2026 Meeting of the Canadian Translational Geroscience Network
October 22-23, 2026
The Canadian Translational Geroscience Network is thrilled to present its third annual scientific meeting, an event aimed at fostering dynamic exchanges among academics, industry stakeholders, healthcare professionals, and individuals interested in promoting longevity and healthy aging.
Date & Time
October 22: 08:30–18:00
October 23: 08:30–16:00
This meeting will embrace a translational approach, bridging laboratory research with practical applications in clinical and community settings.
Registration for the 2026 CTGN Conference is now open. View the preliminary agenda below.
To register for the 2026 CTGN Annual Meeting, visit Fourwaves:
https://event.fourwaves.com/ctgn-2026
Registration deadline: October 7, 2026
Abstract submission deadline: July 15, 2026
Preliminary Agenda
Day 1 — October 22, 2026
08:30–09:00
Registration, coffee and a light breakfast
09:00–09:10
Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
Michael Kobor
Morning Session — Biomedical Geroscience
Moderator: Michael Kobor
09:10–09:50
Multiomic Markers of Frailty in Mice and Humans
Alice Kane — Systems Biology Institute in Seattle, University of Sydney
09:50–10:25
Short presentations from submitted abstracts
Aura Tamez, McGill: Rewiring Stress: The role of biological resilience pathways in longevity
Dantong Zhu, ISB, WA: Frailty-based models predict age and life expectancy across mouse sex, strain and facility
Christine Gierke, U of Chile (may be virtual): Central, not peripheral: A developmental Drosophila melanogaster model dissociating sensory "hardware" from behavioral "software" under early social stress
10:25–11:05
Profound Sex Differences and Age-Specificity in Anti-Aging Drug Efficacy: Lessons from 20 Years of the NIA Interventions Testing Program
James Nelson — UT San Antonio
11:05–11:20
Short break
11:20–12:20
Methodology Workshop: How to use and interpret biological clocks
Confirmed panelists: Michael Kobor, Alice Kane, Colin Farrelly, Jennifer Ailshire.
12:20–13:30
Lunch and poster presentations
Afternoon Session — Clinical and Population Research and Practice
Moderator: Gustavo Duque
13:30–14:30
A Translational Geroscience Approach to Frailty: From Concept to Clinical Trial
Sara Espinoza — Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University
14:30–15:30
Short presentations from submitted abstracts
Rami Hammad, U Quebec: Serum C-terminal agrin fragment as a biomarker of age-related neuromuscular decline in men: influence of physical activity
Vincent Marcangeli, McGill: Mitochondrial calcium handling in skeletal muscle declines with aging in women
Elaine Xiao, UBC: Unpacking sex and gender in age-related respiratory health outcomes
Raymond Schnuerer, Queens: Polyphenol Supplementation and Exercise on Inflammation, Anabolic and Catabolic Signaling, and Cellular Hypertrophy in Skeletal Muscle
Ayesha Habib, UBC: Is metabolic health socially patterned during the menopause transition? A cross-sectional study of Indigenous Mayan women in Guatemala
15:30–15:45
Short break
16:45–18:00
Networking reception with appetizers and wine
Day 2 — October 23, 2026
08:30–09:00
Coffee and breakfast
Morning Session — Innovations in Geroscience
Moderator: John Muscedere
09:00–09:40
How Our Exposures and Age Sculpt Our Lung Tissue Towards Cancer
Emilia Lim — Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
09:40–10:20
Heat and Biological Aging: Evidence Across Aging Clocks
Jennifer Ailshire — University of Southern California
10:20 –10:35
Break
10:35–11:20
Short talks from submitted abstracts
Alibek Moldakozhayev, Harvard: Ambient temperature shapes metabolism, resilience, and aging across species
Rosie Shrout, UBC: Effects of early and later life adversity on accelerated biological aging
Annalijn Conklin: Aging Well in The Company We Keep: How Shifts in Social Circles Shape Physiological Determinants of Aging in the CLSA cohort
11:20–12:00
The Geroscience Perspective on One Health
Dr. Colin Farrelly — Queens University
12:00–13:00
Lunch and poster presentations
Afternoon Session — Accelerating Geroscience: Industry, Innovation, and Impact
Moderator: Susan Howlett
13:00–13:40
Building a Therapeutics Company in Aging: Lessons learnt from the front lines
Keynote: Peng Leong — BioAge Lab
14:05–14:20
Break
14:20–15:00
Translating geroscience into practice and policy: Implementation of ICOPE Quebec
Gustavo Duque — McGill University
15:00–15:40
Keynote: Ajinkya Ghagre — Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia