Pathways to Healthy Longevity 2017 – October 15, Bar Ilan University – program
Pathways to Healthy Longevity 2017 – October 15
Bar Ilan University. Nanotechnology Building (Bldg 206). Part of “Longevity month” campaign
Program:
9.00 – Opening
9.00-10.50 – Slowing down the aging process
9.00-9.30 – Prof. Nir Barzilai. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY – How to die young at a very old age. KEYNOTE
9.30-9.50 – Prof. Haim Cohen. Bar Ilan University – Regulation of lifespan by differential utilization of energy sources
9.50-10.10 – Prof. Sivan Korenblit. Bar Ilan University – Maintaining a healthy proteome in the old – lessons from long-lived animals
10.10-10.30 – Prof. Yosef Gruenbaum. Hebrew University of Jerusalem – A novel link between aging and metabolism
10.30-10.50 – Prof. Michal Schwartz. Weizmann Institute of Science – Boosting immunity to combat age-related dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
10.50-11.00 – Break
11.00-11.30. Advancing Biomedical Research of Aging as a National Task (Discussion Panel)
Mrs. Tali Ploskov – Chairman of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of Older Persons
Prof. Nir Barzilai – Deputy Scientific Director of the American Federation for Aging Research. Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Prof. Haim Cohen – Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Senior Citizens Movement. Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University.
Mr. Rafi Eitan – Chairman of Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Senior Citizens Movement.
Dr. Ilia Stambler – Chairman of Israeli Longevity Alliance
11.30-13.00. LUNCH. NETWORKING
POSTER SESSION
13.00-14.20 – Preventing Aging-related Damage
13.00-13.20 – Dr. Valery Krizhanovsky. Weizmann Institute of Science – The role of senescent cells in aging and age-related diseases
13.20-13.40 – Prof. Dan Peer. Tel Aviv University – Precision Medicine in Aging
13.40-14.00 – Dr. Anat Ben-Zvi. Ben Gurion University – Protein homeostasis collapse: when does aging begin?
14.00-14.20 – Prof. Ehud Cohen – Hebrew University of Jerusalem – The lipid connection: new roles for caveolae in the orchestration of aging across the organism
14.20-14.40 – Break
14.40-15.40 – Measures of Healthy Longevity
14.40-15.00 – Prof. Gil Atzmon. Haifa University – What role does the environment play in longevity? Epigenetic approach
15.00-15.20 – Dr. Ilia Stambler. Bar Ilan University – Diagnosis of aging = Early detection of aging-related diseases
15.20-15.40 – Dr. Daphna Laifenfeld. “TEVA” Personalized & Predictive Medicine – Personalized medicine for neurodegenerative diseases
15.40-16.00 – Break
16.00-17.00 – Award of 5 prizes to research students in biology of aging, healthy longevity and quality of life. The awardees’ presentations – 10 minutes each.
The prizes will be awarded by Chairman of Medton Ltd. Mr. Ytzhak Davidovich.
16.00-16.10 – Noa Roitenberg – Modulation of Caveolae by Insulin/IGF-1 signaling Regulates Aging of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) – Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Prof. Ehud Cohen’s lab)
16.10-16.20 – Ziv Zeev Zwighaft – Clock control by polyamine levels through a mechanism that declines with age – Weizmann Institute of Science (Prof. Gad Asher’s lab)
16.20-16.30 – Asael Roichman – Uncovering the effects of sirtuins overexpression on lifespan regulation – Bar Ilan University (Prof. Haim Cohen’s lab)
16.30-16.40 – Ronit Shapira – Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Ameliorates the Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Models – Tel Aviv University (Prof. Uri Ashery’s lab)
16.40-16.50 – Tomer Illouz – Assessing the Efficacy of a DNA Vaccine Against Amyloid-β in a Down Syndrome Mouse Model – Bar Ilan University (Dr. Eitan Okun’s lab)
16.50-17.00 – Closing remarks
17.00 – End
http://www.longevityisrael.org/
Entrance is free, but registration is requested:
Conference Program Final
Pathways to Healthy Longevity – Bar Ilan University – October 15 – Final Program
Conference Poster Announcement
Pathways to Healthy Longevity – Bar Ilan University – October 15 – Announcement
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Conference Program PDF (as of August 29)
Pathways to Healthy Longevity – Program – Bar-Ilan – 15 October 2017
Details on the Call for Israeli research students prizes (for MA and PhD students) in biology of aging, healthy longevity and quality of life
http://www.longevityisrael.org/conference.html
http://www.longevityforall.org/pathways-to-healthy-longevity-bar-ilan-university-15-october-2017/
