INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 2012

12-1. January 9 , 2012

"Telomeres: Understanding Why We Age"

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Dr. Earl H. Eye, Jr., M.D., FACCP, CEO
Cenegenics Medical Institute Jacksonville
11512 Lake Mead Avenue, Unit 306
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Voice: 904-725-6300

12-2. February 13, 2012

"Understanding Our Genes: A Step toward Personalized Medicine"

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Dr. J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.
J. Craig Venter Institute
San Diego, CA and
Prof. Catriona Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D.
Division of Hematology-Oncology and Director
Stem Cell Research
University of California at San Diego
3855 Health Sciences Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093

12-3. March 12, 2012

"Why Do We Grow Old and Die? A Thermodynamics View"

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Professor Emeritus F. Eugene Yates, M.D.
UCLA Crump Institute For Medical Engineering
Department of Medicine; Division of Geriatrics
University of California
1950 Sawtelle Blvd., No. 330
Los Angeles, CA 90025-7014
Phone: 310-566-2534; 310-312-0553
FAX: 310-459-3327; 310-312-0551
E-mail: gyates@idaf.org

12-4. April 9, 2012

"Familial Alzheimer's Disease (FAD)"

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Dr. John M. Ringman, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
UCLA Department of Neurology
Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research
10911 Weyburn Ave., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7226
Voice: 310-794-3231
FAX: 310-794-3148
E-mail: jringman@mednet.ucla.edu

12.5. May 14, 2012

"Molecular Tweezers for Neurodegenerative Diseases"

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Dr. Gal Bitan, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Department of Neurology
Neurosciences Research Bldg. 1, Room 451
635 Charles E. Young Drive, South
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7334
Voice: 310-206 2082
FAX: 310-206-1700
E-mail: gbitan@mednet.ucla.edu

12.6. June 18, 2012

""Molecular Pathways to Parkinson's Disease""

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Associate Prof. Ming Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Depts. of Neurology, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Associate Director, UCLA-Caltech MSTP Program
Brain Research Institute
Gonda Bldg., Office 3309A
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
695 Charles Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Voice: 310-794-1195 (310-794-4851; 310-206-9406)
E-mail: mguo@mednet.ucla.edu
URL: faculty.bri.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=9556

12.7. July 9, 2012

"The Roles of Short Telomeres, Telomerase, Aging, and Cancer"

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Prof. Jerry W. Shay, Ph.D., Vice Chairman
Department of Cell Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390
Phone: 214-648-2570
FAX: 214-648-8694
E-mail: jerry.shay@utsouthwestern.edu

12.8. August 13, 2012

"Lengthening Short Telomeres with Telomerase Activators:
Practical Applications in Assessment and Treatment"

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Dr. Edward Park, M.D., MPH, Founder
Recharge Biomedical Clinic
600 Anton Blvd, Suite 1138
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Voice: 714-369-8633
E-mail: drpark@rechargemedicdal.com
URL: rechargebiomedocal.com/dr-park.php

12.9. September 10, 2012

"iPSC's and hESC's: The Nature of Pluripotent Progeny"

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Prof. William E. Lowry, Ph.D., 451A BSRB
UCLA Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606
Voice: 310-794-5175
FAX: 310-794-9323
E-mail: b;pwru@mcdb.ucla.edu
URL: lowrylab.com

12.10. October 8, 2012

"p65 Synthesizes Telomerase in Tetrahymena"

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Prof. Juli Feigon, Ph.D.
241 Boyer Hall
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570
Voice: 310-206-6922>
E-mail: feigon@mbi.ucla.edu
URL: http://faculty.chemistry.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=45396

12.11. November 12, 2012

"Update on Alzheimer's Disease"

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Prof. David Merrill, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of
Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and
Associate Director of Ambulatory Care
760 Westwood Plaza, Room 38-231
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1759
Voice: 310-267-0274
FAX: 310-825-3910
E-mail: dmerrill@mednet.ucla.edu
URLL: geronet.med.ucla/research

12.12. December 10, 2012

"The Etiology of Aging Is Now Understood"

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