25th Annual AFAR Grantee Conference
June 3 – 5, 2012
Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel
Santa Barbara, CA
DRAFT as of 3/28/12
Sunday, June 3, 2012
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
La Salita
Registration
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
El Mar (?)
Funding Session
“A view from NIH: Funding Mechanisms and Research Initiatives”
Marie Bernard, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute on Aging, NIH
“Title TBD”
Richard L. Sprott, Ph.D.
Executive Director
The Ellison Foundation
“Title TBD”
Steven N. Austad, Ph.D.
Professor & Interim Director
Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies
Department of Cellular & Structural Biology
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
El Mar Terrace
Break
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
El Mar
Welcome
Roger McCarter, Ph.D.
President
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
Introduction
Stephanie Lederman
Executive Director
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
Jan van Deursen, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochem/Molecular Biology
Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
El Mar
Dinner
8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Alto
After dinner drinks and dessert social gathering
Monday, June 4, 2012
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
La Marina
Breakfast Buffet
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
La Veranda
Julie Martin Mid-career awardee presentations
Pankaj Kapahi, Ph.D. (11 Mid-career)
Associate Professor
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Terrence Town, Ph.D. (11 Mid-career)
Associate Professor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Break
10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
La Veranda
Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) awardee
presentations
Daniel Promislow, D. Phil (10 BIG)
Professor, Department of Genetics
University of Georgia
Peter Rabinovitch, M.D., Ph.D. (10 BIG)
Professor, Department of Pathology
University of Washington
William Sonntag, Ph.D. (11 BIG)
Professor, Geriatrics Medicine
Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Palmera Garden
Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Loggia Ballroom
Poster set-up and general viewing
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Loggia Ballroom
Small Group Poster Session
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
John Beilenson
President
Strategic Communications & Planning (SCP)
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Free time
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
La Pacifica terrace
Reception with participants of the Glenn Workshop
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
La Pacifica Ballroom
Dinner with participants of the Glenn Workshop
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
La Marina
Breakfast
Adjourn
New Investigators in Alzheimer’s Disease Grantee Meeting
(For Gilbert/AFAR & New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer’s Disease grant recipients and
invited guests)
Major Sponsors of AFAR Grant Programs
Anonymous
The AFAR Board of Directors
The Ellison Medical Foundation
Dorothy Dillon Eweson Endowment
GE Healthcare
The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation
The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
The Partners of Goldman Sachs & Company
David W. Gore
F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
Neurosciences Education and Research Foundation (NERF)
Diane Nixon
Pfizer Inc
The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation
Joseph L.K. Snyder Trust
The Starr Foundation
The Irving S. Wright Endowment