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2024 Meeting of the Canadian Translational Geroscience Network

5 - 6 September 2024

The Canadian Translational Geroscience Network is thrilled to present its inaugural scientific meeting, an event aimed at fostering dynamic exchanges among academics, industry stakeholders, healthcare professionals, and individuals interested in promoting longevity and healthy aging.

This meeting will embrace a translational approach, bridging laboratory research with practical applications in clinical and community settings.

Event Themes

The primary objective of this event is to facilitate stimulating discussions around validated or ongoing tools and strategies designed to extend the healthspan and quality of life for older adults. Additionally, we aim to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms of aging from various perspectives: biological, clinical, and social. 

By promoting dialogue and collaboration across diverse areas of expertise, this meeting aims to serve as a catalyst for advancing knowledge and practices in the field of translational geroscience in Canada..

Audience

This event is relevant to Established Principal Investigators (PIs), Early Career Investigators, Health Professionals, Trainees and Students.

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Date & Time

Thursday 05 September 2024

09:00 - 19:00

Friday 06 September 2024

09:00 - 17:00

Location

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Auditorium

3755 Chem. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2

Schedule

The Canadian Translational Geroscience Network is thrilled to present its inaugural scientific meeting, an event aimed at fostering dynamic exchanges among academics, industry stakeholders, healthcare professionals, and individuals interested in promoting longevity and healthy aging.

Day 1 - Thursday September 05

0900 - 1900

  • How to investigate the hallmarks of aging: From bench to bedside

    09:00-10:00

    Jeremy Van Raamsdonk - McGill University (Canada)
    Chantal Autexier - McGill University (Canada)
    Louis R. Lapierre - Université de Moncton (Canada)
    Michael Kobor - University of British Columbia (Canada)

    How to design my geroscience clinical trial ?

    10:00-11:00

    Mohammad Auais - Queen’s University (Canada)
    George A. Kuchel - University of Connecticut (USA)
    James Kirkland - Cedars-Sinai (USA)
    John Muscedere - Queen’s University (Canada)

    Coffee Break & Networking

    11:00-11:15

    Bringing my discovery to real life: IP, commercialization, implementationle

    11:15-12:15

    Guy Hajj-Boutros - McGill University (Canada)

    Ann Beliën - Rejuvenate Biomed (Belgium)

  • Lunch

    12:15-13:30

    View posters while enjoying our lunch.

  • Opening Ceremony

    13:30-13:45

    Jane Rylett – Scientific Director CIHR-IA (Canada)

    Rhian Touyz – Scientific Director RI-MUHC (Canada)

    Targeting kynurenine metabolism in aging and age-associated disease

    13:45-14:30

    George Sutphin - University of Arizona (USA)

    CRISPR-based screens to illuminate the genetic landscape in response to the senotherapeutic compounds resveratrol and pterostilbene

    14:30-15:15

    Lea Harrington - University of Toronto (Canada)

  • Decoding Ageing and Rejuvenation: Multi-Omic Insights from Fat Transplantation

    15:15-15:30

    Alibek Moldakozhayev - McGill University (Canada)

    Picolinic acid, a catabolite of tryptophan, has an anabolic effect on myoblasts in vitro and increases mobility in C. Elegans

    15:30-15:45

    Daniel Rivas - McGill University (Canada)

    Ketogenic interventions prevent early alterations of the microbiome in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

    15:45-16:00

    Paule MBRA - Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)

    Microglia Morphology Characterization in Aging

    16:00-16:15

    Ayesh Seneviratne - Western University (Canada)

    Coffee Break

    16:15-16:30

  • Official Launch

    16:30-17:00

    Alibek Moldakozhayev - McGill University (Canada)

    Reception

    17:00-19:00

    Daniel Rivas - McGill University (Canada)

Day 2 - Friday September 06

0900 - 1600

  • Frailty as deficit accumulation and its role in geroscience

    09:00-09:30

    Kenneth Rockwood - Dalhousie University (Canada)

    Implementing geroscience into clinical practice

    09:30-09:55

    Alexandra Papaioannou - McMaster University (Canada)

    Abdominal aortic calcification and healthy ageing: a message from the heart

    09:55-10:25

    Marc Sim - Edith Cowan University (Australia)

    Investigating the impact of physical activity on physical performance, mitochondrial bioenergetics, ROS production and calcium handling across the human adult lifespan

    10:25-10:50

    Gilles Gouspillou - UQAM (Canada)

    Coffee Break & Networking

    10:50-11:05

  • Exercise and the brain: cell-specific effects of wheel-running on the hippocampus in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease

    11:05-11:20

    Jessica Avila Lopez - Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)

    Role of Axon Regeneration Pathways in Logevity

    11:20-11:35

    Ekin Celtikcioglu - McGill University (Canada)

    Metabolic effects of 14-day bed rest in 55-65-year-old men and women

    11:35-11:50

    Carmelo Manstrandrea - University of Waterloo (Canada)

    AI-driven approach for computational phenotyping with CARTaGENE Cohort

    11:50-12:05

    Ziyang Song - McGill University (Canada)

  • Lunch & Poster Session

    12:05-13:30

    View posters while enjoying our lunch.

  • Chair: Gustavo Duque - McGill University (Canada)

    XPRIZE Healthspan: A global competition to advance translational geroscience

    13:30-14:10

    Jamie Justice - XPRIZE Healthspan (USA)

    Developing effective treatments for diseases of aging through pathway-driven drug development

    14:10-14:40

    Jeroen Aerssens - Rejuvenate Biomed (Belgium)

    Geroscience in practice: technology that adds therapy to every step

    14:40-15:15

    Nancy Mayo - McGill University (Canada)

  • Diet and Intrinsic Capacity in Middle-aged and Older Adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

    15:10-15:25

    Suey Yeung - University of Ottawa (Canada)

    Developing an Intervention to Slow Down and/or Prevent the Progression of Frailty

    15:25-15:40

    Patrick McGowan - University of Victoria (Canada)

    Translational Gerontology and the Ethics of Science Communication

    15:40-15:55

    Colin Farelly - Queen’s University (Canada)

    How can Translational Geroscience address minority health disparities? The role of social relationships, sexuality, and sex/gender in healthy aging

    15:55-16:10

    Douglas William Hanes - University of Ottawa (Canada)

    Coffee Break & Networking

    16:10-16:25

  • Award Presentations

    16:25-16:40

    Closing Ceremony

    16:40-17:00

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