Program Area: Biological Sciences
Alexander Mendenhall, PhD
Associate Professor
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
Alexander Mendenhall, PhD
Associate Professor
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
Celina Juliano, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, United States
Samuel Beck, PhD
Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine
MDI Biological Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine, United States
Monica Driscoll, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Chemistry
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
The regulation of genes can both influence aging, and be influenced by the aging process itself. That is, the rate of aging can be altered by changing the gene expression program. And, the aging process itself causes changes in gene expression, including the ways in which genes are regulated. Understanding the consequences of differences in gene expression on aging rate, and the consequences of aging on gene regulation will continue to have profound impacts on our ability to manipulate the aging process. This symposium on gene regulation in aging will focus on how genes are regulated by the aging process and can be regulated differently to affect the aging process. We have an expert on the regulation of gene expression in the immortal germline and soma of the hydra, Dr. Celina Juliano. Dr. Roger Brent is an expert on the mechanisms of cell to cell variation in gene expression. Dr. Monica Driscoll is an expert on both the genetics of aging and gene expression changes with age. Finally, Dr. Alex Mendenhall’s studies are focused on understanding intrinsic (epigenetic) variation in the regulation of gene expression as a cause and consequence of aging. Together these experts will present their research as it relates to gene regulation and the aging process.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Alexander R. Mendenhall, PhD – University of Washington
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Celina Juliano, PhD – University of California, Davis
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Samuel Beck, PhD – Boston University School of Medicine
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Monica Driscoll, PhD – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey