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This meeting will explore the biological mechanisms that regulate trajectories of aging and enhance organismal resilience. Speakers will share lessons learned from multiple organ systems, organisms, and experimental model systems, with a broad scope spanning molecular to systems approaches. Emphasis will be placed on recent technological and conceptual innovations and translational opportunities that have opened new frontiers in the effort to protect health during aging.

All Society for Neuroscience annual meeting attendees are welcome to join Simons Investigators and scientific staff from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), Smons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB), and Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB) for an evening of socializing and updates.

Discover the newest innovations in research, clinical practice, and education across the broad array of disciplines that come together under gerontology’s big tent, from biosciences and psychology to policy and industry. With more than 500 scientific sessions, as well as posters, award-winning lecturers and other featured speakers, you’re guaranteed to learn about the latest cutting-edge scholarship and innovations in your own specialty, and gain valuable new insights into what’s happening across the spectrum of aging research.

The meeting will explore the regulation and function of genes and processes that are now known or suspected to control cellular and/or organismic aging. Abstract Deadline: July 8, 2022

Disruption of immune cell functions and responses plays a significant role in the etiology of many aging-related diseases. Recent advances in genomic technologies 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 brings together leading scientists from across disciplines (immunology, aging, genomics, and computational biology) with shared interests in using systems immunology to understand aging and aging-related diseases. This year will focus on “The Immune Resilience of Aging”.

Systems Immunology in Aging and Complex Diseases will take place both in-person at the Jackson Laboratory and virtually.

The conference's main themes are: 1) Cutting-edge questions in the fields of chromatin, transcription, and epigenetics, as they apply to aging; 2) New frontiers, including the exciting emerging field of three-dimensional chromatin structure and RNA epigenomics; 3) Transformative epigenomic technologies at the single cell and single molecule levels; 4) How epigenomic modifications can be used to build “aging clocks;” 5) “Rejuvenation by epigenetic reprogramming” as a strategy to counter aging and age-related diseases. Abstract Deadline: August 1, 2022. Registration Closing Deadline: September 7, 2022