Research into ageing has been galvanized by the discovery of single-gene mutations that extend healthy lifespan of laboratory animals and that delay multiple, ageing-related diseases. Evolutionary conservation of these genetic effects allows the use of invertebrates to understand human ageing. This meeting will discuss the scientific challenges and the prospects for a broad-spectrum, preventative medicine for age-related disease.
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The Royal Society at 350Intro by Roger BinghamMay 10, 2010Speakers: Roger Bingham The Science Network in the UK To Celebrate the 350th Anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Society we visited London, Oxford and Cambridge -... |
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Richard FaragherUniversity of BrightonTopics: Speakers: Richard Faragher Richard Faragher is Professor of Biological Gerontology at the University of Brighton and is Chair of both the British Society for Research on Ageing... |
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Dame Linda PartridgeUniversity College LondonTopics: Speakers: Linda Partridge Linda Partridge has used the model organism Drosophila to investigate the evolution of a wide variety of physiological traits involved in adaptation.... |
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Janet LordUniversity of BirminghamTopics: Speakers: Janet Lord Janet Lord is a Principal Investigator in the MRC Centre for Immune Regulation at Birmingham University Medical School. Her primary research focus is... |
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David GemsUniversity College LondonTopics: Speakers: David Gems David is a Reader in the Biology of Ageing, and a Deputy Director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing. Much of his work uses C. elegans to understand... |
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Andrew DillinThe Salk InstituteTopics:
Speakers: Andrew Dillin Andrew Dillin is an Associate Professor and Pioneer Developmental Chair in the Molecular and Cell BIology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for... |
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Brian KennedyUniversity of WashingtonTopics: Speakers: Brian Kennedy Brian Kennedy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington. his lab uses a variety of model organisms... |
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Nir BarzilaiAlbert Einstein College of MedicineTopics: Speakers: Nir Barzilai Nir Barzilai is the Director of the Institute for Aging Research and Professor of Medicine and Molecular Genetics at Albert Einstein College of... |