La Jolla Aging Meeting Program
#LJAM2026| 10:00 a.m. | Introduction, Gerald Shadel |
MORNING SESSION: Chaired by Alessandra Sacco
| 10:05 a.m. | Junchen Chen, Sheng Zhong lab, UCSD Mapping Native Protein Association Networks |
| 10.25 a.m. | Alexey Terskikh, Scintillon Institute Salient features of global chromatin organization predict function and aging |
| 10:45 a.m. | Anamika Yadav, Sanju Sinha lab, SBP Mapping Structural Aging Across Human Tissues Reveals Discrete Phases and Coordinated Decline |
| 11:05 a.m. | Yajuan Li, Lingyan Shi lab, USCD Label-free metabolic imaging to map spatial metabolic dynamics in neurodegenerative diseases |
| 11:25 a.m. | Agnieszka Kendrick, Salk Motor–Cargo Coupling in Endosome Transport Across the Lifespan. |
| 11:55 a.m. | Lunch and posters |
AFTERNOON SESSION: Chaired by Jan Karlseder
| 1:30 p.m. | Nathan Zemke, UCSD Center for Epigenomics Epigenetic and 3D genome reprogramming during the aging of human hippocampus |
| 1:50 p.m. | Allison Louie, Gerry Shadel and Christian Metallo labs, Salk Dysregulated myelin-oligodendrocyte lipid flux in the aged brain: insights from stable isotope tracing |
| 2:10 p.m. | Hetian Su, Nan Hao lab, UCSD AMPK dynamics regulate cellular lifespan |
| 2:30 p.m. | Beatrice Silvestri, Will Wang lab, SBP Inhibition of the gerozyme 15-PGDH reverses B cell-driven neuromuscular wasting in aging |
| 2:50 p.m. | Masayoshi Suda, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles The Impact of Targeting Senescent Endothelial Cells in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases |
| 3:20 p.m. | Coffee break and posters |
KEYNOTE SESSION: Chaired by Peter Adams
| 4:00 p.m. | Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Selective autophagy : ensuring healthy aging one protein at a time. |
| 5:00 p.m. | Reception and posters |