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Oxidative Stress & Disease
March 11-16, 2007
Ventura Beach Marriott
Ventura, CA

Contributors

SUNDAY
4:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmChair's Reception
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcoming Remarks / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff and Co-Chairs, C.S. Raman and Ben Van Houten
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmSpecial Keynote lectures in Oxidative Stress
Discussion Leader: C.S. Raman (University of Texas - Medical School, Houston)
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm Tracey Rouault (NICHD, NIH)
"Iron homeostasis and neurodegeneration: role of iron regulatory proteins"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm Douglas Wallace (University of California, Irvine)
"A mitochondrial paradigm of metabolic and degenerative diseases, aging, and cancer"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 amSession 1. Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration
Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Rothstein (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Jeffrey Rothstein (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
"Glial contributions to neurodegeneration and therapeutic strategies"
9:30 am - 9:50 am Julie Andersen (Buck Institute for Age Research)
"Iron chelation: ironing out its potential for a therapeutic treatment for Parkinson's disease"
9:50 am - 10:10 am Ted Dawson (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
"Identification of a novel oxidative stress signaling pathway opens up new therapeutic modalities for Parkinson's disease"
10:10 am - 10:30 am Leo Pallanck (University of Washington)
"Oxidative stress is a common etiological factor in Drosophila models of Parkinson's disease"
10:30 am - 10:50 am Discussion
10:50 am - 11:20 amCoffee Break / Group Photo
11:20 am - 12:30 pmSession 2. Stem cell survival and oxidative stress
Discussion Leader: John Sedivy (Brown University)
11:20 am - 11:50 amJohn Sedivy (Brown University)
"Signaling networks of stress-induced cellular aging"
11:50 am - 12:10 pm Toshio Suda (Keio University School of Medicine, Japan)
"Niche regulation of hematopoietic stem cells by ROS"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSession 3. Diabetes and Oxidative Stress
Discussion Leader: Michael Brownlee (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Michael Brownlee (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
"A radical explanation for diabetic complications"
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Evan Rosen (Harvard Medical School)
"A role for ROS in the etiopathogenesis of insulin resistance"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm Gerald Shulman (Yale University School of Medicine)
"Mitochondrial dysfunction and type 2 Diabetes"
8:40: pm - 9:00 pm Mary Loeken (Harvard Medical School)
"Molecular causes of birth defects induced by diabetic pregnancy and oxidative stress"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 amSession 4. Oxidative Stress and Lung Injury
Discussion Leader: Brooke Mossman (University of Vermont College of Medicine)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Brooke Mossman (University of Vermont College of Medicine)
"Inhaled particulates and ROS: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
9:30 am - 9:50 am Steven Kleeberger (NIEHS, NIH)
"Differential Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress or 'Why Me?"
9:50 am - 10:10 am Anne-Laure Perraud (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
"TRPM2, an intriguing chimeric ion channel gated by ADP-ribose, a novel messenger of oxidative stress: Its potential role in the etiology of asthma"
10:10 am - 10:25 am Discussion
10:25 am - 10:40 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 12:30 pmSession 5. Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation
Discussion Leader: Ned Porter (Vanderbilt University)
10:40 am - 11:10 am Ned Porter & Jason Morrow (Vanderbilt University)
"Insights into lipid peroxidation - from basic mechanisms to clinical relevance"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Francisco Schopfer (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)
"Cell signaling actions of nitrated fatty acids"
11:30 am - 11:50 am Valeria Culotta (Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health)
"Metals and oxidative stress: Tales from yeast"
11:50 am - 12:10 pm Kelvin Davies (University of Southern California)
"The RCAN1 gene in health and disease: Too much of a good thing can be bad for you"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSession 6. Biology of iron and iron overload diseases
Discussion Leader: James Imlay (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm James Imlay (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Molecular explanations for the toxicity of hydrogen peroxide"
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Jill Waalen (The Scripps Research Institute)
"From iron to bronze diabetes: Hemochromatosis and other diseases of iron overload"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm Matthias Hentze (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany)
"Molecular control and diseases of iron metabolism"
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm Nicholas DiProspero (NINDS, NIH)
"Biologic and therapeutic effects of a high-dose antioxidant in Friedreich's ataxia"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:45 amSession 7. Cancer and Oxidative Stress
Discussion Leader: Jan Vijg (Buck Institute for Age Research)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Jan Vijg (Buck Institute for Age Research)
"Genome instability, transcriptional deregulation and aging"
9:30 am - 9:50 am Nathalie Mazure (CNRS, Université de Nice)
"Hypoxia signaling and cell death in the tumor microenvironment. Role of BNIP3?"
9:50 am - 10:10 am Paul Schumacker (Northwestern University)
"Mitochondrial oxidant stress and cancer: When good signals turn bad"
10:10 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am Yousin Suh (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)
"Premature aging transcriptomes"
10:50 am - 11:10 am Virpi Launonen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
"Fumarate hydratase: Linking mitochondrial dysfunction and cancer"
11:10 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:30 pmSession 8. Cardiovascular disease and oxidative stress
Discussion Leader: Ajay Shah (King's College London)
11:45 am - 12:05 pmAjay Shah (King's College London, U.K.)
"NADPH oxidases in cardiac remodelling"
12:05 pm - 12:25 pmJoshua Hare (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
"Pivotal role of nitric oxide in ROS signaling"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmHot Topics Session
Discussion Leader: Ben Van Houten (NIEHS, NIH)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm Hot Topics Presenter 1
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm Hot Topics Presenter 2
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm Hot Topics Presenter 3
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm Hot Topics Presenter 4
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm Hot Topics Presenter 5
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm Hot Topics Presenter 6
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSession 9. Mitochondria and oxidative stress
Discussion Leader: Michael Murphy (MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, U.K.)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Michael Murphy (MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, U.K.)
"Targeting antioxidants to mitochondria as a potential therapy"
9:30 am - 9:50 am William Copeland (NIEHS, NIH)
"Lessons from the bench, deciphering diseases of mitochondrial DNA replication"
9:50 am - 10:10 am Rod Capaldi (University of Oregon)
"Quantitating oxidative damage from arrays of mitochondrial proteins"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 10:40 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am Gerald Shadel (Yale University School of Medicine)
"Mitochondrial gene expression in disease and aging"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Massimo Zeviani (National Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta", Italy)
"Modelling human mitochondrial disorders in yeast, flies and mice"
11:30 am - 11:50 am Paul Hwang (NHLBI, NIH)
"Metabolic control by tumor suppressor p53"
11:50 am - 12:10 pm Christopher Baines (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
"Dissecting the mitochondrial pore"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSession 10. Aging and Oxidative Stress
Discussion Leader: Holly Van Remmen (University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Holly Van Remmen (University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio)
"Superoxide mediated oxidative stress induces accelerated age related skeletal muscle atrophy"
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Tomas Prolla (University of Wisconsin)
"The Role of mtDNA Mutations in Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis and Aging in Mammals"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm Boudewijn Burgering (University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands)
"Forkheads, p53 and the control of cellular oxidative stress"
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm Azad Bonni (Harvard Medical School)
"MST regulation of oxidative stress responses and longevity"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

 
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