INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GERONTOLOGY &
GERIATRICS ASIA/OCEANIA REGION
(IAGG AOR)
2023 IAGG AOR
Webinar
Event starts: 15:00PM AEST Melbourne, Australia
10:30AM India / 11:30AM Myanmar / 12:00 Noon Cambodia, Indonesia / 13:00PM
Taiwan, Hong Kong & China, Malaysia / 14:00PM Japan & South Korea
Duration 1hr 15mins
Introduction from the chairperson, the Biological science subcommittee
IAGG/AOR launched a webinar series this year to share the latest scientific information among the scientists in the area. As this webinar is the first to be held in the field of ageing biology, biologists who are doing cutting-edge research on subjects of current interest in global ageing biology are invited to give lectures. I am sure that your science will be benefited by the very informative lectures of two prominent and active ageing biologists in Asia.
- Learn concepts, experimental strategies, and techniques and stay up to date on cutting-edge research of global interest.
Hear from our speakers
Professor Chanhee Kang is an Professor of Biological Sciences at Seoul National University (SNU) and a SUHF and SSTF Investigator. After receiving B.S. and M.S. from SNU, Chanhee earned his Ph.D. in Genetics & Development from UT Southwestern Medical Center for his research on starvation response in C. elegans. Subsequently, he trained with the Lasker Laureate Stephen Elledge at Harvard Medical School for research on the senescence regulatory network. Chanhee started his independent research group at SNU in 2016.
Decoding the link between cholesterol and ageing
Ageing is a complex process with only a few common denominators proposed for aging across different organisms. Deregulated metabolism is a well-described hallmark of ageing. Numerous epidemiologic studies indicated that altered cholesterol metabolism may contribute to the ageing process; total cholesterol levels increase significantly with age as well as under age-related pathological conditions, leading to the widespread perception that high cholesterol levels are detrimental to healthy ageing. However, whether and how deregulated cholesterol metabolism contributes to the ageing process is a long-standing debate. Here, I will discuss a unique compartmental change in cholesterol metabolism during cellular senescence, an integral component of the ageing process, and its role and underlying mechanism in senescence-associated inflammation as well as in age-related conditions.
Professor Allen A.L. Hsu I am currently a Distinguished Professor in the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taipei, Taiwan. I am working on the molecular genetics of aging regulation using C. elegans as a model organism.
The gut-to-brain signal that mediates the longevity effect of a dietary restriction
Dietary restriction (DR) is an intervention that robustly delays organismal aging and increases healthy lifespan in a wide variety of species. However, how the gut cells sense the nutrient changes and transduce that signal to the brain in order to coordinate the rate of aging for the entire body remains largely unclear. Our group has been focusing on studying such gut-to-brain signal that mediates the longevity effect to DR and identified a hormonal and neuronal circuit that might be responsible for the inter-organ communication between gut and brain when animals are dietary restricted.
Moderated by:
Professor Eun Seong Hwang
University of Seoul
Hosted by IAGG AOR office
Virtual via zoom and open to all members of AAG and IAGG Asia and Oceania Region (AOR)
Capped at 1,000 attendees