Rozalyn Anderson, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, SMPH, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Johan Auwerx, MD, PhD (keynote) Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Laboratory of Integrative and Systems Physiology, Lausanne, Switzerland Barbara Bakker, PhD Professor of Medical Systems Biology, Department of Pediatrics and Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Vilhelm A. Bohr, MD, PhD Senior investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, USA Cornelis F. Calkhoven, PhD Principle investigator at the European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Danica Chen, PhD Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, Berkeley University of California, USA Eduardo Chini, MD, PhD Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging and Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Gerald de Haan, PhD Scientific Director of the European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Matthias Heinemann, PhD Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Hilde Jalving, MD, PhD Medical Oncologist, Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Marian Joëls, PhD Professor of Neuroscience, Dean/Board of Directors University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Diana Jurk, PhD Principal Investigator, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing (NUIA), Institute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences (ICaMB), Newcastle Universitair, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD Noaber Foundation Professor of Aging Research, Director Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Ursula Klingmüller, PhD Division Head, Division Systems Biology of Signal Transduction, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Viktor Korolchuk, PhD Associate Professor, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Newcastle University, UK Folkert Kuipers, PhD Professor of Pediatrics, head Laboratory of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands Majlinda Lako, PhD Professor of Stem Cell Science, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, UK Nathan LeBrasseur, PT, PhD Consultant, Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA John Newman, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, UCSF, San Francisco USA; Visiting Scientist, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato USA Laura Niedernhofer, MD, PhD Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and the Center on Aging at The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida, USA Ellen Nollen, PhD Principle investigator at the European Research Institute for the Biology of Aging (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands João Passos, PhD Associate Professor, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, UK Sibrandes Poppema, MD, PhD President of the University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Y.S. Prakash, MD, PhD Chair of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Paul D. Robbins, PhD Professor of Molecular Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in Jupiter, Florida and Director of the TSRI Center on Aging, USA Marianne G. Rots, PhD Professor of Molecular Epigenetics, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands K. Lenhard Rudolph, MD Head of the research group on 'Stem cell aging' and Scientific Director Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany Gabriele Saretzki, PhD Lecturer, University Ageing Biology Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Daryl Shanley, PhD Senior Lecturer, Institute for Cell and Molecular Bioscience, Newcastle University, UK Tamara Tchkonia, PhD Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Kathrin Thedieck, PhD Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Eugenia Trushina, PhD Associate Professor, Mitochondrial Neurobiology and Therapeutics Laboratory Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Thomas von Zglinicki, PhD Professor of Cell Gerontology, Director The ABC-Newcastle, University Ageing Biology Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Mathias Ziegler, MD, PhD Professor at the University of Bergen, Head of the Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bergen, Norway |