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RegenAge 2019

Defining the interface between regeneration and aging
Location: MDI Biological Laboratory (travel information)

2019 RegenAge Flyer

2019 RegenAge Program

Invited Speaker Abstracts

Poster Abstracts

The capacity of tissue regeneration is tightly interconnected with organismal aging. The factors determining lifespan and the age dependent decline in regenerative potential have important clinical consequences. This three-day symposium will bring together scientists at the forefront of aging and regeneration research to bridge these two disciplines.  This meeting will focus on the common interfaces of gene regulatory networks in aging and regeneration, the pathways to promote wound healing or delay aging, and how comparative biological approaches can link and advance these two fields. In addition to the cutting edge research talks and an integrative poster session, the meeting will include an interactive panel discussion on the emerging therapies for stimulating regeneration or slowing aging and how they might intersect.

Keynote Speaker:
Thomas Rando, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Director, The Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging, Stanford University School of Medicine
Deputy Director, Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL), Stanford University

“Stem Cell Aging: Functional Consequences and Rejuvenating Strategies”

MDI Biological Laboratory is located next to Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine.

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This symposium is supported by the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant awarded to the MDI Biological Laboratory through funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The COBRE grant builds upon and expands the institution’s unique scientific expertise in aging and regeneration.

Fees

The registration fee includes all food service on the program.

$25.00 Undergraduate and Graduate Students

$225.00  Registration fee for all others

Partners

MDI Biological Laboratory COBRE: Comparative Biology of Tissue Repair, Regeneration, and AgingNIH NIGMS logo
Friday Oct 4th
5-7pm housing & registration check in coffee, tea, water Maren Lobby
6:50 PM Welcome and Introduction Hermann Haller
7:00 PM Keynote Talk Tom Rando Auditorium
8:00-9:30 PM Reception Open Bar and hors d’oeuvres Maren Lobby, Dahlgren
Saturday Oct 5th
8:00 AM continental breakfast Dining Hall
Session : Epigenetics and gene regulation
9:00 AM Invited speaker Steve Horvath Auditorium
9:30 AM Short talk Sam Beck Auditorium
9:45 AM Invited speaker Nicola Neretti Auditorium
10:15 AM Short talk Jeffery Wolchock Auditorium
10:30 AM break coffee/tea/snacks Maren Lobby
Session : Cellular Reprogramming
10:45 Invited speaker Ken Muneoka Auditorium
11:15 AM Short talk Kyle Quinn Auditorium
11:30 Invited speaker Catherine McCusker Auditorium
12:00 PM Lunch Dining Hall
1:30 PM Short talk Judith Roe
1:45 PM Short talk Susan Sheehan Auditorium
2:00 PM Short talk Mimi Sammarco Auditorium
2:15 PM break coffee/tea/snacks Maren Lobby
Session : Proteostasis
2:30 PM Invited speaker Robert Schmookler Reis Auditorium
3:00 PM Short talk Jarod Rollins Auditorium
3:15 AM Invited speaker Nikolai Slavov Auditorium
3:45 AM Short talk Juyoung Shim Auditorium
4:00 PM Poster Session Open Bar and appetizers Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation
5:30 PM Banquet Lobster Dinner dining hall
7:30 PM -8:30 Round Table discussion Tom Rando, et. al. Maine Center for Biomedical Innovation
Sunday October 6th
8:00 AM continental breakfast Dining Hall
Session : Stem cells and development in regeneration and aging
9:00 AM Invited speaker Laura Niedernhofer Auditorium
9:30 AM Short talk Ian Gans Auditorium
9:45 AM Short talk Kevin Hoffseth Auditorium
10:00 AM break coffee/tea/snacks Maren Lobby
10:30 Invited speaker Jen Trowbridge Auditorium
11:00 AM Short talk Regina Brunauer Auditorium
11:15 AM Invited speaker Josien Van Wolfswinkel Auditorium
11:45 Short talk James Godwin Auditorium
12:00 Closing remarks and Lunch lunch for those that signed up in the registration process dining hall

 

On-campus double occupancy dormitory housing is available at no charge for 22 undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in Maine universities and colleges, funded by the COBRE grant. Reservation requests can be made through the registration process and are assigned first-come first-serve.

On-campus dormitory-style housing is available to other attendees for $116.00/night double occupancy. Apartment and Cottage rates vary. Reservation requests can be made through the registration process.

A hotel room block with discounted rates has been secured at the Acadia Park Inn, just 0.7 miles from the conference center. Call 207-288-5823. Reservation discount rate expires August 15, 2019.

This symposium is supported by the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant awarded to the MDI Biological Laboratory through funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The COBRE grant builds upon and expands the institution’s unique scientific expertise in aging and regeneration.

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