Jens Brüning, Aleksandra Trifunovic, Bernhard Schermer
Free admission – no registration required!
18:00
Welcome & introduction – Aleksandra Trifunovic (CECAD Organizer Team)
Session I:
Stem cells and aging
Chair: Mirka Uhlirova (CECAD Group Leader)
18:10-18:50
Bruce Edgar (ZMBH - Heidelberg, Germany):
“Homeostatic and Dysplastic growth in the Drosophila Intestine”
18:50-19:30
Hila Toledano (Haifa University, Israel):
“Role of RNA in aging of the stem-cell niche”
20:00 - 1:00
EVENING EVENT
Location: New CECAD Research Center - ground floor, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Köln.
Session II:
Mitochondrial dysfunction and age-associated disease
Chair: Thomas Langer (CECAD Vice Spokesperson)
09:00-09:40
Anu Suomalainen (University of Helsinki, Finland):
“Lost in Interpretation: mitochondrial dysfunction signals underlying tissue-specific disease manifestations”
09:40-10:20
Luca Scorrano (University of Padua, Italy):
“Keeping mitochondria in shape: a matter of differentiation”
10:20-10:50 coffee break
Session III:
Aging and neurodegeneration
Chair: Elena Rugarl (CECAD Group Leader)
10:50-11:30
Andrea Ballabio (TIGEM, Naples, Italy):
“Signals from the lysosome”
11:30-12:15
Nektarios Tavernakis (University of Crete, Greece):
“Neurodegeneration in heat stroke: The protective role of the heat shock response”
12:15-13:45 lunch break
Keynote lecture
13:45-14:00
Introduction: Thomas Langer (CECAD Vice Spokesperson)
14:00-15:00
Klaus Rajewsky (MDC-Berlin, Germany):
“Lymphoma pathogenesis and immune surveillance”
15:00-16:00 coffee break and poster session
Session IV:
Humoral and epigenetic control of aging
Chair: Aleksandra Trifunovic (CECAD Group Leader)
16:00-16:40
Anne Brunet (Stanford University, USA):
“Epigenetic regulation of aging”
16:40-17:20
Andy Dillin (Berkeley University, USA):
“Humoral control of proteostasis”
Session V:
Genome instability and aging
Chair: Björn Schumacher (CECAD Group Leader)
09:00-09:40
Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna (IFOM-IEO, Milan,Italy):
“What is cellular senescence?
09:40-10:20
Jan Vijg (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA):
“Single-cell analysis of genome instability in aging”
10:20-11:00
Lenhard Rudolph (Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Germany):
"DNA damage response in aging"
11:00-11:30 coffee break
Session VI:
Aging and inflammation
Chair: Bernhard Schermer (CECAD Organizer Team)
11:30-12:10
Eline Slagboom (LUMC, Netherlands):
“Biomarkers and determinants of healthy ageing in human longevity families”
12:10-12:50
Vishva M. Dixit (Genentech, USA):
“Signaling lessons from death receptors”
12:50-14:00 lunch break
Session VII:
Metabolic homeostasis and aging
Chair: Jens Brüning (CECAD Scientific Coordinator)
14:00-14:40
Stephen O’Rahilly (University of Cambridge, UK):
“Human metabolic disease “lessons from genetics"”
14:40-15:20
Tamas Horvath (Yale University, USA):
“Hypothalamic hunger-promoting neurons regulate higher brain functions and longevity”
15:20-16:00
Eric Verdin (UCSF, San Francisco, USA):
“Reversible protein acetylation and Aging”
16:00-16:20
Closing remarks – Jens Brüning (CECAD Scientific Coordinator)
May 2 – 4, 2013
Venue: MTI Main Lecture Hall (next to new CECAD Research Center), Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, D-50931 Cologne
All speakers and participants of the "First Cologne Aging Conference" as well as all CECAD members are warmly invited to the EVENING EVENT at the new CECAD Research Center.
Date: May 2nd, 20:00
Venue: CECAD Research Center - ground floor, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 26, 50931 Köln
We are looking forward to welcoming you to drinks and music!
