INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 2001:

01-1. January 15, 2001

"Stem Cells to the Rescue"

by

Prof. David J. Anderson, Ph.D.,
Principal Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Division of Biology
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Voice: 626-395-6821

01-2. February 12, 2001

Antioxidant Effects of Ultra-Low Frequency Electrical Currents"

by

Dr. Alfred Koonin, M.D., Ph.D.
Director for Medical Research
ElectroRegenesis, Inc.
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
310-459-0099; 310-459-8457
E-mail: ajuliank16@aol.com .

01-3. March 12, 2001

"The Mitochondrial/Lysosomal Axis Theory of Cellular Aging and the Auto-Phagocytic Capacity of Lipofuscin-Loaded Cells"

by

Prof. Ulf T. Brunk, Ph.D., Chairman, and Dr. Alexei Terman, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology II,
Link”ping University
S-581 85 Link”ping, SWEDEN
E-mail: ulf.brunk@pat.liu.se.

01-4 April 16, 2001

The Genetic Basis for Caloric Restriction and Aging, Using Drosophila as a Model"

by

Dr. Pankaj Kapahi, Ph.D.
Biology Division
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
E-mail: pkapahi@caltech.edu .

01-5 May 14, 2001

"Replicative Senescence in Cell Culture"

by

Dr. Judith Campisi, Ph.D.
Life Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road
Bldg. 84; Room 144
University of California
Berkeley, California
Voice: 510-486-4782
E-mail: jcampisi@lbl.gov.

01-6 June15, 2001

"Testosterone Supplementation of Older Men: A Rational Idea Whose Time Has Not Yet Come"

by

Prof. Shalender Bhasin, M.D.
UCLA School of Medicine and
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine
Charles R. Drew University
Los Angeles, California
Voice: 323-563-9353
E-mail: sbhasin@ucla.edu.

01-7 July 16, 2001

"Stem Cells in Adipose Tissue"

by

Prof. Marc H. Hedrick, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Laboratory for Regenerative Bioengineering and Repair
Departments of Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
UCLA Medical School
Los Angeles, California
Voice: 310-825-3095
E-mail: marc2@ucla.edu.

01-8 August 13, 2001

Longevity Research Snapshot A Progress Report and A Review of a Gerontology Symposium: A European Perspective"

by

Dr. Robert Nathan, Ph.D.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Voice: 626-351-8606
E-mail: doctorbob@earthlink.net.

01-9 September 2, 2001

"Coenzyme Q-10 and Carnitine"

by

Dr. Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C.,
Former Chief of Cardiology and
Director of Medical Education
Manchester Memorial Hospital
Manchester, Connecticut
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Framingham, Connecticut
E-mail: nehcpiazza@aol.com.

01-10 October 15, 2001

"The History Herbal Medicine"

by

Dr. Alice Agzarian, M.D.,
Dr. Anita Agzarian, M.D.,
UCLA Medical Center
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6923
Voice: 310-838-3147
E-mail: sgolleher@mednet.ucla.edu.

01-11 November 12, 2001

Adult Growth Hormone Therapy and Cancer"

by

Dr. Pejman Cohan, M.D.,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Pituitary and Neuroendocrine Program
Division of Endocrinology
UCLA Medical Center
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7065
Voice: 310-825-7922
E-mail: PCohan@mednet.ucla.edu.

01-12 December 10, 2001

"Nutritional Modulation of Aging by Caloric Restriction in Primates"

by

Dr. Mark A. Lane, Ph.D., Staff Fellow, Chief
Nutritional and Molecular Physiology Unit
Laboratory of Neurosciences
Intramural Research Program
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, Maryland

and

"Caloric Restriction (CR) and CR Mimetics; Relevance for Humans"

by

George S. Roth, Ph.D., President and CEO
Gerotech Inc. and
Senior Guest Scientist
National Institutes on Aging
Baltimore, Maryland