Program
2023 Symposium on the Heterogeneity of Aging – Hybrid Event
8:30 AM – Registration and light breakfast
9:00 AM – Opening Remarks and Center updates
9:20 AM Rafael de Cabo, NIH / National Institute on Aging
The Longitudinal Study on Aging in Mice; A Look into Heterogeneity
9:55 AM Berenice Benayoun, University of Southern California
Sex-specific remodeling of murine macrophages during aging
10:30 AM Morning Break
10:45 AM Rozalyn Anderson, University of Wisconsin
Metabolism of Aging in Monkeys and Mice
11:20 AM Leena Bharath, Assistant Professor, Merrimack College
SD-NSC Pilot grant awardee – Human T Cell Inflammation in Aging
11:40 AM Chiara Nicoletti, Postdoctoral fellow, Sanford Burnham Prebys, SD-NSC Pilot grant awardee
Extracellular vesicles as target for interventions toward countering disease-associated features of aging in a mouse model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
12:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00 PM Xu Zhang, Research Associate, Mayo Clinic, SD-NSC Pilot grant awardee
The dynamics and heterogeneity of cell fates during cellular senescence
1:20 PM Gargi Mahapatra, Postdoctoral fellow, Wake Forest School of Medicine, SD-NSC Pilot grant awardee
Identifying Mediators of Bioenergetic Decline in Peripheral Cells of Older Adults Across a Spectrum of Cognitive Abilities
1:40 PM Will Wang, Sanford Burnham Prebys
Spatial-omic revelations in skeletal muscle regeneration and aging
2:15 PM Afternoon Break
2:25 PM Michael Snyder, Stanford University
Remote health monitoring using microsampling and wearables
3:00 PM Pilot grant program consultation session
Ongoing SD-NSC pilot projects consultation – in person, 2022 awardees only
3:30 PM Mentorship meetings – in person, 2022 awardees and mentors only
4:00 PM Networking happy hour – in person only
