Genetics of life expectancy and aging
Dear colleagues!
The Institute of Biology of the Komi Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, together with the Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences, organizes the international conference "Genetics of Life Expectancy and Aging" in Syktyvkar on April 12-15, 2010 and invites you to take part in it.
Scientific directions• Genetic and epigenetic control of life expectancy
• Aging at the cell level. Telomeres and telomerase. Apoptosis and aging. Multipotent cells and stem niches
• Population heterogeneity of life expectancy. Sexual dimorphism of life expectancy
• Environmental aging modifiers
• Geroprotectors, adaptogens, biomarkers of aging
• Mathematical modeling and evolution of aging processes
Key datesuntil November 1 – acceptance of applications and abstracts
December 1 – mailing of the second information letter
April 11-12 – registration, reception of materials of reports
April 12 – opening of the conference
Address of the organizing committee
Institute of Biology of Komi NC UrO RAS
28 Kommunisticheskaya str., Syktyvkar, 167982, Komi Republic, Russia
Tel.: (8212) 43-06-50 – Shaposhnikov Mikhail Vyacheslavovich
Fax: (8212) 43-04-78
For details, see the conference website.
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