The 1st NO-Age Symposium on "How to promote healthy ageing and happy lives"

Summary

Here you can read a summary in English and Norwegian from the successful event at Litteraturhuset.

Morning session

Moderators: Jon Storm-Mathisen and Hilde L. Nilsen

08:50-09:00: Opening remarks (Linda H. Bergersen)

09:00-09:15: Evandro F. Fang (UiO, Ahus): ‘A summary of current known molecular Mechanisms of human ageing’

09:15-09:35: Linda H. Bergersen (UiO, OUS and UCPH): ‘Exercise and a healthy brain ageing’

09:35-09:55: Lene Juel Rasmussen (UCPH): ‘Center on Healthy Aging: the Copenhagen experience’

09:55-10:10: Coffee

10:10-10:30: Anders Martin Fjell (UiO): ‘Examples of studies on lifespan changes in brain and cognition’

10:30-10:50: Hilde L. Nilsen (UiO): ‘Genomic integrity in healthy ageing’

10:50-11:40: Keynote Speaker Jan Hoeijmakers (Erasmus University Rotterdam): ‘The impact of DNA damage, transcription stress and nutrition on ageing’

11:40-11:55: Coffee

11:55-12:45: Keynote Speaker Aubrey de Grey (SENS Research Foundation, California) ‘Rejuvenation biotechnology: why age may soon cease to mean ageing’

​​12:45~: Invited Private Lunch​​

Evening session

Venue: Litteraturhuset, Amalie Skram. Address: Wergelandsveien 29, 0167 Oslo.

18:30-18:35: Pål Barkvoll / Linda H. Bergersen to give opening remarks

18:35-18:40: Evandro F. Fang to introduce ‘healthy ageing’ concept, a brief summary of the anti-ageing research at UiO

18:40-18:45: Moderator Sigrid Bratlie to introduce the aim of this event, and the speakers (assisted by Sofie Lautrup)

18:45-19:15: Talk by Jan Hoeijmakers

19:20-19:50: Talk by Aubrey de Grey

19:50-20:10: Break

20:10-21:00: Round table discussion (Sigrid Bratlie/roundtable moderator; participants: Jan Hoeijmakers, Aubrey de Grey, Jon Storm-Mathisen, Lene Juel Rasmussen, Hilde L. Nilsen, Linda H. Bergersen, Sofie Lautrup)

For both session, no registration needed!

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Published Dec. 3, 2018 2:47 PM - Last modified Sep. 20, 2019 1:56 PM