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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.

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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

Poster submission for printing: by April 23rd, 2025 (90 cm width x 120 cm height)

Event: April 26-27th, 2025

 


 

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

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

Suggested Templates:

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


 

Program

 

 

Saturday (April 26th)

8h30 Registration
9h30 “How Phenomics is Reshaping Our Understanding of Human Aging

Steven A. Garan, Ph.D (CREA UC Berkeley, LBNL)Steven A. Garan, Ph.D

(Center for Research and Education in Aging, CREA, University of California, Berkeley)

10h “Nanorobotics and Aging Research”

Nuno R. B. Martins, Ph.D (CREA, UC Berkeley, USA)Nuno R. B. Martins, Ph.D

(Center for Research and Education in Aging, CREA, University of California, Berkeley)

10h30 Short break
11h “Technological Innovations in Elderly-centered Care”

Alessandra Tieppo

(Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, SBGG-MG)

11h30
12h30 Lunch Break
14h30 “Immaging in aging”

Paulo Ambrosio, Ph.D

(Professor at Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, UESC)

15h00 “The walking cell”

Rodrigo Alves Dias (Professor in the Physics Department, UFJF)Rodrigo Alves Dias, Ph.D

(Professor in the Physics Department at UFJF)

15h30 “Computational modeling of neurodegenerative diseases”

Matheus Avila M. de Paula (UFJF)

Matheus Ávila Moreira de Paula

(Professor at CEFET)

16h Coffee Break
17h Poster session #1
18h
Panel:  Health issues related to human aging
Steven A. Garan – Moderator
Brian Wang – Panelist
Felipe Sierra –  Panelist
Nuno R. B. Martins, Ph.D  –  Panelist
19h Dinner*

* more information available at the day of the event.

 

Sunday (April 27th)

8h30 Registration
9h “Alzheimer’s disease”

Greg Cole, PhD

Gregory M. Cole, Ph.D

(Director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Care, UCLA)

9h30 “Metabolomics Unveils Disrupted Pathways in Parkinson’s Disease: Toward Biomarker-Based Diagnosis”

Ana Claudia Chagas, Ph.D

(Professor at Pharmaceutical Sciences Department,UFJF)

10h Short coffee break
10h30 The past, present and future of aging research

Felipe Sierra

 

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 Poster session #2
17h30 Closing session and Prize announcement

 

Venue

 

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

 


 

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

 


 

 


 

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