SITN Lecture - Are we Programmed to Age?

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/7/4/0/event_55466432.jpegAre we programmed to age? Well come to the next Science in the News Fall Lecture and find out, as our fearless team of grad students explores the age old question of aging.

For those of you not familiar with SITN's lecture format, lectures are free, accessible, and open to the public. All lectures are given entirely by graduate students at Harvard and focus on hot topics in science research and news.

All lectures are on Wednesdays starting at 7 PM at the Armenise Amphitheater at Harvard Medical School. They are 2 hours in length, with a 10 minute break in between.

They will have light refreshments before the lecture (coffee, tea, cookies, etc.)

Best way to get there is by T. The closest Green Line stops are the E train at Longwood Medical Area, and the D train at Longwood. The Harvard Medical School Quadrangle is on Longwood Avenue, across from the half traffic circle at Avenue Louis Pasteur. The Armenise Amphitheater is the first building on the left (facing into the quadrangle).

There is parking at the Masco Garage at 375 Longwood. Evening rate is $7

HMS Quadrangle Map (https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/images/maps/quadmap.jpg)

Longwood Medical Area Map (https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/images/maps/LMAmap.jpg)

Interactive Google Map (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101729904914405135624.000439a3efaa5a627500c&om=1&ll=42.338832,-71.10549&spn=0.011579,0.020921&source=embed)

Masco Parking Garage Info (http://www.masco.org/directions/lma-public-parking)

We'll gather on the benches outside the main entrance of the Courtyard Cafe (or in the lobby if it's wet out). I will have a meetup sign. We should meet at 6:30 so we can go in and have refreshments before the lecture. Afterwards, we can go to Bertucci's down the street for more food and drinks.

There's a maximum of 25 RSVPs. If you're on the waiting list, it doesn't mean you can't come to the lecture (it is open to the public, after all) - it just means I won't be looking for you, because I can only keep track of so many.

Hope to see you there :)

From SITN:

In this week’s lecture, our speakers explore the theory that aging is programmed into all living and aging organisms and present evidence for and against this hypothesis. We will discuss the role of proteins, the small machines within our cells that perform most of its functions, in the process of aging and what happens when the folding process goes wrong and these misfolded proteins contribute to aging-related dysfunction, such as Alzheimer’s disease. We will also explore animals that are ‘programmed’ by their genes to live longer, indicating that the rate of aging can be controlled and there may even someday be drugs that are able to extend lifespan.

For more information and direcitons, please visit https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/sitn-seminars/