We would like to welcome you at the Fifth annual meeting of ‘The Dutch Society for Research on Ageing’ to be held on 15 and 16 June 2023 at University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), The Netherlands.

We invite PhD/Postdoc level/junior PI researchers and young scientists to submit abstracts to present their work at the meeting. Everyone who submits an abstract but isn’t selected to speak will have the opportunity to present a poster at the poster session.

Would you like the opportunity to talk or to present a poster, please submit a poster before May 15th.

This meeting will be an excellent opportunity to meet and interact with colleagues and to showcase the best of biology of ageing research.

Registration is free of charge for members of the society. Do you know someone who wants to join but is not a member yet, please sent this invitation. It is possible to become a member and join the meeting.

Please register now!

Link to registration and abstract submission form.

Thursday June 15

9.30-10.30 Registration and coffee

10.30-10.40 Welcome

10.40-11.20 Keynote lecture Mihai Netea, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen

11.20-11.35 Talk selected from abstracts (10’talk and 5 ‘discussion)

11.35-11:50 Talk selected from abstracts (10’talk and 5 ‘discussion)

11.50-12.05 Poster pitches (15 x 1’)

12.05-13.05 Lunch and posters

13.05-13.20 Introduction workshops

13.20-14.35 Groups of senior PIs work out drafts for collaborative proposals for three selected grant schemes

13.20-14.35 In parallel: Young Dusra, e.g. postdocs and PhD students, draft collaborative projects

14.35-15.00 Break

15.00-15.40 Keynote lecture Collin Ewald, ETH, Zurich

15.40-15.55 Talk selected from abstracts (10’talk and 5 ‘discussion)

15.55-16.10 Talk selected from abstracts (10’talk and 5 ‘discussion)

16.10-16.40 Break

16.40-16.55 Talk selected from abstracts (10’talk and 5 ‘discussion)

16.55-17.10 Talk selected from abstracts (10’talk and 5 ‘discussion)

17.10-17.50 Keynote lecture Ron Jachimowicz, MPI Biology of Aging, Cologne

19.00 Dinner at Weeva

Friday June 16 (plenary)

9.00 – 10.30 Presentation and discussion project plans consortia

10.30-11.00  Break

11.00-12.00  Presentation and discussion Young Dusra

12.00-12.15 Wrap up

12.15- lunch and end meeting