Molecular Genetics of Aging
October 4 - 8, 2006
Abstract Deadline: July 12, 2006

Organizers:
Judith Campisi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lenny Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gary Ruvkun, Massachusetts General Hospital

past program

You are invited to participate in the third meeting on the Molecular Genetics of Aging, to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, beginning after dinner at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, and concluding with lunch on Sunday, October 8, 2006. The meeting will explore the regulation and function of genes and processes that are now known or suspected to control cellular and/or organismic aging.

Topics and Co-Chairs:

Genetics of Aging
Monica Driscoll, Rutgers University
David Sinclair, Harvard Medical School

Genomics and Aging
Tomas Prolla, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Bruce A. Yankner, Children's Hospital Boston

Cancer/Telomeres
Maria Blasco, Spanish National Cancer Institute
Sandy Chang, U. Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Senescence/Apoptosis
Dale Bredesen, Buck Institute for Age Research
Woodring E. Wright, UT Southwestern Medical Center

More Genetics of Aging
Cynthia Kenyon, University of California, San Francisco
Linda Partridge, University College London

Mice with Altered Aging
Yo-ichi Nabeshima, Kyoto University, Japan
Heidi Scrable, University of Virginia

Metabolism and Aging
Barbara Kahn, Harvard Medical School
Gerald Shulman, Yale Medical School/HHMI

Mitochondria and Aging
Siegfried Hekimi, McGill University
Douglas Wallace, University of California, Irvine

The format of the meeting will include seven oral sessions consisting of invited and short talks, chosen from the submitted abstracts, and one poster session. All speakers and chairs are strongly encouraged to stay for the entire meeting. The organizers will decide the suitability of each abstract for oral or poster presentation, but please specify if you prefer a poster.

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to meetings@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in October.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by: National Institute of Aging

---

Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.