Ageing and Cancer – Major Medical Challenges
Date | Monday, May 16, 2011, 13:00 - 17:15 |
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Location | Dam Auditoriet, Panum Instituttet, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 København N |
Organizers | Lene Juel Rasmussen, Tinna Stevnsner, Tuula Kallunki |
Program
13.00-13.10 |
Lene Juel Rasmussen – ”Interdisciplinary Aging Ressearch” |
Session I: Genetics and genome dynamics in ageing and cancer |
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13.10-13.50 |
Jan Vijg (Keynote) – ”Genome dynamics in aging and cancer” |
13.50-14.20 |
Yousin Suh – ”Functional Approaches to the Genetics of Human Aging” |
14.20-14.40 |
Coffee break |
14.40-14.50 |
Tinna Stevnsner – ”The Danish Aging Research Center and Danish Center for Molecular Gerontology - a presentation” |
Session II: DNA repair and ageing associated deficiencies |
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14.50-15.20 | Tone Tønjum - "On the impact of DNA repair on aging and dementia in humans" University of Oslo, Norway |
15.20-15.50 |
Jan Hoeijmakers – ”Modulation of premature aging by modulation of DNA damage repair” |
15.50-16.10 | Coffee Break |
Session III: Tumorigenesis, cell cycle regulation and DNA maintenance enzymes |
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16.10-16.40 |
Hans Krokan – ”Functions of different uracil-DNA glycosylases and importance of tight cell cycle regulation” |
16.40-17.10 |
Ian Hickson – ”RecQ helicases: suppressors of premature aging and tumorigenesis” |