Buck Institute invites you to a
once-in-a-lifetime celebration!
Live Better Longer:
A Celebration of 30 Years
in Aging Research
Monday, December 3, 2018
9:00am - 10:00pm
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Celebrating
30 years of aging
In 1988, a seminal observation was made in the genetics of aging. Aging was not inevitable. Using a simple model organism, the nematode worm C. elegans, scientists discovered that aging was plastic, and lifespan could be extended and manipulated using the genetic tools of the time. This breakthrough rippled throughout the scientific community, creating the foundation upon which the modern field of Geroscience was built. It’s been 30 years since this “golden age” of the genetics of aging, and the scientific community is poised to begin clinical trials targeting both diseases of aging and aging itself, based on fundamental observations generated over the last three decades. Please join us on December 3rd, 2018 at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, where we will celebrate both the exciting discoveries which have driven the modern field of Geroscience, as well as a peek into the not too distant future.
Speakers
Agenda
8:00am-8:30am: Breakfast
8:30am-8:40am: Welcome
Eric Verdin, MD, Buck Institute
8:40am – 11:00am: Thirty years of the genetics of aging
Introduction by George Martin, MD, University of Washington
Chair: Anne Brunet, PhD, Stanford
Tom Johnson, PhD, University of Colorado
Cynthia Kenyon, PhD, Calico
Lenny Guarente, PhD, MIT
Gary Ruvkun, PhD, Harvard
11:00am – 11:20am: Coffee Break
11:20am – 12:30pm: What we don’t know about aging
Chair: Dena Dubai, MD, PhD, UCSF
Judy Campisi, PhD Buck Institute
Jan Viig, PhD, Albert Einstein
Steve Austad, PhD, UAB
Luigi Ferucci, MD, PhD, NIH
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm – 3:30pm: Technology on the horizon for aging research
Chair: Lisa Ellerby, PhD, Buck
James Sabry, MD, PhD, Genentech
Stephen Quake, PhD, Stanford
Deepak Srivastava, MD, Gladstone
Stanley Qi, PhD, Stanford
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Coffee Break
4:00pm – 5:30pm: Healthcare and Geroscience
Moderator: Michael Krasny, PhD
Hal Barron, MD, GSK
Ned David, PhD, Unity Biotechnology
Jim Mellon, Juvenescence
5:30pm – 6:30pm: Reception
6:30pm – 10:00pm: Speaker's Dinner
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About Buck Institute
Live better longer
At the Buck, we aim to end the threat of age-related diseases for this and future generations. We bring together the most capable and passionate scientists from a broad range of disciplines to study mechanisms of aging and to identify therapeutics that slow down aging. Our goal is to increase human health span, or the healthy years of life. Globally recognized as the pioneer and leader in efforts to target aging, the number one risk factor for serious diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer, macular degeneration, heart disease, arthritis and diabetes, the Buck wants to help people live better longer. Our success will ultimately change healthcare. Learn more at: https://buckinstitute.org
