This 2-day meeting will bring together leading scientists from three disciplines (immunology, aging and computational biology) with shared interests in understanding aging at the systems level and in curing aging-related diseases. Topics that will be covered will include senescence, immune system aging, cognitive decline with aging, clinical and genomic biomarkers of aging. In addition, there will be talks on recent advances in genomic technologies such as single cell profiling technologies and microbiome profiling.
There will a poster session for trainees and other attendees on September 4th.
You are invited to submit an abstract while registering to be considered for a poster presentation
Please contact the event organizer for more information
Sep 04 - 05
2019
Aging is a complex and multi-dimensional phenotype that affects all tissues of all organisms. In humans, aging–related diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer and type 2 diabetes, pose a huge health and economic burden, which will continue to increase as the aging population is expected to double by 2030. Disruption of immune cell functions and responses plays a significant role in the etiology of many aging-related diseases. Recent advances in genomic technologies (e.g., single cell transcriptomics and epigenomics) enable precise description of molecular and cellular changes associated with aging in human cells as well as in model organisms, including the mouse. However, uncovering the functional and clinical significance of these genomic and cellular changes is a significant computational challenge.
This 2-day meeting will bring together leading scientists from three disciplines (immunology, aging and computational biology) with shared interests in understanding aging at the systems level and in curing aging-related diseases. Topics that will be covered will include senescence, immune system aging, cognitive decline with aging, clinical and genomic biomarkers of aging. In addition, there will be talks on recent advances in genomic technologies such as single cell profiling technologies and microbiome profiling.
Associate Professor of Molecular, Celluar and Developmental Biology
Professor of Immunology
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor of Gerontology
Postdoc
Associate Professor
Cell Biologist
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Immunobiology
Senior Investigator
Professor of Medicine (Immunology and Rheumatology)
Professor, Immunology
Professor, Evnin Family Chair in Alzheimer’s Research
Consultant, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor and Chair
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
Senior Research Scientist
Professor; Director, Yale CyTOF Facility; Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs
Professor and Department Head
Associate Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
All events will be held at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, located on the UConn Health Campus in Farmington. Participants are responsible for their own lodging accommodations.
Local hotels in the area include:
Homewood Suites by Hilton Hartford Farmington
Includes a free shuttle service to The Jackson Laboratory
All events will be held at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, located on the UConn Health Campus in Farmington. Participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements.
The closest airport is Bradley International Airport, BDL which is approximately 45 minutes away. Car rental, public transportation, and taxi services are available from Bradley International Airport.