9th Bay Area Aging Meeting
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014
Gladstone Institutes, 1650 Owens Street, San Francisco
| 9:00-9:05 am | Welcome: Eric Verdin |
| 9:05-9:15 am | Mark Collins (Glenn Foundation)- Glenn Award |
| 9:15-9:30 am | Kyle Jay (Blackburn lab, UCSF) Early Telomerase Inactivation Accelerates Mother Cell Aging Independently of Telomere Length |
| 9:30-9:45 am | Hongjie Li (Jasper lab, Buck) Preventing age-related metaplasia promotes homeostasis of the gastrointestinal tract and extends lifespan |
| 9:45-10:00 am | Mary Mohrin (Chen Lab, UCB) Stem Cell Aging |
| 10:00-10:15am | Ana Jovičić (Gitler Lab, Stanford) Genetic screens identify potent modifiers of C9orf72 dipeptide repeat protein toxicity in models of ALS and frontotemporal dementia |
| 10:15-10:30 am | Bernat Baeza-Raja (Akassoglou Lab, Gladstone) p75 neurotrophin receptor and metabolic regulation |
| 10:30-11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00-11:15 am | Special Presentation: Joon Yun- Introduction of the Palo Alto Prize |
| 11:15-11:30 am | Hanadie Yousef (Schaffer/Conboy Lab, UCB) The regenerative effects and underlying mechanisms mediating rejuvenation of aged skeletal muscle by heparin binding hESC secreted factors |
| 11:30-11:45 am | Ling Liu (Rando Lab, Stanford)- Epigenetics of stem cell aging |
| 11:45-12:00 am | Shihyin Tsai (Kennedy lab, Buck) Activated muscle 4E-BP1 signaling improves metabolic parameters in age – and obesity-induced metabolic deregulation |
| 12:00-12:15am | Ye Tian (Dillin Lab, UCB) Chromatin remodels in response to mitochondrial stress |
| 12:15-2:15 pm | Lunch + Poster Viewing |
| 2:15-2:30 pm | Berenice Benayoun (Brunet Lab, Stanford) Broad chromatin domains during aging |
| 2:30-2:45 pm | Kazutaka Akagi (Kapahi lab, Buck) Myc modulates enterocyte cell death in response to nutrients to modulate lifespan in D. melanogaster |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | Jennifer Yokoyama (Dubal Lab, Gladstone) Longevity factor klotho and the brain |
| 3:00-3:15 pm | Michael Velarde (Campisi lab, Buck) Mitochondrial dysfunction in epidermal stem cells promotes beneficial and detrimental effects depending on age |
| 3:15-3:30 pm | Ermelinda Porpiglia (Blau Lab, Stanford) Rejuvenation of the aged muscle stem cell population |
| 3:30-4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00-4:15 pm | Mark Jeng (Ott lab, Gladstone) Metabolic reprogramming of CD8 T lymphocytes by SIRT1 |
| 4:15-4:30 pm | Brandon Tavshanjian (Hughes lab, Buck) The Role of RAS Signaling in Promoting Clearance of Mutant Huntingtin Protein |
| 4:30-4:45 pm | Conclusion and Poster Prizes |
| 4:45-6:00 pm | Reception |