meeting_organization
2026
November 4th 2026, Jussieu campus (Sorbonne Université, Paris). Free, hybrid (in person — 40 seats, first come, first served — or online); registration required by email to epbapteste@gmail.com before October 25th, stating whether you will attend in person or online.
Scientific program for the day
- 9:00–9:05 – Dr. Eric Bapteste (SU, CNRS, Paris, France): ‘A few welcome words’
- 9:05–9:30 – Dr. Annette Baudisch (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark): ‘The evolution of models of biodemography of aging: past, present, future’
- 9:30–9:55 – Pr. Emma Teeling (University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland): ‘The unexpected lessons from bat studies about aging’
- 9:55–10:20 – Pr. Suzanne Foitzick (Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH, Mainz, Germany): ‘Parasitism, symbioses and the manipulation of host aging’
- 10:20–10:45 – Dr. Katarzyna Siudeja (I2BC, U. Paris-Saclay, France): ‘Endogeneous retroelements and aging’
- 5-minute break
- 10:45–11:10 – Dr. Jane Reznick (CECAD Excellence Cluster in Aging Research, University of Cologne, Germany): ‘Unexpected lessons of aging studies on naked mole rats’
- 11:10–11:35 – Pr. Vera Gorbunova (University of Rochester, USA): ‘DNA repair, aging and longevity across the Tree of Life’
- 11:35–12:00 – Pr. Claudio Franceschi (University of Bologna, Italy): ‘The social microbiome of older people’
- Lunch break
- 14:15–14:40 – Dr. Thomas Tully (SU, Paris, France): ‘The shape and plasticity of ageing trajectories’
- 14:40–15:05 – Dr. Jean-François Lemaitre (UMR CNRS 5558 – LBBE, UCB Lyon 1, France): ‘Male Reproductive Senescence in Mammals’
- 15:05–15:30 – Pr. Eric Gilson (Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France): ‘The molecular evolution of animal aging’
- 15:30–15:55 – Pr. Guido Kroemer (Gustave Roussy, Grand-Paris, France): ‘A phylogenetically conserved pro-aging pathway involving ACBP/DBI’
- 5-minute break
- 15:55–16:20 – Pr. Uri Alon (Weizmann Institute, Israel): ‘Open issues in the aging of (biological) systems’
- 16:20–16:45 – Dr. Andreas Beyer (CECAD Excellence Cluster in Aging Research, University of Cologne, Germany): ‘Systems biology and aging’
- 16:45–17:10 – Pr. Steve Horvath (UCLA, USA): ‘Epigenetic clocks across the Tree of Life: limits and successes’
- 17:10–17:35 – Pr. Agustin Ibanez (Senior Atlantic Fellow, Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI.org), UCSF San Francisco, US & TCD Dublin, Ireland): ‘The exposome of healthy and accelerated aging across 40 countries’ (may be moved to the last talk of the day)
- 17:35–18:00 – Dr. Johannes Martens (SU, Paris, France): ‘Aging and ontology’
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