(Tentative) Schedule for 2002 Summer Training Course
[Ann Arbor, MI; Host: Rich Miller]
Overview lectures by:
Rich Miller, University of Michigan
Arlan Richardson, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Marc Tatar, Brown University
Judith Campisi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
James Nelson, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Caleb Finch, University of Southern California
Research lectures by:
David Burke, Jeffrey Halter, Bruce Richardson, John Faulkner
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Sunday, June 2nd
9:00 - 10:30 Overview Lecture: Comparative biology and genetics of aging
(Miller)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Overview Lecture: Dietary restriction (Richardson)
12:30 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 3:45 Research Development Workshop
4:00 - 5:00 Research Lecture: David Burke, "Epigenetic stability of gene
expression during mammalian aging"
Monday, June 3rd
9:00 - 10:30 Overview Lecture: Biodemography (Tatar)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Overview Lecture: Clonal senescence in aging and cancer (Campisi)
12:30 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 3:45 Research Development Workshop
4:00 - 5:00 Research Lecture: Jeff Halter, "Glucose Regulation, Diabetes
and Aging"
5:15 – 6:15 Optional after-hours talk: "The Steep and Thorny Path to
Funding – Inside Tips for Grant Writers" (Rich Miller)
Tuesday, June 4th
9:00 - 10:30 Overview Lecture: Vertebrate animal models (Miller)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Overview Lecture: Invertebrate animal models (Tatar)
12:30 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 3:45 Research Development Workshop
4:00 - 5:00 Research Lecture: Bruce Richardson, "DNA methylation, chromatin
structure and aging
Wednesday, June 5th
9:00 - 10:30 Overview Lecture: Reproduction and Aging (Nelson)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Overview Lecture: Alzheimer's disease (Finch)
12:30 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 3:45 Research Development Workshop
4:00 - 5:00 Research Lecture: John Faulkner, "Reactive Oxygen Species and
the ‘Aging’ of Skeletal Muscle."
Thursday, June 6th
9:00 - 10:30 Overview Lecture: Selected endocrine systems (Nelson)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Overview Lecture: Transgenic models (Richardson)
12:30 Adjourn