

Thomas Kirkwood, CBE FMedSci

Newcastle University

Sponsored by Ellison Medial Foundation

9:10 -9.50        TITLE TBA

                        Roger Brent, PhD

                        Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

9.50 – 10.30    Identifying Phosphatases in the C. Elegans Insulin/IGF-1 Signaling Pathway

Heidi A. Tissenbaum, PhD

University of Massachusetts Medical School

                        Sponsored by Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

10.30 – 10.50  Break

                        Sponsored by New England Bio Labs, Inc.

10.50 – 11.30  Gene Expression Profiling of Aging: Can it be Predictive of Functional Decline?

                        Simon Melov, PhD

Buck Institute for Age Research

11.30 – 12.10 Genome-Wide Approaches to Longevity: Can the Aging Puzzle be Put Together?

                        Brian K. Kennedy, PhD

                        University of Washington

Sponsored by Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

12.10 – 1.30    Lunch

                        Sponsored by Genentech

1.30 – 2.10      Genetic Signatures of Exceptional Longevity

                        Thomas Perls, MD, MPH

                        Boston Medical Center

Sponsored by Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

2.10 – 2.50      Dissecting the Breakdown of Cellular Subsystems in Replicatively Aged Yeast

Dan E. Gottschling, PhD

                        Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

2.50 – 3.30      An Integrated/Systemic Approach to Inflamm-aging

Claudio Franceschi, MD

INRCA

                        Sponsored by Ellison Medical Foundation

3.30 – 4.00      Break

                        Sponsored by Roche

4.00 – 4.40      Aging, Genetics, and Network Failure

                        Daniel Promislow, PhD

                        University of Georgia

4.40 – 5.20      A Proteome-Scale View of Protein Aggregation during Aging

Robert Hughes, PhD

Buck Institute for Age Research


Thursday, November 12, 2009

 

8.30 – 9.10      Healthspan and Physiologic Performance in Aging - Targets for a Systems Approach

Peter S. Rabinovitch, PhD

University of Washington

Sponsored by Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

9.10 – 9.20      The Beneficial Effects of Exercise upon Human and Murine Aging

Mark Tarnopolsky, MD, PhD.

McMaster University

Sponsored by Ellison Medical Foundation

9.50 – 10.30    Microfluidic Integration: from Single Cells to Single Molecules

Carl Hansen

University of British Columbia

Sponsored by Ellison Medical Foundation

10.30 – 10.50  Break

10.50 – 11.30  Genome-Scale Data Integration Methods for Predicting Genes Involved in Complex Human Phenotypes.

Russ Altman, MD, PhD

Stanford University

11.30 – 12.10  Developmental Drift and Aging Stochasticity in C. Elegans

Stuart K. Kim, PhD

Stanford University

12.10 – 1.30    Lunch Break

1.30 – 2.10      Enhancing Longevity by Remodeling of the Stress Response and Protein Homeostatic Network

Gordon J. Lithgow, PhD

Buck Institute for Age Research

2.10 – 2.50      FoxO Transcription Factors in Aging and Stem Cells

Anne Brunet, PhD

Stanford University

2.50 – 3.30      High-throughput Microfluidics and Ultrafast Optics for in vivo Compound/Genetic Discoveries

Mehmet Fatih Yanik, PhD

MIT

Sponsored by Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

3.30 – 4.00      Break

4.00 – 4.40      Sex-Specific Regulation of Drosophila Life Span by p53 and SOD

John Tower, Ph.D.

USC

Sponsored by Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

4.40 – 5.20      TITLE TBA

                        Monica Driscoll, PhD

                        Rutgers University

Sponsored by Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

5.30 – 6.00      Reception at Buck Institute

6.00 – 7.30      Dinner at the Buck Institute

7.30 – 8.30      The Four Horsemen -- Damage, Inflammation, Cancer and Aging: Integrating Aging and Age-Related Disease 

Judith Campisi, PhD

Buck Institute for Age Research

Sponsored by Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

 

Friday, November 13, 2009

 

8.30 – 9.10      Proteomic Technologies for Studying the Molecular Mechanisms of Aging
Michael J. MacCoss, PhD

                        University of Washington

9.10 – 9.50      Isotope-Reinforced Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Protect Yeast Cells from

Oxidative Stress

                        Catherine Clarke, PhD

                        UCLA

9.50 – 10.30    Systems Biology Challenges from Ageing Flies

Linda Partridge, PhD

University College London

Sponsored by Ellison Medical Foundation

10.30 – 10.50  Break

10.50 – 11.30  Web-based Approaches to Genetic Research
Joanna Mountain

                        23&Me

11.30 – 12.10  Less is More with TOR: The Emerging Role of the TOR Pathway in Aging

Pankaj Kapahi, PhD

Buck Institute for Age Research

12.10               Conference Closes

 

 

 

Driving Directions

Directions:
The Buck Institute, Located in the city of Novato in Marin County, California, is 42 miles from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and 40 miles from Oakland international Airport (OAK).  

If you are traveling by air, please plan to arrive on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.  We recommend flying into San Francisco International Airport, as the ground transportation to Novato through Marin Airporter is offered on a more frequent basis.

Accommodations:
Rooms have been reserved at the following 3 hotels:   

Inn Marin
250 Entrada Drive
Novato, Ca 94949
Phone 415.883.5952

Novato Oaks Inn
215 Alameda del Prado
Novato, CA 94949
Phone 415.883.4400

Courtyard Marriott
1400 N Hamilton Parkway
Novato, CA 94949
Phone 415.883.8950

Reservations need to be made before October 20, 2009 as the hotel will not guarantee room availability or special rates after that date.

 

If you have questions regarding registration please contact

Sandra Otter
Phone: 415-209-2205
Fax: 415-209-2044
Email: sotter@buckinstitute.org

Sponsored inpart by:

The Ellison Medical Foundation, GeneGo, Inc., Genentech, The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, New England Biolabs, Inc. & Roche Applied Science
 

 

  
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