Division of Biology and Medicine
Center on the Biology of Aging

MBoA Retreat

Past Retreats

Retreat 2023

November 4, 2023

Time  Event
8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am  Introductory Comments
9:15 am Keynote Lecture: Cristal Hill, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
“The Impact of Macronutrient Intake on NeuroendocrineSignaling during Aging”
10:15 am  Coffee Break
10:30 am  Gio Silva-Garcia, Uncovering novel epigenetic interventions to promote longevity
11:05 am Emma Suneby, Investigating the role of the synaptic Schwann cells in aging and ALS induced NMH degeneration
11:30 am Sofia Lizarraga, Epigenetic mechanisms in autism pathogenesis
12:05 pm Sam Hinthorn, A machine learning methodology for identifying and analyzing cellular senescence in single-cell transcriptomic datasets
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Federica Accornero, RNA methylation at the center of muscle function regulation during aging
2:05 pm Workshop: Spatial Omics Extravaganza: A Path Into the Future Presented by: MBoA trainers and trainees involved in this research
2:30 pm  Reception

 

Retreat 2022

October 29, 2022

Schedule of Events

Time  Event
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Introductory Comments
9:15-10:15 AM Keynote Lecture: Gerald Shadel, Mitochondrial Stress Signaling in Aging Disease and Immunity
10:15 AM  Coffee Break
10:30 AM-12:30 PM Morning Talks
10:30 AM  Patrycja Dubielecka- Szczerba, Aging, Chronic inflammation and myeloproliferative neoplasms
11:05 AM Addie Finch, Elucidating the regulators of mitophagy in neural stem cells during aging
11:30 AM Nicola Neretti, Single cell transcriptomics reveals global markers for different forms of cellular senescence
12:05 PM Jiangtian Chen, Neuropeptides/hormones act on inter-organ communication to regulate lifespan
12:30 PM Lunch and Posters
1:30 PM Career Forum and Panel Discussion with Aging Program Alumni
2:30 PM  Reception

Retreat 2019

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Schedule of Events

Time Event
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Introductory Comments
9:15-10:15 AM Keynote Lecture: Saul VilledaMechanisms of Brain Rejuvenation
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 PM Morning Talks
10:30-11:00 AM Rob Reenan, Genetic Models of Disease: What they can tell us about cause and cure
11:00-11:20 AM Jeremy Horrell, A proposal: using Oligopaints and super-resolution microscopy to interrogate genomic loci in senescent cells
11:20-11:50 AM Jill Kreiling, Dysregulation of miRNA expression in aging
11:50 AM -12:10 PM Sun Maybury-Lewis, Chromatin dynamics in neural stem cell activation
12:10-1:10 PM Lunch and Posters
1:10-2:20 PM Afternoon Talks
1:10-1:40 PM Gerwald Jogl, Biophysical and biochemical studies of LINE-1 proteins
1:40-2:00 PM Jackie Howells, Innate immunity as a mechanism of tau-mediated neurodegeneration
2:00-2:30 PM Alvin Huang, The Pluri-potential in Alzheimer’s Disease: iPS Modeling for Risk and Opportunity
2:30 PM Posters continued

Retreat 2018

Schedule of Events

Time Event
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Introductory Comments
9:15-10:15 AM Keynote Lecture: Laura Niedernhofer, University of Minnesota Endogenous DNA damage as a driver of senescence and aging
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 PM Morning Talks
10:30-11:00 AM Jason Wood (Helfand Lab), Sirt4 is a mitochondrial regulator of metabolism and lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster
11:00-11:20 AM Anna Petrashen (Sedivy Lab), Translational regulation of insulin-like growth factor 1 by MYC
11:20-11:50 AM Qian Chen, Cartilage: A model system to study aging and aging-associated disease
11:50 AM -12:10 PM Yee Voan Teo (Neretti Lab), Secondary and a subset of primary senescent cells result from Notch signaling
12:10-1:10 PM Lunch and Posters
1:10-2:20 PM Afternoon Talks
1:10-1:40 PM John Sedivy, What are mobile genetic elements and why do they promote aging?
1:40-2:00 PM Shawn Williams (Rand Lab), It takes two to make a thing go right: How mitochondrial and nuclear genomes interact to regulate metabolism
2:00-2:20 PM Brett Baggett (Koren Lab), The role of myofibroblast senescence in arrhythmogenesis of the aged infarcted heart
2:30 PM Posters continued (with refreshments)

Retreat 2017

Saturday, November 4, 2017

The 2017 MBoA Retreat was held on Saturday, November 4, 2017. The Keynote Speaker was Rozalyn Andersen from the University of Wisconsin who presented “Caloric restriction: Reprogramming nonhuman primate aging”. In addition, there were research talks by faculty, postdocs and students and student posters.

Schedule of Events

Time Event
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Introductory Comments
9:15-10:15 AM Keynote Lecture  Rozalyn Anderson, University of Wisconsin. Caloric restriction: Reprogramming nonhuman primate aging
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 PM Morning Talks
10:30-11:00 AM Robert Reenan
11:00-11:20 AM Megan Gura
11:20-11:50 AM Leila Rieder
11:50 AM-12:10 PM John Santiago
12:10-1:10 PM Lunch and Posters
1:10-2:30 PM Afternoon Talks
1:10-1:40 PM Michelle Dawson
1:40-2:00 PM Stephanie Post
2:00-2:30 PM Marco DeCecco
2:30-4:00 PM Posters continued (with refreshments)