CR IX
Hilton Tucson East, Tucson Arizona
May 18 - 21 2016
Wednesday
6:00 Registration & Welcome reception
Thursday
Morning (9:30 – 12:00)
Registration (8:45 – 9:30)
Brian M. Delaney (9:30 – 10:00) "President's Welcome Address"
Alan Gale (10:00 – 10:45) "Nutrition App for the CR Society"
Break (10:45 – 11:00)
Brian M. Delaney, Michael Rae (11:00 – 12:15) "Exploring Citizen Science Initiatives for the CR Society"
Lunch (12:15 – 1:45)
Afternoon (1:45 – 5:00)
Ben Best (1:45 – 2:45) "Diet Choice Effects on Lifespan and Health"
Janko Nikolich-Žugich (2:45 – 3:45) "Impact of Caloric Restriction on Functional Immunity with Aging"
Break (3:45 – 4:00)
Richard A. Miller (4:00 – 5:00) "Diets, Drugs and Mutants that Slow Aging in Mice - Are There Shared Mechanisms?"
Friday
Morning (9:00 – 12:30)
William Sonntag (9:00 – 10:00) "Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)-1 as a Mediator of the Effects of Moderate Caloric Restriction on Lifespan"
Michal Masternak (10:00 – 11:00) "Growth Hormone, IGF-1 and Body Size as Modulators of Lifespan"
Break (11:00 – 11:15)
John R. Speakman (11:15 – 12:15) "Is the Effect of Dietary Restriction Due to Calorie Restriction or Protein Restriction?"
Lunch (12:15 –1:45)
Afternoon (1:45 – 5:00)
James Cain (1:45 – 2:45) "Circadian Rhythms, Nutrition and Metabolism—Implications for Health and Lifespan"
Jeff Volek (2:45 – 3:45) "Nutritional Ketosis with or without Caloric Restriction as a Metabolic Therapy"
Break (3:45 – 4:00)
Thomas Seyfried (4:00 – 5:00) "Cancer as a Mitochondrial Metabolic Disease: Implications for Novel Therapeutics"
Dinner (6:30)
Saturday
Morning (9:00 – 12:00)
Stephen Spindler (9:00 – 10:00) "Flies, Mice and Humans, and the Search for Longevity Therapeutics"
Speaker panel discussion and Q&A (10:15 – 12:00)
Afternoon
Visit to Biosphere 2, the 3.14 acre “living laboratory” in which CR pioneer Dr. Roy Walford conducted the groundbreaking first studies in human Calorie restriction, on Saturday afternoon. There will be an extra $20 cost for those attending.
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