Programme at a Glance
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Plenary Lectures
SFRR-E
Malcolm Jackson, “Are age-related changes in redox biology important contributors to weakness in old age?”, Liverpool, UK
C. Pasquier
TBA
Elsevier
Alexander Burkle, “The FP7 MARK-AGE Project: Biomarkers of human ageing”, Konstanz, Germany
DSM Clinical Lecture
Christos Mantzoros, TBA, Harvard, USA
Confirmed Sessions
- Physiological and pathophysiological importance of post-translational protein modifications (COST-1)
Chair: Valerie Vanhooren
Koji Uchida, “Redox-derived damage-associated molecular patterns: Ligand function of lipid peroxidation adducts”, Nagoya, Japan
Andreas Simm, “Physiological and pathophysiological importance of advanced glycation end-products, Halle, Germany
Greg Bartosz, “Strategies to prevent post-translational protein modifications”, Lodz, Poland
Helen Griffiths, “Age-associated change in the CD4+ T cell membrane”, Birmingham, U.K.
- Prevention of post-translational protein modification and removal of products (COST-2)
Chair: Niki Chondrogianni
Kelvin Davies, “Regulatory mechanisms for proteolytic systems in oxidative stress”, Los Angeles, USA
Stathis Gonos, “Proteasome activation delays aging in vitro and in vivo”, Athens, Greece
Tilman Grune, “Pathophysiological importance of protein aggregation”, Jena, Germany
Betul Catalgol, “Regulation of protein turnover by heat shock proteins”, Istanbul, Turkey
- Fighting Obesity: Caloric restriction or biofactors? (IUBMB)
Chair: Angelo Azzi
Angelo Azzi, “Regulation of lipid metabolism by natural compounds: role in lipid accumulation disorders” Boston, USA
John Speakman, “Metabolomic and transcriptomic responses to Caloric restriction”, Aberdeen, UK
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, “Autophagy and Mitochondrial Biology Play a Central Role in Aging: Effects of short-term late-life interventions combining moderate caloric restriction and resveratrol”, Florida, USA
Pepe Vina “MicroRNA- omics reveal an over-expression of regulatory elements in centenarians”, Valencia, Spain
- New dietary strategies addressing the specific needs of the elderly population (Nu-Age)
Chair: Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi, TBA, Bologna, Italy
Paul O’Toole, “Diet-microbiota-health interactions in older subjects” University College Cork, Ireland
Dirk Jacobs, “Legal analysis of EU food legislation relevant to NU-AGE”, Brussels, Belgium
Jean-Louis Sebedio, “Oxidative stress and metabolic diseases associated with aging”, Auvergne, France
- Inflammation and tissue damage: mechanisms and prevention (SFRR-I)
Chair: Mike Davies
Mike Davies, “Peroxynitrite-mediated damage in the artery wall and its consequences”, Sydney, Australia
Valerie O'Donnell, Lipid oxidation products and inflammation” Cardiff, UK
Clare Hawkins, “Induction of cellular dysfunction by the myeloperoxidase-derived oxidant hypothiocyanous acid”, Sydney, Australia
Matt Whiteman, “Slow release hydrogen sulfide donors and inflammation: A novel therapeutic opportunity?” Exeter, UK
- Molecular insights into the cardiovascular actions of vitamins (DSM)
Chairs: Richard Siow & Giovanni Mann
Thomas Munzel, “Multiple endothelial biomarkers and non-invasive vascular function in the general population in health and disease”, Mainz, Germany
Charalambos Antoniades, “Homocysteine and coronary atherosclerosis: from folate fortification to recent clinical trials”, Oxford, UK
Maret Traber, “Vitamin K and E interactions in the heart and the brain”, Oregon, USA
Nesrin Kartal Ozer, “Enhanced oxidative stress and ER stress on cardiovascular system: role of vitamin E”, Istanbul, Turkey
- Lipid peroxidation and reactive aldehydes affecting bioactive proteins (HNE club)
Chair: Neven Zarcovic
Giovanni Mann, “Hydroxynonenal induced activation of redox signalling pathways in vascular endothelial cells adapted to physiological oxygen tension”, London, UK
Dennis Petersen, “Studies of Protein Modification by Endogenous Lipid Electrophiles: Insights into Physiological Roles of Proteins”
Corinne Spickett, “Protein modification and phospholipid oxidation”, Birmingham, UK
Giancarlo Aldini, “High resolution mass spectrometric strategies for studying AGEs inhibitors and RAGE antagonists”, Milan, Italy