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IAGG Biological Sciences Program

Start Time: June 23, 2017

 

During the Biological Sciences Program of the 2017 IAGG World Congress,
AFAR is proud to have many of our experts presenting:

 

 

Sunday, July 23

9 am
Deputy Scientific Director Nir R. Barzilai, MD and Board Member David Sinclair, PhD, presentation:  "Long-Lived Animal Models and Health-Span Extension in Studies of Aging"

11 am
2002 Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging recipient, Nathan LeBrasseur, PhD, presentation: "Growth Differentiation Factors and Senescence-Related Proteins as Modifiers of Aging"

 

Monday, July 24

10 am
Board Member S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, keynote:  “Genes, Environment, and Behaviors That Predict Healthy Longevity”

2 pm
Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, Fondation Ipsen Longevity Prize lecture: "The Importance of Single Gene Interventions in Aging”

4 pm
1998 Beeson scholar, Jeremey Walston, MD, presentation: "Conceptualizing Frailty and Resiliency and Their Physiological Basis"

 

Tuesday, July 25

8 am
Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD; President-Elect James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD; and Deputy Scientific Director Nir R. Barzilai, MD, symposium:  "Targeting Aging: The Next Big Medical Breakthrough”

10am
2001 Beeson scholar Kristine Yaffe, MD, keynote: "Healthy Brain Aging: A Lifespan Perspective"

6 pm
Board President Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH, Vincent Cristofalo Lecture: "Elder Abuse Research: The intergration of Biological and Social Sciences in Aging"

 

Wednesday, July 26

10 am
Board Member Stefania Maggi, MD, PhD, MPH, keynote: “Dietary Determinants of Lifelong Health.”

10am
President-Elect James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD, keynote: “What Could Come From Understanding the Biology of Aging?”

 

Thursday, July 27

8am
2014 Glenn/AFAR BIG Award recipient, Stephen L. Helfand, Phd, presentation: “Activation of Transposable Elements as a Molecular Cause of Aging”

12 pm
2016 Glenn/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Translational Research on Aging fellow, Jamie Justice, PhD, presentation: "Functional Consequences of Biological Aging on: Geriatric Syndromes, Chronic Diseases and Conditions, and Immune Responses"

 


For a complete schedule of the Biological Sciences Program, please click here.

 

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