Program
23.09.2016 FRIDAY
9.00-09.50 Opening Ceremony
Welcome address
Suresh Rattan ” The future of ageing: not more of the same…”
Session 1: Ageing and Longevity
09.50- 10.20 Bruce Carnes “How long must humans live?”
10.20- 10.50 Arnold Mitnitski “Ageing: from empirical facts to computational network modeling”
10.50-11.00 Ana C. Carvalho “Hormetic induction of antioxidant defences by phenolic diterpenes for promotion of a healthy ageing”
11.00- 11.20 Coffee break
Session 2: Genetics and Epigenetics in Ageing
11.20- 11.50 Claudio Franceschi “Genetics and epigenetics of centenarians and semi-super-centenarians”
11.50- 12.20 Maeve Rea “Living long ageing well: is epigenetics the missing link between nature and nurture?”
12.20- 12.50 Antonello Lorenzini “Genomic stability in the evolution of body size and longevity”
12.50- 13.20 Eline Slagboom “Human ageing and familial longevity, the role of the (epi)genome”
13.20-13.30 M. Liset Rietman “Identifying candidate biomarkers for different frailty domains in MARK-AGE”
13.30- 14.15 Lunch
Session 3: Immunosenescence and Metabolism
14.15-14.45 Graham Pawelec “Immunosenescence and cancer”
14.45- 15.15 Jacek Witkowski “Immune ageing: are changes regressive, progressive or both?”
15.15-15.45 Vadim Fraifeld “Mitochondria: friend or foe?”
15.45-15.55 Lauren Quinn “Investigating the effect of age on T cell trans-endothelial migration”
15.55-16.20 Coffee break
Session 4: Ageing and Disease Overlap
16.20-16.50 Lioyd Demetrius “The etiology of aging and age-related diseases”
16.50-17.20 Helen Griffiths “Eating to cheat ageing – fact or fiction?”
17.20-17.50 Anita Jagota “Understanding aging of biological clock : a step towards good health and longevity”
17.50-18.20 Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis “Frailty syndrome: possible preventative approaches”
18.20-20.30 Poster session with cheese and wine
24.09.2016 SATURDAY
Session 5: Intervention in Ageing
9.00-9.30 Tomasz Biliński “Principles of alternative gerontology”
9.30- 10.00 Zsoltt Radak “ Is physical exercise an elixir?”
10.00-10.30 Gurcharan Kaur “Intermittent fasting dietary restriction ameliorates age-associated decline in brain plasticity'”
10.30- 11.00 Dariusz Włodarek “Neuroprotective effects of the ketogenic diet”
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 6: Cellular senescence
11.30-12.00 Günter Lepperdinger “Aging in stem cells: lessons from bone-derived mesenchymal stem cells”
12.00-12.30 Pidder Jansen-Dürr “The role of protein quality control systems in UVB-induced premature senescence of human skin fibroblasts – from basic mechanisms to translation in skincare”
12.30-13.00 Krzysztof Książek ”Senescence of peritoneal mesothelial cells from a mechanistic and clinical perspective”
13.00-13.10 Florence Debacq-Chainiaux “Transcriptomic study of fibroblasts maintained at a reduced oxygen concentration until replicative senescence”
13.10-13.20 Anna Bielak-Żmijewska “Sirtuins, a potential target of anti-aging activity of curcumin”
13.20-13.30 Grażyna Mosieniak “Diminished ROS signaling due to NOX4 downregulation leads to senescence of human vascular smooth muscle cells”
13.30 Closing Ceremony and Lunch