Basic Biology of Aging 2007 Spring Quarter Series

Presented by The Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging
and the Genetic Approaches to Aging Training Grant

Seminar: 1:30 - 2:20 PM, HSB T-747
Discussion to follow in HSB T-478

March 28*
*HSB T639,
3:30-4:20PM
"Genome dysfunction and transcriptionalderegulation in aging and disease"
Jan Vijg, Buck Institute, Novato, CA
April 3 "Why do we age? Evaluating theories of aging."
Steve Austad, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
April 17 "Conserved longevity determinants and dietary restriction"
Brian Kennedy, University of Washington
May 8 "The Naked Mole-Rat: a Long-Living Model for Human Aging Research"
Rochelle Buffenstein, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
May 17
To be confirmed.
"Genetic controls of cardiac aging in Drosophila"
Rolf Bodmer, Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA
Co-sponsored with the department of Biochemistry
May 22 "Conserved Mechanisms of Aging within Stem Cell Niches"
Irena Conboy, University of California Berkley

For further information, contact Kathy Fawthrop at 206.616.4135 or or Peter Rabinovitch at 206.685.3761.

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