- BARTS - Brazilian Aging Research & Technology Symposium

BARTS – Brazilian Aging Research & Technology Symposium

The II Brazilian Aging Research & Technology Symposium (BARTS 2024) is an interdisciplinary and international event that will have its second edition in May 25 – 26th, 2024 at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora-MG, Brazil.

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Important Dates

Abstract Submission: May 6th, 2024

Acceptance: May 20th, 2024

Event: May 25-26th, 2024

Topics

Are you interested in slowing down the aging process? Any research topics related to understanding the aging process are welcome.

Mathematical modeling of age-associated diseases;
Mathematical modeling of biological phenomena associated to aging and/or cell senescence;
Pharmacology research related to aging;
Drug development;
Other related topics.

Registration is open!

Poster Session

Graduate and Undergraduate Students are encouraged to submit abstracts for poster presentations.

Recommended poster size: 90 cm wide x 120 cm height. (We can print your poster!)

Prepare to talk about your poster for 3 – 5 min.

🏆 A prize will be offered for best posters!

Submission is open!

Posters will be selected upon submission of an abstract. The document should contain the Title, Authors and Affiliations, the Abstract and main References. It should contain up to 2 pages. Only PDF documents will be accepted.

Suggested Templates:

At least one author should register to the event before submission.

Abstracts presented in person during poster session at the symposium will be published in the conference proceedings (via Even3).

*Selected authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their work for consideration to a Special Issue. More information soon.

Program

	Saturday (May 25th)	Sunday (May 26th)
8h30	Registration	Registration
9h00	Opening session. Steven Garan (CREA UC Berkeley) “Female Aging and the Decline of Estrogen and the Disruption of the Pattern on Estrogen Secretion”	Opening session. Barbara Quintela (Computer Science Department and Computational Modeling Graduate Program, UFJF) “In silico models for inflammaging”
9h30	Holly Brown-Borg (Biomedical Sciences Department at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences) “Somatotropic signaling in health and disease”	Ruy Freitas Reis (Computer Science Department and Computational Modeling Graduate Program,UFJF “Mathematical modeling of hyperthermia treatments applied to cancer”
10h00	Wanderleya Toledo dos Santos (Departament of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UFJF, UFJF) “Exploring the potential of natural products to discovery of neuroprotective compounds for Parkinson’s disease“	Marcelo Lobosco (Computer Science Department and Computational Modeling Graduate Program,UFJF “Computational Modeling of the Immune Response to Vaccines”
10h30	*Short coffee break*	*Short coffee break*
11h00	Alessandra Zonari (CSO, One Skin) “Reversing Skin Aging with Longevity Technology“	Rodrigo Weber (Computer Science Department and Computational Modeling Graduate Program, UFJF) “title”
11h30	Rodrigo Alves Dias (Physics Department, UFJF) “The walking cell. A computer simulation study for metastasis cells.“	David Wanetick (CEO, Davos in the Desert) “The Business Opportunities in the field of Human Longevity”

12h30	*Lunch Break*	*Lunch Break*
14h00	Bryan Muniz (UFMG) “Internet of Medical things for aging research”	Anastasia Trushchankova and Karthikha Indran (CREA) “title”
15h00	Paul Spiegel (Eclectic Law, Libertas Biomedical, LLC) “title”	Elliot Suen (Berkeley Lab) “title”
15h30	*Coffee Break*	*Coffee Break*
16h30	Poster session	Poster session
17h30	Poster session	Prize announcement

19h00	Dinner*	–

* more information available at the day of the event.

Venue

Academic Buildings & Civic Square (Photo: Caique Cahon/UFJF)

Acoustic Shell (Photo: Caique Cahon/UFJF)

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Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora-MG, Brazil.

Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, s/n – Campus Universitário
Bairro São Pedro – CEP: 36036-900 – Juiz de Fora – MG

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The city

Juiz de Fora is a medium sized city with approximately 557 thousand inhabitants. The distance of Juiz de Fora to important brazilian cities is:
- Rio de Janeiro (RJ): 184 kilometres (114 mi)
- Belo Horizonte (MG): 272 kilometres (169 mi)
- São Paulo (SP): 506 kilometres (314 mi)
- Vitória (ES): 519 kilometres (322 mi)
- Brasília (DF): 992 kilometres (616 mi)

Although lying within tropical latitudes, the climate is relatively mild. In May we expect temperatures from 16°C (60 °F) to 24°C (75 °F).
Must try typical food from the state of Minas Gerais
Please check other interesting tourist attractions here!

Enjoy a video about Juiz de Fora by Juiz de Fora Convention & Visitors Bureau:

City tours can be organized if enough participants are interested.

Not included at the event.

Trade Hotel is offering a discount for BARTS attendees from May 24th to May 27th! Just book through their website (https://www.tradejf.com.br/) and insert the promotional code BARTS24!

First Edition

More information on the first edition here.

Scientific Committee

Antonio Carlos Godinho (Coordinator of the Geriatrics Graduate Course, Suprema)
Flavia Bastos (Coordinator of the Computational Modeling Graduate Program, UFJF)
Rodrigo Weber dos Santos (Computer Science Department and Computational Modeling Graduate Program, UFJF)