14th Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference, 2025

Aging: From Mechanisms to Medicine

March 21 - 23, 2025 | Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Jacksonville, Florida

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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Friday, March 21, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (EDT)
Welcome Reception
 
West Lawn – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
7:30 PM - 7:35 PM (EDT)
Welcoming Statements
 
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
7:35 PM - 8:20 PM (EDT)
Welcoming Keynote Address

Title: Epigenetics of Cell Senescence, Aging and Cancer

Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
8:20 PM - 9:20 PM (EDT)
Trainee Event Round Table Discussion
 
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
9:20 PM - 10:20 PM (EDT)
Trainee Event Socializing and Networking
 
West Lawn – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club

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Saturday, March 22, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
Breakfast
Conference Center Lobby
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM (EDT)
Session 1: Alliance Site Descriptions
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
10:10 AM - 11:30 AM (EDT)
Session 2: Brain Aging
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
11:30 AM - 12:40 PM (EDT)
Session 3: Metabolism and Aging
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM (EDT)
Lunch
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
1:40 PM - 2:45 PM (EDT)
Session 4: Immune Aging
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
Break
 
3:05 PM - 4:10 PM (EDT)
Session 5: New models in aging research
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM (EDT)
Session 6: Poster Flash Talks
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
4:40 PM - 7:00 PM (EDT)
Poster Session with drinks starting at 5:30
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (EDT)
Dinner
West Lawn – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club

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Sunday, March 23, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:55 AM (EDT)
Breakfast and Coffee
 
Conference Center Lobby
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM (EDT)
Keynote Address

Title: Selective autophagy as a gerotherapeutic target for age-related diseases
Chair: Darren Baker, Ph.D., M.S. Mayo Clinic Rochester

Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM (EDT)
Session 7: Expanding Universe of Hallmarks of Aging

Chairs: Gavin Richardson, Ph.D. Newcastle University and Ming Xu, Ph.D. University of Minnesota

9:45 AM - 10:05 AM (EDT)

Sundeep Khosla, Mayo Clinic
Title: Biomarkers of senescent cell burden: Implications for clinical trials

10:05 AM - 10:20 AM (EDT)

Beshay Zordoky, University of Minnesota
Title: Immunosenescence and Delayed Cardiovascular Complications of Anthracyclines

10:20 AM - 10:30 AM (EDT)

Break

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM (EDT)

Ana Catarina Franco, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Title: Senescent cell transplantation into the skin induces age-related peripheral dysfunction and cognitive decline

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)

Maria Camacho Encina, Newcastle University
Title: Investigating the heterogeneity of senescent cells in human myocardial tissue and its link with cardiovascular disease

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM (EDT)

Teodora Gheorghe, University of Copenhagen
Title: Repurposing calcium channel blockers as novel senolytics

Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
11:15 AM - 12:35 PM (EDT)
Session 8: Systems Biology / AI / Big Data

Chairs: Tamir Chandra, PhD, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Folkert Kuipers, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen

11:15 AM - 11:35 AM (EDT)

Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, University of Copenhagen
Title: Computational approaches to target aging

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM (EDT)

Björn Schumacher, CECAD, University of Cologne
Title: A DREAM master regulator of genome stability and aging clocks in discovery

11:55 AM - 12:10 PM (EDT)

Daniel Simpson, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Title: Characterizing age-related epigenetic changes from a probabilistic inference model

12:10 PM - 12:25 PM (EDT)

David Meyer, University of Cologne
Title: Neuron-type specific aging-rate reveals age decelerating interventions preventing neurodegeneration

12:25 PM - 12:35 PM (EDT)

Closing remarks and awards

Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
12:35 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
Lunch
 
Conference Center Ballroom – Ponte Vedra Inn & Club