Monday 10th June
8:30-10:00 - Registration
10:00-10:30 - "Bench to Bedside: Senotherapeutic oligonucleotide drugs for the diseases of ageing” - Opening Lecture - Professor Lorna Harries, Chief Scientific Officer, SENISCA
10:30-10:45 - Industry Q&A session - Professor Lorna Harries, Chief Scientific Officer, SENISCA
Session 1: Metabolism and Ageing - 11am-12:10pm BST
Chair: Dr Niharika Duggal & Dr Sally Clayton, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham
11:00-11:20 - “Mitochondrial rejuvenation as a multipurpose therapy in aging and chronic conditions” - Dr Jose Romero - University of Birmingham
11:20-11:40 - “Long-term impact of obesity on the adaptive immune response” - Professor Claudio Mauro - University of Birmingham
11:40-12:10 - Selected talks from submitted poster 3 x 10 minutes - Early Career Researchers
12:10-14:00 - Lunch Break and Posters
Session 2: Multimorbidity – 14:00-16:30 BST
Chair: Dr Helen McGettrick & Dr Jon Hazeldine, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham
14:00-14:40 - “Manipulating the Microbiome: A new angle for intervention” - Professor Claire Steves - King's College London
14:40-15:00 - “Can clinical differences in dynamic resilience be explained by underlying biological ageing?” - Dr Thomas Jackson - University of Birmingham
15:00-15:20 - “Synovial Fibroblasts and the regulation of Inflammation in Osteoarthritis” - Professor Simon Jones - University of Birmingham
15:20-15:50 - Selected talks from submitted poster 3 x 10 minutes - Early Career Researchers
15:50-16:30 - Break
16:30-17:30 - “Human ageing: The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected” - Plenary Lecture - Professor Janet Lord - University of Birmingham
17:30-19:00 - Drinks Reception and Posters