Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following event: Healthy Ageing, From Molecules to Organisms
This new Wellcome Trust conference will focus on recent discoveries and current challenges in ageing research, with a focus on translating basic research insights into health improvement for older people. Ageing can lead to declining health and function, and it is the major risk factor for cancer, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disease.
This conference aims to explore the mechanisms of ageing in cells, tissues and organisms in order to identify interventions that can ameliorate its negative effects.
Topics will include:
- Human ageing
- Stem cells and cellular senescence
- Physiology of homeostasis
- Nutrition and metabolism
- Genome stability
- Epigenetics
- Systems biology
- Drug development
The meeting will also emphasize the connection between discoveries made in model organisms and mechanisms leading to healthy ageing in humans.
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Cambridge, UK
https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/events/item.aspx?e=547
Monday, May 18, 2015 to Wednesday, May 20, 2015
