INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 2013

13-1. January 14 , 2013

No Meeting This Month [due to illness]

13-2. February 11, 2013

"The Mayo Clinic International Conference on Senescent Cells"

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Dr. James P. Watson, M.D.
1300 North Vermont Avene, Suite 902
Los Angeles, CA 90027
E-mail: jamespwatson@mac.com

13-3. March 1, 2013

"Living to 100 and Beyond: New Discoveries in Longevity Demographics
Do centenarians stop aging? Refutation of 'Immortality Phase' Theory"

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Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D., GSA Fellow and
Natalia Gavrilova, Ph.D., GSA Fellow
Center on Aging
NORC at the University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
URL: longevity-science.org
Blog: longevity-science blogspot.com

13-4. April 8, 2013

"Brain Activity and Human Consciousness"

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L. Stephen Coles, M.D., Ph.D., Lecturer in Gerontology
UCLA Molecular Biology Institute
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Young Hall, 3104A
Los Angeles, California
Voice: 310-892-9120
E-mail: scoles@ucla.edu

13.5. May 13, 2013

"Next Generation DNA Sequencing"

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Prof. George Church, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
and Director of personalgenomes.org

13.6. June 10, 2013

"Reprogramming Old Human Cells Back to an Embryonic State:
Clues to Immortality?"

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Clive Svendsen, Ph.D., Director
Regenerative Medicine Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd, SSB, Room 365
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: 310-248-8072; 310-248-8585
FAX: 310-248-8066; 310-248-8555
E-mail: clive.svendsen@cshs.org
URL: www.cedars-sinai.edu/rmi

13.7. July 8, 2013

"Awakened by Cellular Stress: Isolation, Characterization and Clinical Implications of a Novel Population of Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Human Adipose Tissue"

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