The Paul F. Glenn/AFAR Conference on the Biology of Aging
The 31stAnnual AFAR Grantee Conference
June4 – 6, 2018
Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel
Santa Barbara, CA
DRAFT 5/14/18
Monday, June 4, 2018
3:30 - 4:00 pmRegistration/reception
Alto
4:00 – 4:10 pmWelcome
El Mar
Stephanie Lederman
Executive Director
American Federation for Aging Research
David Sinclair, PhD
Board Member, American Federation for Aging Research and Professor, Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Co-director, Paul F. Glenn Center of Biological Mechanisms
of Aging
4:10 – 5:10 pmBIG and Midcareer Presentations
“Targeting mitochondrial redox stress to improve in vivo energetics and exercise performance with age”
David Marcinek, PhD (15 BIG)
Associate Professor
University of Washington
“Cellular recycling: role of autophagy in aging and disease.”
Malene Hansen, PhD (14 Midcareer)
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, SBP Graduate School
Professor, Development, Aging and Regeneration Program
Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
5:10 – 5:30 pmBreak
5:30 – 6:00pm“Mitochondrial energetics and aging: lessons from
serendipity in science”
Peter Rabinovitch, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research,
University of Washington
6:00 – 6:30 pm“Targeting Healthspan: Functional Genetic Variation in Human Aging and Longevity”
Yousin Suh, PhD
Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
6:30 – 7:00 pm“Questioning the immutability of aging”
David Sinclair, PhD
Professor, Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Co-director, Paul F. Glenn Center of Biological Mechanisms
of Aging
7:00– 8:30 pmDinner
El Mar
8:30 – 9:30 pmSocial gathering, with dessert, coffee and wine
Alto
Glenn Workshop on the Biology of Aging
Back to Basics: Explaining The Obvious
Workshop Moderator: Kevin Lee
Joint meeting with the AFAR Grantee Conference and the Glenn Workshop
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
7:30 – 8:15 am Breakfast
La Marina
8:30 – 8:40 am Welcome and opening remarks
La VerandaKevin Lee, PhD
Senior Scientific & Programmatic Advisor,
Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
8:40 – 9:00 am“How do you explain aging?”
Mark Collins,
President, Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
9:00 – 9:40 am "Primary Prevention with a Capital P"
Jay Olshansky, PhD,
Professor,
School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago
9:40 – 10:20 am “Sex differences as an investigative tool in aging research”
Steven Austad, PhD,
Distinguished Professor, Department Chair,
Department of Biology,
Director, UAB Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging,
University of Alabama, Birmingham
10:20 – 10:50 am Break
10:50-11:30 am “Dissecting sex differences in aging and neurodegenerative disease”
Dena Dubal, MD, PhD
Associate Professor,
David A. Coulter Endowed Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease,
Department of Neurology and Weill Institute for Neurosciences,
University of California, San Francisco
11:30 am – 12:10 pm Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, University of Arizona
12:10 – 1:10 pm Lunch
1:10 – 1:50 pm “Is “Time-restricted eating” a practical framework integrating circadian rhythms, nutrient sensing, and energy homeostasis to increase healthy lifespan?”
Satchidananda Panda, PhD,
Professor, Regulatory Biology Laboratory,
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
1:50 – 2:30 pm “Systems Genetics Identifies Resilience Factors in Normal Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer’s”
Catherine Kaczorowski, PhD,
Associate Professor,
Evnin Family Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Research,
The Jackson Laboratory
2:30 -2:50 pm Break
2:50 – 3:30 pm “Cholesterol Homeostasis in Aging and Disease”
Raj Apte, MD, PhD,
Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Developmental Biology and Medicine
Director of Translational Research and Jeffrey Fort Innovation fund
Washington University School of Medicine
3:30 – 5:30 pm AFAR Grantee Poster Session
Loggia BallroomKindly remove your poster at the conclusion of the session.
6:00 – 7:00 pm Reception
La Pacifica Terrace
7:00 – 9:00pm Dinner and Dinner Speaker
La Pacifica"Science in the Age of Celebrity”
Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC, FCAHS
Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy
Trudeau Fellow and Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health
Research Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta
Wednesday June 6, 2018
8:00 – 8:45 am Breakfast
La Marina
Adjourn
Major Sponsors of AFAR Grant Programs
The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
The AFAR Board of Directors
Anonymous
Proceeds from AFAR's 2017 Luncheon
The James A. and Dorothy R. Brunn Foundation
David W. Gore
The Hearst Foundation
Diana Jacobs Kalman
Neurosciences Education and Research Foundation (NERF)
Diane Nixon
The Irving S. Wright Endowment