2008 CFBS Summer Scientific Conference

Updated: March 26, 2008

Theme:

Biology of Aging - New Answers to Old Questions

June 17 - 20, 2008
University of Manitoba
Fort Garry Campus
Winnipeg, MB

Organized by:
Canadian Federation of Biological Societies
Organisée par le:
Fédération canadianne des sociétés de biologie

Poster

The 2008 program is organized by Dr. Phillip Gardiner, Director, HLHP Research Institute, and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity & Health Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Program:

Keynote lecturer

• Aging is No Longer an Unsolved Problem in Biology
  Leonard Hayflick, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Symposia

• Nutrition as a determinant of successful aging
  Chair: Peter Jones, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
  
  
• Muscles: from molecules to mobility
  Chair: Judy Anderson, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
  
  
• Dilemmas of drug therapy in the elderly
  Chair: Dan Sitar, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
  Co-Chair: Dr. Ruby Grymonpre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
  
  
• The role of oxidative stress in the decline of aged muscle
  Chair: Russ Hepple, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
  
  
• Neuromuscular function and resistance training in older adults -From laboratory research to clinical implications
  Chair : Michelle Porter, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
  
  
• Calpain: A molecular monkey wrench involved in aging and cell death mechanisms
  Chair: James Gilchrist
  
  
• Cardiovascular System and Ageing: Exercise Blood Flow
  Chair: Don Paterson, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
  
  
• The AAA Alarm: Antioxidants, Atherosclerosis and Aging
  Chair: Mohammed Moghadasian
  
  
• Biology of Alzheimer and Dementia
  Chair: Gordon Glazner

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