The III Brazilian Aging Research & Technology Symposium (BARTS 2025) is an interdisciplinary and international event that will have its third edition in April 26 – 27th, 2025 at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora-MG, Brazil.

The program consists of a list of invited speakers that will talk about the state of the art related to the use of technology to understand the aging process and also poster presentations to showcase ongoing research.

Stay connected with us and get the latest updates about the event on our Instagram page! @barts.ufjf ✨

BARTS 2025 Proceedings

PHOTOS FROM BARTS 2024

Submission   |  Topics  |  Program  |  Venue  |  Organizers  |  Past Editions

Important Dates

Abstract Submission for poster presentation: April 7th, 2025 April 14th, 2025 (extended)

Abstract Acceptance notification: April 16th, 2025 April 22nd, 2025

Poster submission for printing: by April 23rd, 2025

• 90 cm width x 120 cm height
• send the file as pdf as informed at the acceptance email

Event: April 26-27th, 2025

🏆 Congratulations to the winners!

This year’s best poster was awarded to:

“Monitoring Body Balance in Elderly People: A Technological Approach to Balance Disorders”, by Clemilda C. S. Cunha , Guilherme C. Costa, Vinycios M. André, Guillermo E. A. López, Luiz C. P. Antônio, Rodrigo A. Dias and José P. R. F. Mendonça

Honorable mention given to:

“Computational Modeling of Cortical Gyrification in the Mammalian Brain”, by Alexsandro Pattiele Rosa Guimaraes, Bernardo Martins Rocha and Flavia de Souza Bastos.

Topics

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

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

Submission is closed!

BARTS 2025 Proceedings

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

Suggested Templates:

• Abstract-Template.docx
• Abstract-Template-tex.zip
• Abstract-Template-Overleaf

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

Poster submission for printing:

• 90 cm width x 120 cm height
• send the file as pdf as informed at the acceptance email

Program

* more information available at the day of the event.

	Sunday (April 27th)
8h30	Registration
9h30	“Alzheimer’s disease” Gregory M. Cole, Ph.D (Director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Care, UCLA)
10h	“The past, present and future of aging research” Felipe Sierra
10h30	Short coffee break
11h	“Impact of GH/IGF-1 axis on neuroglial cells” Mariana Rosolen Tavares, Ph.D (Researcher in the Neurology and Neurosurgery Department at the Paulista Medical School, Federal University of São Paulo)
11h30	“Neuroinflammation and Aging” Luan Cristian da Silva, Ph.D (Professor at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF).
12h30	Lunch Break
14h30	“Transplants and aging” Gustavo Fernandes Ferreira, Ph.D (President of Associação Brasileira de Transplante de Órgãos, ABTO)
15h00	“Smartphone Use, Digital Addiction and Physical and Mental Health in Community‑dwelling Older Adults“ Giancarlo Lucchetti, Ph.D (Professor at Geriatrics Department, School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, UFJF)
15h30	“Data Intensive Scalable Computing: Edge-Fog-Cloud in E-Health Environment” Mario Dantas, Ph.D (Professor at Graduate Program in Computer Science, PPGCC, UFJF)
16h	Coffee Break
17h	Panel:  Bryan Barbosa – Panelist Sunwoo Kwak – Panelist
17h30	Closing session and Best Poster announcement

Venue

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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.

Scientific Committee

• Flavia Bastos (Professor and Coordinator of the Computational Modeling Graduate Program, UFJF)
• Antonio Carlos Godinho (Coordinator of the Geriatrics Graduate Course, Suprema)
• Rodrigo Weber dos Santos (Professor at the Computational Modeling Graduate Program, UFJF)
• Marcelo Lobosco (Professor at the Computational Modeling Graduate Program, UFJF)

Organizers

Students

Sponsor

We thank the support of: