Division of Biology and Medicine
Center on the Biology of Aging
MBoA Retreat
Past Retreats
Retreat 2024
September 13, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:30 am | Breakfast |
| 10:00 am | Welcome |
| 10:10 am | Purbasha Dasgupta (Silva Garcia Lab) Intermittent fasting promotes cross-generational longevity and health benefits |
| 10:35 am | Basel White (Michelle Dawson Lab) Targeting metabolism in paclitaxel driven chemoresistance in high grade serous ovarian carcinoma |
| 11:00 am | New faculty introduction: Martin Taylor The human LINE-1 retrotransposon ORF2 protein: Structures, functions, and cytosolic cDNA synthesis |
| 11:35 | Break |
| 11:50 am | Ananya Pavuluri (Erica Larschan Lab) TimeFlies: a single-cell transcriptomic aging clock for the fruit fly head sheds light on sex-biased aging |
| 12:15 pm | Jang-Hoon Lee (Jonghwan Lee Lab) Alterations of vascular integrity in human ApoE4 replacement mice occur in a sex-dependent manner |
| 12:40 pm | New faculty introduction: Bess Frost Tau-induced activation of retrotransposons as a driver of innate immune activation |
| 1:15 pm | Concluding remarks |
| 1:20 pm | Courtyard Cookout |
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 Villeda, Mechanisms 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) |