Fall 2021

Hosted by Dr. Gerard Karsenty and Dr. Yousin Suh

Department of Genetics and Development

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

September 8 - Judith Campisi, PhD

Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Title: Cellular Senescence and Aging: Quo Vadis?

October 27 - John Sedivy, PhD

Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology, Associate Dean and Director, Center for the Biology of Aging

Brown University

Title: Somatic Retrotransposition in Cellular Senescence and Aging

December 1 - Dr. Laura J. Niedernhofer, MD, PhD

Director, Institute of the Biology of Aging and Metabolism

Medical Discovery Team Biology of Aging

Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Title: Therapeutically targeting senescent cells to treat age-related diseases

December 15 - David Sinclair, PhD, AOV

Professor, Department of Genetics

Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research

Harvard Medical School

Title: Advances in controlling aging