PROGRAM--MORNING SESSION (Caleb E. Finch, Ph.D., Chair)
Opening by Dr. Peter A. Jones, Director of the USC/Norris Comprehensive
8:45-8:55
Cancer Center, and Distinguished Professor of Urology and Biochemistry &
Molecular Biology.
9:00-9:45 Keynote Lecture, "Aging and Cancer in Ku80-mutant Mice", by E. Paul Hasty,
D.V.M., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of
Biotechnology, the University of Texas at San Antonio.
9:50-10:20 "The IGF system in human aging and aging-related diseases". Pinchas "Hassy"
Cohen, M.D., Professor and Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology, UCLA.
10:25-10:45 Coffee Break
10:50-11:20 "Replication and Genome Stability in Fission Yeast: A Model for Genome
Integrity", by Susan L. Forsburg, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences,
Department of Molecular & Computational Biology, USC.
11:25-11:55 "Regulation of Age-dependent genomic instability". Valter Longo, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, USC School of Gerontology.
12:00-1:00 Lunch for Symposium Attendees and Participants
PROGRAM--AFTERNOON SESSION (Valter Longo, Ph.D., Chair)
1:15-1:45 "Error-prone mechanisms for the repair of double-strand DNA breaks:
implications for aging". Michael R. Lieber, M.D., Ph.D., Rita and Edward
Polusky Professor in Basic Cancer Research, Department of Pathology, USC
Keck School of Medicine.
1:50-2:25 "Premature aging syndromes and cancer" Lucio Comai, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, USC Keck
School of Medicine
2:25-2:55 "Aging, Cancer and Cell Division: Reconstructing the Connection With
Molecular Clocks". Darryl Shibata, M.D., Professor of Pathology, USC Keck
School of Medicine.
2:55-3:15 Coffee Break
3:15-3:40 "How to design small-molecule drugs against virtually any protein target" Nouri
Neamati, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC. School of
Pharmacy
Glioblastoma Multiforme: A disease of the elderly, but how to treat for the
3:45-4:10
elderly? Thomas C. Chen, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, USC.
Keck School of Medicine.
4:15-4:40 "Preliminary observations on the causes of morbidity and mortality in subjects
with Laron Syndrome (IGF-1 Insensitivity Syndrome) and their relatives". Jaime
Guevara-Aguirre, M.D., Medical Director of the Institute of Endocrinology
IEMYR, in Quito, Ecuador.
4:40-5:00 DISCUSSION: Can cancer be prevented by increasing DNA protection and
repair?
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