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5th EMBL/EMBO Joint Conference 2004 |
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Programme |
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| Time
and aging, mechanisms and meanings |
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| Friday,
5 November |
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| 08:00-08:45 |
Registration |
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| 08:45-09:00 |
Welcome
address from Fotis C Kafatos, Director General,
EMBL |
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Session
I
Biology
of time and aging:
state
of the art
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| Roland Prinzinger [Chair], University of Frankfurt,
Germany |
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| Lectures:
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| 09:00-09:45 |
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| 09:45-10:30 |
Ueli
Schibler, University of Geneva, Switzerland
The
time measuring systems of cells and organisms |
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:00-11:45 |
Mario
Capecchi, University of Utah, USA
Use
of the mouse to study human longevity |
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| 11:45-13:00 |
Lunch |
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Session
II
Relevance
and future prospects |
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| Nadia
Rosenthal [Chair], EMBL Monterotondo, Italy |
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Lectures: |
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| 13:00-13:45 |
Aubrey
de Grey, University of Cambridge, UK
The
foreseeability of real anti-aging medicine |
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| 13:45-14:30 |
Peter
Krammer,
DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
No
life without death |
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| 14:30-15:15 |
Jay
Olshansky, University of Illinois, USA
Will
human life expectancy decline in the 21st
century? |
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| 15:15-15:45 |
Presentation
of the EMBO Award
for Communication in the Life Sciences |
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| 15:45-16:15 |
Coffee break |
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| 16:15-18:15 |
Panel
discussion |
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Andreas
Kruse [Chair], Heidelberg University,
Germany
Cecil
Helman, Brunel University and University
College London, UK
Denis
Duboule, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Paul
Baltes, Max-Planck-Institute for Human
Development, Berlin, Germany
Anthony
Dick Ho, Heidelberg University, Germany
Lloyd
Demetrius, Harvard University, USA |
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| 19:00 |
Conference Banquet |
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| Saturday,
6 November |
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Session
III
Science
and the industry of anti-aging |
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| Laura
Helmuth [Chair], Smithsonian Magazine,
Washington, USA |
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| 09:00-09:35 |
Charles
McConnel, University of Texas, Austin,
USA
The
anti-aging economy – prospects and problems |
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| 09:35-10:10 |
Suresh
Rattan, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Aging
Intervention: prevention or therapy? |
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| 10:10-10:40 |
Coffee break |
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| 10:40-11:15 |
Paolo
Giacomoni, Estée Lauder Companies,
NY, USA
Aging,
industry and policies: the cosmetic point
of view |
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| 11:15-11:50 |
Kári
Stefánsson, deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik,
Iceland
Genetics
of longevity in Iceland |
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| 11:50-13:30 |
Lunch
[Projection of a film by J F Brunet:
The Life and Times of Life and Times] |
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Session
IV
Transcendence
or transgressions? |
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| Geoff
Watts [Chair], BBC Science Editor, London,
UK |
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| 13:30-14:15 |
Alex
Mauron, University of Geneva, Switzerland
The
choosy reaper: from the myth of eternal youth
to the reality of unequal death |
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| 14:15-15:00 |
Arthur
Caplan, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Is
there anything immoral about wanting to live
forever? |
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| 15:00-15:45 |
Debbora
Battaglia, Mount Holyoke College, MA,
USA
A
futurology of science and religion: immortality
re-imagined |
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| 15:45-16:15 |
Coffee break |
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| 16:15-17:45 |
Panel
discussion |
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Gary
Ruvkun, Harvard Medical School, USA
Karin
Knorr Cetina, University of Constance, Germany
Donald
Bruce, Church of Scotland, Edinburgh,
Scotland |
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| 17:45-18:00 |
Closing remarks
Frank Gannon, Executive Director, EMBO |
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