2008 Autumn Conference of the Korean Society for Gerontology 

and Special Symposium for the 2nd Anniversary of Institute on Aging Seoul National University

9:30- Registration

9:50-10:00 Opening

Special Symposium for Human Longevity Genes: Preliminary Data from Korean and Japanese Centenarians

10:00-10:40 Looking for human model of longevity from centenarian to

semisuper-centenarians. 

Nobuyoshi Hirose (Keio University) 

10:40-11:10 Candidate genes controlling human longevity in Koreans.

Ji Wan Park (Sung Kyun Kwan University)

11:10-11:30 The ethnic diversity of Pan Asia. 

Jong Wha Park (Korea Research Institute of Biosicence and

Biotechnology) 

11:30-11:50 Genes regulated by the strength of calorie restriction in

proliferating budding yeast cells.

Cheol Koo Lee (Korea University)

Session I Cell aging

13:20-13:45 TRF2-interacting protein DDX39 is required for functional telomeres. 

In Kwon Chung (Yonsei University)

13:45-14:10 Roles of GSK3 in cellular senescence. 

Gyesoon Yoon (Ajou University)

Session II Animal aging 

14:10-14:35 Regulation of the SKN-1 transcription factor by insulin/IGF-1like signaling in C. elegans. 

Jae Hyung An (Yonsei University)

14:35-15:00 Age-related changes in drosophila midgut stem cells are associated with PVF2, a PDFG/VEGF-like growth factor.

Mi Ae Yoo (Pusan National University)

15:00-15:25 Modulation of Vascular Aging by calorie Restriction and betaine Treatment. 

Hae Young Chung (Pusan National University)

Session III Aging and disease

15:45-16:10 Interaction of microglia and amyloid-β through β2-integrin is regulated by RhoA. 

Jae Bong Park (Hallym University)

16:10-16:35 Roles of transglutaminase2 in the pathogenesis of agerelated degenerative diseases. 

In Gyu Kim (Seoul National University)

16:35-17:00 Salivary protein complex formed in human mixed saliva

becomes stable and plays multifunctional roles. 

Suk Keun Lee (Kangnung National University)

17:00-18:00 Colloquium

18:00-18:30 General meeting