Conference Description
The Biology of Aging GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
Aging research over the past decades has made great strides to identify key hallmarks of aging at an increasingly detailed molecular and cellular resolution. These advances have led to the growing recognition that aging is malleable and subject to interventions not just at the cellular level or in invertebrates but possibly in a range of vertebrates and even humans. With its overarching theme “Evolving concepts of organismal aging”, the 2023 "Biology of Aging" Gordon Research Conference will highlight diversity in aging research, incorporating cutting edge experimental approaches, discoveries, and will span model organisms to humans.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by March 4, 2023. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Environment and Stem Cell Aging
Discussion Leaders
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Vera Gorbunova (University of Rochester, United States)
Speakers
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Anne Brunet (Stanford University, United States)
Microbiome Dynamics During Aging
Discussion Leaders
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Bali Pulendran (Stanford University, United States)
Speakers
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Michelle Linterman (Babraham Institute, United Kingdom)
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Filipe Cabreiro (University of Cologne, Germany)
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Isabel Gordo (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal)
Immune Aging
Discussion Leaders
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Michelle Linterman (Babraham Institute, United Kingdom)
Speakers
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María Mittelbrunn (Molecular Biology Center “Severo Ochoa”, CSIC, Spain)
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Naomi Habib (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
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Andrea Ablasser (Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Comparative Biology of Aging
Discussion Leaders
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Isabel Gordo (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal)
Speakers
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Peter Sudmant (University of California Berkeley, United States)
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Kyoko Miura (Kumamoto University, Japan)
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Alessandro Ori (Leibniz Institute on Aging Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Germany)
New Technologies to Study Aging
Discussion Leaders
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Sara Wickstrom (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Speakers
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Xiao Wang (MIT/Broad Institute, United States)
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Alex Cagan (Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom)
Cell Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Aging
Discussion Leaders
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Richard Miller (University of Michigan, United States)
Speakers
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Sara Wickstrom (University of Helsinki, Finland)
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Eva Hoffmann (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Saul Villeda (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
Systems Biology of Aging
Discussion Leaders
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Peter Sudmant (University of California Berkeley, United States)
Speakers
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Uri Alon (Weizmann, Israel)
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Keenan Walker (National Institute on Aging (NIA), United States)
Immune Interventions, Vaccines and Aging
Discussion Leaders
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Andrea Ablasser (Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Speakers
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Benoit Lehallier (Alkahest, United States)
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Arne Akbar (University College London, United Kingdom)
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Bali Pulendran (Stanford University, United States)
Keynote Session: Aging Mosaicism
Discussion Leaders
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Jennifer Garrison (Buck Institute for Research on Aging, United States)
Speakers
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Corina Amor (CSHL, United States)
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Martin Hetzer (Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Austria)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizers
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Samir Morsli (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)