Molecular Basis of Aging and Disease

Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center
September 9-13, 2013
Abstract Due Date extended to : July 19th, 2013

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Schedule Overview

Organized by:
Adam Antebi, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Jing-Dong Jackie Han, Partner Institute for Computational Biology, China
Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute, USA
Jan Vijg, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia on Molecular Basis of Aging and Disease, which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday September 9, and will conclude after lunch on Friday September 13, 2013.

Our conference targets basic biomedical research on aging relevant to understanding lifespan development processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

Major Topics:
1. Comparative biology of aging
2. Cellular endpoints
3. Systems aging
4. Developmental and environmental interactions
5. Metabolism
6. DNA damage and repair
7. Molecular and cellular interventions

Keynote Speakers:
Adam Antebi, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, GERMANY
Abstract title: TBA
Judith Campisi, Buck Institute for Research on Aging and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Abstract title: Aging and cancer: Putting the paradoxes in perspective
Leonard Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Abstract title: Sirtuins, Aging and Disease
Cynthia Kenyon, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Hong Gil Nam, Center for New Biology of Plant Senescence and Life History, IBS & DGIST, Korea
Abstract title: TBA
Linda Partridge, University College London, United Kingdom
Abstract title: Nutrient-sensing pathways and functional ageing in Drosophila
Zhongjun Zhou, The University of Hong Kong, CHINA
Abstract title: Critical Roles for Lamin A in chromatin remodeling and SIRT1 activation

Invited Speakers:
Vilhelm Bohr, Biomedical Research Center, USA
Abstract title: MITOCHONDRIAL AND NUCLEAR DNA REPAIR IN HUMAN ACCELERATED AGING
Anne Brunet, Stanford University, USA
Abstract title: Epigenetic Regulation of Aging
Mario Fraga, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/CNB-CSIC and IUOPA, SPAIN
Abstract title: Genome-wide DNA methylation changes during aging in human adult stem cells
Jing-Dong Jackie Han, Partner Institute for Computational Biology, China
Abstract title: Transcriptomic Regulation by Dietary Restriction during Worm Aging
Jan Hoeijmakers, Erasmus University Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Abstract title: Getting aging in mice largely under control
Eun Seong Hwang, University of Seoul, South Korea
Abstract title: T cell activation potentiation by nicotinamide-mediated ROS suppression, a strategy to intervene immune senescence?
Matt Kaeberlein, University of Washington, USA
Abstract title: Effects of high dose rapamycin therapy on mitochondrial dysfunction and disease
Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Philipp Khaitovich, CAS-MPG Institute for Computational Biology, China
Abstract title: TBA
Stuart Kim, Stanford University Medical Center, USA
Abstract title: Regulatory factors that guide the normal aging process in C. elegans
Seung-Jae Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology, KOREA
Abstract title: Sensory neuronal regulation of lifespan via endocrine signaling in C. elegans
Siu Sylvia Lee, Cornell University, USA
Abstract title: Transcriptional factors key to longevity associated with moderate mitochondrial dysfunction in C. elegans
Hao Li, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Valter Longo, University of Southern California, USA
Abstract title: Fasting Cycles in Aging and Cancer
Nozomu Mori, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, JAPAN
Abstract title:Neuronal Shc in Development, Neuroplasticity, and Aging
Takaomi Saido, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, JAPAN
Abstract title: Single APP locus knockin mouse models of Alzheimer's disease: Distinguishing facts from artifacts
Isao Shimokawa, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, JAPAN
Abstract title: Differential regulation of cancer and lifespan by dietary restriction via FoxO1 and FoxO3
Colin Stewart, Institute of Medical Biology, SINGAPORE
Abstract title: TBA
Yousin Suh, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: TBA
Xiaoli Tian, Peking University, CHINA
Abstract title: TBA
Jan Vijg, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: Single-cell genomics of aging
Meng Wang, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Abstract title: A novel role of a lysosomal acid lipase in regulation of longevity
Zhuohua Zhang, Central South University, CHINA
Abstract title: TBA
Jinqiu Zhou, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CAS, China
Abstract title: Yeast KEOPS complex is a novel longevity regulator
Songyang Zhou, Sun Yat-sen University, CHINA
Abstract title: TBA

We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.  

Fellowship:
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $200-$500) awards. For more details, please visit Stipends

We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in September 2013.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of The Ellison Medical Foundation towards this conference.

Package Content:

Please kindly note:

1. The early & normal price will be available if the full payment is finished before the exact due date.
For USD participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if we could not successfully charge the full payment from your registered credit card before the deadline.
For CNY participants, we will automatically change your package price to the update one if our bank account could not receive your full payment by wire transfer before the deadline.

2. For Student Package registered participants, please add your roommate requirement during the online registration. Otherwise, we’ll assign you a roommate among other student participants.

3. For late registrations, your housing & registration materials may not be guaranteed since the order is usually made in advance.

4. Please inform us your request on extra day (USD 80/CNY 500 per day) and food (vegetarian, kosher…etc.) during the online registration or email us as early as possible so that we could make relevant arrangement accordingly.

5.We offer CSHA endowed student package for graduate students (student ID is required). This special offer only includes the meeting session pass. Housing, food and social activities are not included in the package.

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