Brazilian Aging Research & Technology Symposium (BARTS) 2024
Important Dates Registration Program Venue Cultural Suggestions
The Brazilian Aging Research & Technology Symposium (BARTS) 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.
More information on the first edition here
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.
The program consists of invited lectures and poster presentation.
- The lectures will have 30 min with 10 min for discussion.
- Poster presentations will have 5 min (bring your poster).
Graduate and Undergraduate Students are encouraged to submit abstracts for poster presentations.
🏆 A prize will be offered for best posters.
Registration:
Register for free to the Symposium >> soon.
Certificates will be provided via informed email for those who attend.
Important Dates:
Event: May 25-26th, 2024
Abstract Submission: May 6th, 2024
Acceptance: May 20th, 2024
Submission:
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.
To submit your abstract access the following link: soon.
* Selected works will be invited to have an extended version published with DOI in a Research Topic (More information soon).
Program:
| Saturday (May 25th) | Sunday (May 26th) | |
|---|---|---|
| 8h30 | Registration | Registration |
| 9h | Steven A Garan (CREA) ‘The Past, Present and Future of Aging Research“ |
Jose Cordeiro
“The Death of death” |
| 9h30 | Elliot Suen (Berkeley Lab)
“Mathematical modeling of aging” |
Paul Spiegel |
| 10h | Invited Speaker | Invited Speaker |
| 10h30 | Short coffee break | Short coffee break |
| 11h | Ana Claudia Chagas (UFJF) | |
| 11h30 | Juliana M. O. S. Reis (UFJF) | Marcelo Lobosco (UFJF) |
| 12h | Holly Brown-Borg (Biomedical Sciences Department at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences)
‘Somatotropic signaling in health and disease’ |
Pannel |
| 12h30 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 14h | Nuno Martins (CREA)
“Human Brain Cloud Interface, Human Longevity and Human Enhancement” |
Invited Speaker |
| 15h | Leonardo Golliat (UFJF) | Invited Speaker |
| 15h30 | Priscila Capriles (UFJF) | Invited Speaker |
| 16h | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 17h30 | Poster session | Poster session |
| 18h30 | Closing pannel | Prize announcement |
| 19h | Dinner | – |
Venue:
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora-MG, Brazil.
Cultural Suggestions
- The venue is a Science Center and Observatory and it will be open for visit Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning;
- Juiz de Fora is a medium sized city with approximately 557 thousand inhabitants. The distance of Juiz de Fora to important cities is:
- Rio de Janeiro: 184 kilometres (114 mi)
- Belo Horizonte: 272 kilometres (169 mi)
- São Paulo: 506 kilometres (314 mi)
- Vitória: 519 kilometres (322 mi)
- Brasília: 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!
Organizers:
Barbara de Melo Quintela (DCC/UFJF)
Steven A Garan (CREA, UC Berkeley)
Nuno Martins (CREA, UC Berkeley)
Students:
Anna Julia de A Lucas (UFJF)
Gustavo G Silva (UFJF)
Isadora Gonçalves Ferreira (UFJF)
Maria Luisa R Guimaraes (UFJF)
Matheus Avila M de Paula (UFJF)
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