From May 29 - 31, 2024, AFAR hosted the joint annual Paul F. Glenn/Afar Conference on The Biology of Aging and the 37th Annual AFAR Grantee Conference in Santa Barbara, California. AFAR grantees, senior leaders in the field, and foundation representatives convened to hear reports on AFAR-supported research and share insights on emerging directions in the field.
The event featured presentations and a poster session where more than fifty AFAR grantees and Nathan Shock Center pilot awardees presented their research.
AFAR Board President Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD, welcomed the meeting participants, and a range of AFAR-affiliated experts and colleagues presented. Among the presenters were 2020 Glenn Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) awardees Malene Hansen, PhD, and Vittorio Sebastiano, PhD, AFAR Grantee and AFAR SuperAger Family Study Principal Investigator Sofiya Milman, MD, MS, and 2021 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research Morgan Levine, PhD. McKnight Innovator Award 2021 recipients, Lyndsay De Biase and Saul Villada also presented. Additional speakers from academic and biotech sectors included former AFAR grant recipients Matt Kaeberlein, PhD, and Catherine Kaczorowski, PhD, as well as Noa Rappaport, PhD, and Meng C. Wang, PhD. Stuart Firestein, PhD, of Columbia University delivered a presentation entitled “Science at the Edge of Uncertainty: An Optimistic View” at the closing reception.
Download the conference program here.
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AFAR is grateful to the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, as well as the many attendees, speakers, and researchers, for their help in making these annual meetings possible.
