1st Annual Buck Institute Reproductive Aging Summit
August 21, 2026 . EVENTS
1st Annual Buck Institute Reproductive Aging Summit
Sponsored by The Center for Healthy Aging in Women
Friday, August 21, 2026
8:30am-6:00pm
Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA
Join us for a full day of invited talks from leaders in the field, presentations by junior scientists selected from abstracts, networking, a community perspectives panel, and a poster session and reception! Click the button below to view the agenda.
A limited number of scholarships will be available to support trainees from outside the Bay Area.
Abstract Submission deadline has been extended to July 15. You will receive a link to the abstract submission form after you register, in your confirmation email. Abstract submission is a pre-requisite to be considered for a travel award. Regular registration will remain open until August 7.
Questions: Email Bikem Soygur
Bookings
Speakers
Speakers & Panelists
Berenice Benayoun, PhD
Associate Professor of Gerontology, Biological Sciences and Cancer Biology and Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences
A Cohesion Optimum Underlies Chromosome Segregation Fidelity in Oocytes: A Goldilocks Scenario
Neil Hunter, PhD
Professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at University of California, Davis
Pankaj Kapahi, PhD.
Professor, Buck Institute
Diana Laird, PhD
Professor at UCSF
David Pepin, PhD
Associate Director of the Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Molecular Biologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Proteomic Signatures Specific for the Human Aging Ovaries
Birgit Schilling, PhD
Buck Professor and Director of the Mass Spectrometry Core
3D Mapping of Ovarian Lymphatics as a Window into Ovarian Aging
Bikem Soygur, PhD
Director of Reproductive Biology Hub
Michael Stout, PhD
Associate Professor Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Panelist
Marcelle Cedars, MD
Director, UC San Francisco, Center for Reproductive Health
Panelist
Jill Kinney
Chairman and Co-Founder, Active Wellness
Panelist
Lizellen LaFollette, MD
Private Practice OBGYN
Panelist
Afaf Meleis, PhD, FAAN, LL
Dean Emerita and Professor of Nursing and Sociology at University of Pennsylvania & Professor Emerita University of California, San Francisco
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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