2025 Meeting of the Canadian Translational Geroscience Network
October 16-17, 2025
The Canadian Translational Geroscience Network is thrilled to present its second 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.
This meeting will embrace a translational approach, bridging laboratory research with practical applications in clinical and community settings.
Event Themes
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Biomedical Research
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Implementing Geroscience into Policy and Practice
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Implementing Geroscience into Clinical Practice and Research
Some of our key speakers
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Matt Kaeberlein, CEO of Optispan & Co-Director of the Dog Aging Project
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Thomas Perls, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
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Christina Wolfson, McGill University
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Gustavo Nader, The Pennsylvania State University
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Daniel Durocher, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health
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James Kirkland, Mayo Clinic, Translational Geroscience Network
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Peter M. Abadir, John Hopkins University
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Allison Sekuler, Baycrest
Date & Time
October 16-17, 2025
9:00-17:00
Preliminary Agenda
Thursday, October 16 2025
Session 1 - BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Chair: Michael Kobor
09:00-09:15
Opening Remarks
Lea Harrington – University of Toronto (Canada)
09:15-10:00
The Dog Aging Project: Companion Animals as a Catalyst toward Human Longevity Therapeutics
Matt Kaeberiein - CEO of Optispan (Canada)
10:00-10:45
Hunting for sources of endogenous DNA damage
Daniel Durocher - Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health (Canada)
10:45-11:00
Coffee break / networking
11:00-11:45
Ribosomes as guardians of skeletal muscle proteostasis
Gustavo Nader - The Pennsylvania State University (USA)
11:45-12:30
Bright Young Minds: ClockBase: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Framework for Identification of Novel Geroprotective Compounds
Alibek Moldakozhayev - Brigham and Women's Hospital & McGill University
12:30-1:30
Lunch/poster session
Session 2 - INTEGRATING GEROSCIENCE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
Chair: Gustavo Duque
13:30-14:15
Centenarains as a natural human model of health aging and extreme longevity. Applications for Geroscience
Thomas Peris - Boston University School of Medicine (USA)
14:15-15:00
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: A national infrastructure for Geroscience research
Christina Wolfson - McGil University (Canada)
15:00-15:45
Bright Young Minds: Effect of 14 days head -down bed rest with and without an exercise countermeasure on bone density, structure, and biomarkers of bone turnover in healthy older adults
Guy Hajj-Boutros - McGil University (Canada)
15:45-16.00
Coffee break / networking
16:00-17:00
Short presentations by students and ECls
17.00-19.00
Reception
Friday, October 17 2025
SESSION 3- IMPLEMENTING GEROSCIENCE INTO POLICY AND PRACTICE
Chair: Lea Harrington
09:00-09:45
Bright Young Minds: Active Transport as a Scalable and Socioeconomically Appropriate Protector against Later-Life Chronic Disease
Douglas Hanes - Stony Brook University & University of Toronto
09:45-10:30
Geroscience of Frailty: Translating Molecular Mechanisms into Clinical Interventions
Peter M. Abadir - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & Whiting School Engineering (USA)
10:30-10:45
Coffee break / networking
10:45-11:30
Alison Sekuler - Baycrest Academy (Canada)
11:30-12:30
Short presentations by students and ECIs
12:30-1:30
Lunch/poster session
SESSION 4 - WORKSHOPS
Chair: Jeremy Van Raamsdonk
13:30-14:15
Towards Worldwide Collaboration in Advancing Translational Geroscience
James Kirkland – Translational Geroscience Network (USA)
15:00-15:45
Commercialization of Geroscience
Matt Kaeberlein – Optispan (Canada)
15:45-16.00
How to Publish with Frontiers
Shreya Sharma – Frontiers Media (United Kingdom)
16:00-17:00
Coffee break – networking
17.00-19.00
Awards and Closing Remarks
Audience
This event is relevant to Established Principal Investigators (PIs), Early Career Investigators, Health Professionals, Trainees and Students.
Register for this Event
Register and submit an abstract for oral or poster presentations here
Travel grants for students and post-doctoral trainees are available. More information can be found in the abstract submission form.
For information about this event, contact the Network via the contact form or directly by emailing our team.
Reserve your hotel at a special rate
We are proud to offer a special group rate at the Chelsea Hotel for CTGN attendees.
You can book your room here.
You may also call the hotel directly, toll free 1-800-CHELSEA (243-5732) or 416-595-1975. You must identify yourself as part of the Canadian Translational Geroscience Network Courtesy Block and call prior to the cut-off date, which is September 12th, to take advantage of the discounted group rate.
Please note that room availability is limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and you must be registered for the event before booking your room.