Program Directors
 

 Marco Demaria, PhD
 Group leader, Laboratory of Cellular Senescence and Age-related Pathologies, European  Research Institute for the Biology of Aging  (ERIBA), University Medical Center Groningen  (UMCG), the Netherlands

 

 

 

 Diana Jurk, Phd
 Assistant Professor of Physiology, Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging,  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

 

 

 

 Joao Passos, PhD
 Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Mayo Clinic,  Rochester, Minnesota, USA

 

 

 

 Tamara Tchkonia, PhD
 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging,  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

 

 

 

 Thomas von Zglinicki, PhD
 Professor of Biology of Ageing, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Campus for Ageing  and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

 

Conference Directors 


 Marian Joëls, PhD
 
Professor of Neuroscience, Dean/Board of Directors University Medical Center Groningen,  The Netherlands

 

 James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD
 Noaber Foundation Professor of Aging Research, Director Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene  Kogod Center on Aging, Rochester, Minnesota,  USA

 

 

 

 Thomas von Zglinicki, PhD
 
Professor of Cell Gerontology, Director, Newcastle University Ageing Biology Centre
 (The ABC)

 

 

Planning Committee

 Ann Boer
 
Staff Member Healthy Ageing Team and Center for Development and Innovation, Office of the Dean of Research, University Medical  Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
 Email: a.o.boer@umcg.nl 

 

 

 

 Sharon Denley
 Institute Manager, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Campus for Ageing and Vitality,  Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
 Email: sharon.denley@ncl.ac.uk or ageing@ncl.ac.uk


 

 Bev Horton
 Institute Secretary, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, Campus for Ageing and Vitality,  Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
 Email: bev.horton@ncl.ac.uk or ageing@ncl.ac.uk

 

 


 Arlene Morris
 Operations Manager, Research Administration, Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging,  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
 Email: morris.arlene@mayo.edu