WELCOME TO THE
LARRY L. HILLBLOM
CENTER FOR THE BIOLOGY OF AGING
Symposium:
The Fourth Annual ÒFrom
Molecules to MedicineÓ Mini-Symposium took place on Monday, Sept 11, Toland
Hall, Parnassus, 9 am-1 pm
Speakers and Topics
Steve Hauser: Multiple
Sclerosis Molecules
Elizabeth Blackburn:
Telomeres and Cancer
Doug Hanahan, Cancer
Molecules
Cynthia Kenyon: Genes for
Aging
Adam Gazzaley: Watching Old
Brains Think
Paul Muchowski: HuntingtonÕs
Disease Molecules
Posters by Students and
Postdocs
Refreshments were served.
Symposium was organized
by Cynthia Kenyon, and supported by
The Larry L. Hillblom
Center for the Biology of Aging
NIH Training Grant for
Aging and Neurodegeneration
For more information about
the Molecules to Medicine symposia, contact Mayra Melville 415 514-4078.
Upcoming Symposia and
Journal Club Topics
The Biology of Aging Journal
Club meets weekly on Wednesdays, at 1pm in Conference Room S336A in Genentech
Hall, at Mission Bay. Hillblom Graduate Fellows, as well as students and
postdocs supported by the Training Grant for Aging and Neurodegenerative
diseases, and any other interested participants, present a relevant to aging or
age-related disease and discuss it over lunch.
You are invited
to attend our next Biology of Aging Journal Club
Date: Wednesday,
January 10, 2007
Time: 1
PM
Room: S336A
Genentech Hall, Mission Bay Campus
Presenter: Marta
Gaglia
A
new progeroid syndrome reveals that genotoxic stress suppresses the somatotroph
axis. Niedernhofer LJ, et al. Nature. 2006 Dec 21; 444(7122):1038-43.
Link to paper:
For questions regarding the Biology of Aging Journal Club please contact Mayra Melville at 415-514-4078, email: mmelville@biochem.ucsf.edu