Glenn-Campisi Symposium
December 12, 2025 . EVENTS
Glenn-Campisi Symposium
We are pleased to announce the first annual Glenn-Campisi Aging Symposium on December 12, 2025 at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. This event is supported by the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and honors the legacy of Dr. Judy Campisi, a pioneer and visionary in the aging field. The symposium will include a Keynote talk by Dr. Daniel Promislow (Senior Scientist & Scientific Advisor, Tufts University), as well as an invited speaker presentation by Dr. Kristen Berendzen (Assistant Professor, UCSF). The day will also feature trainee talks from Bay Area scientists and a poster session. Space is limited, apply now to reserve a spot!
Bookings
Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Daniel Promislow, PhD
Senior Scientist & Scientific Advisor, Tufts University
Daniel Promislow PhD began his career in biology as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. He completed his doctoral work in evolutionary biology with Paul Harvey at Oxford University. After post-doctoral work in Paris, at Queen’s University in Ontario, and at the University of Minnesota, in 1995 he joined the faculty in the Department of Genetics at the University of Georgia. Daniel moved to the University of Washington in July 2013, where he was professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and the Department of Biology. In 2024, he moved to the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, located in downtown Boston. Daniel is broadly interested in evolutionary genetics, with a particular focus on projects related to aging, as well as studies on sexual selection, natural genetic variation, networks, and metabolomics. Daniel is the Principal Investigator of the Dog Aging Project , an NIH-funded long-term longitudinal study of the biological and environmental determinants of healthy aging in companion dogs. In his spare time, Daniel enjoys hiking, cooking, and skiing.
Invited Speaker
Kristen Berendzen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, UCSF
Kristen is a physician scientist and Assistant Professor at UCSF. She completed her MD and PhD training at UC San Diego and at the Salk Institute. Her graduate work in Andrew Dillin’s lab focused on understanding cellular stress regulation with aging and proteotoxicity. She then moved up to the Bay Area for psychiatry residency at UCSF and joined Dev Manoli’s lab for her postdoc to study the genetic regulation of social attachment behavior in the prairie vole. In her spare time, Kristen enjoys traveling with her family and very occasionally having time to paint or draw or find other artistic outlets.
Directions
The Buck Institute is located 25 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
San Francisco Airport/San Francisco/South Bay:
- Take Highway 101 North across the Golden Gate Bridge
- Take the last Novato exit — Atherton/San Marin Drive (just north of the DeLong exit)
- Turn left at the stoplight, and go west over the freeway overpass
- Get in the right lane, and turn right at the second stoplight onto Redwood Boulevard
- Go approximately ½ mile, and turn left onto Buck Center Drive
- At the top of the hill, turn left into the Visitor Parking Lot
Berkeley/Oakland/Oakland International Airport:
- Take Highway 80 to Highway 580 West, and cross the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge
- Take 580 until it merges with Highway 101 North in San Rafael
- Take the last Novato exit — Atherton/San Marin Drive (just north of the DeLong exit)
- Turn left at the stoplight, and go west over the freeway overpass
- Get in the right lane, and turn right at the second stoplight onto Redwood Boulevard
- Go approximately ½ mile, and turn left onto Buck Center Drive
- At the top of the hill, turn left into the Visitor Parking Lot
From Sonoma County, take Highway 101 South:
- Take the first Novato exit (Atherton/San Marin Drive)
- Turn right at the stoplight, and stay in the right lane
- Take an immediate right onto Redwood Boulevard
- Go approximately ½ mile, and turn left onto Buck Center Drive
- At the top of the hill, turn left into the Visitor Parking Lot
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