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December 03, 2018 . EVENTS

Live Better Longer: A Celebration of 30 Years of Research on Aging

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In 1988, a seminal observation was made in the genetics of aging. Aging was not inevitable. Using a simple model organism, the nematode worm C. elegans, scientists discovered that aging was plastic, and lifespan could be extended and manipulated using the genetic tools of the time. This breakthrough rippled throughout the scientific community, creating the foundation upon which the modern field of Geroscience was built. It’s been 30 years since this “golden age” of the genetics of aging, and the scientific community is poised to begin clinical trials targeting both diseases of aging and aging itself, based on fundamental observations generated over the last three decades. Please join us on December 3rd, 2018 at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, where we will celebrate both the exciting discoveries which have driven the modern field of Geroscience, as well as a peek into the not too distant future.

Venue
Buck Institute

8001 Redwood Blvd
Novato, California 94945

Speakers

We are honored to host these 20 thought leaders who on December 3rd will be converging at Buck to celebrate 30 years in aging research.

George Martin

Tom Johnson

Cynthia Kenyon

Anne Brunet

Lenny Guarente

Gary Ruvkun

Dena Dubal

Judy Campisi

Jan Vijg

Steven Austad

Luigi Ferrucci

Lisa Ellerby

Steve Quake

Deepak Srivastava

Stanley Qi

Michael Krasny

Ned David

Jim Mellon

Victor Dzau

Joan Mannick

Agenda

8:00am-8:30am

Breakfast

8:30am-8:40am

Welcome

Eric Verdin, MD, Buck Institute

8:40am – 11:00am

Thirty years of the genetics of aging

Introduction by George Martin, MD, University of Washington
Chair: Anne Brunet, PhD, Stanford
Tom Johnson, PhD, University of Colorado
Cynthia Kenyon, PhD, Calico
Lenny Guarente, PhD, MIT
Gary Ruvkun, PhD, Harvard

11:00am – 11:20am

Coffee break

11:20am – 12:30pm

What we don’t know about aging

Chair: Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, UCSF
Judy Campisi, PhD Buck Institute
Jan Vijg, PhD, Albert Einstein
Steve Austad, PhD, UAB
Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD, NIH

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm – 3:30pm

Technology on the horizon for aging research

Chair: Lisa Ellerby, PhD, Buck Institute
Stephen Quake, PhD, Stanford
Deepak Srivastava, MD, Gladstone
Stanley Qi, PhD, Stanford

3:30pm – 4:00pm

Coffee Break

4:00pm – 5:30pm

Healthcare and Geroscience

Moderated by Michael Krasny, PhD
Ned David, PhD, Unity Biotechnology
Jim Mellon, Juvenescence
Victor Dzau, MD, National Academy of Medicine
Joan Mannick, MD, resTORbio

5:30pm – 6:00pm

Reception

6:30pm – 9:30pm

Speakers Dinner

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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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