Program and Speakers

Please keep an eye out on this page for further announcements regarding our program and speakers. Speakers confirmed so far (subject to change) include but are not limited to:

Keynote

Professor Gordon Lithgow: New robust interventions for aging and chronic disease

Professor Stuart Phillips: Dietary Protein in Optimal Aging – The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth

Professor Ben Miller: Context specificity of metformin treatment on mitochondrial energetics and healthspan

Professor Peter Stenvinkel: Accelerated Vascular Aging in Chronic Kidney Disease – The Potential for Novel Therapies

Professor Roz Anderson – Delayed Aging by Caloric Restriction

Invited

Professor Malcolm Jackson: Peroxiredoxins in redox regulation of skeletal muscle adaptations to contractile activity and ageing

Dr Elizabeth Veal: ‘Responding to stress – The role of peroxiredoxins in redox-signalling mechanisms important for adaptation and survival’

Professor Dawn Skelton: Falls prevention exercise – Will any strength and balance exercise programme work?

Professor Beth Phillips: Contractile strategies to mitigate muscle mass losses in older age

Professor Chris Murgatroyd: Epigenetic mechanisms linking stress and ageing

Professor Steve Horvath: Updates on epigenetic studies of aging and rejuvenation

Professor Leon Schurgers: The role of vitamin K in Ageing

Professor Eugene McCloskey : Realistic prevention of components of musculoskeletal ageing

Dr Colleen Deane: Mechanisms of, and countermeasures for, age-related muscle decline

Professor Lykke Sylow: Preserving muscle mass for healthy aging – Old tricks and new targets

Dr Rahul Samant: Divergence in proteostasis strategies underpins stress resilience of the senescent cellular state

Dr Rebecca Taylor: Activation of the UPR by environmental perception can modulate organismal aging

Professor Liesbeth Veenhoff: The nuclear pore complex in ageing – a landmark structure at the crossroads of genome stability and protein homeostasis

About BSRA 2025

The conference has one central theme: The Biology of Ageing, but with many sub-themes across sessions. The world’s leading experts will give their insights into the biology of ageing. Leading international speakers will present the latest evidence and encourage discussion and interaction, alongside elevated talks from abstract submissions of all career stages. Eelvated talks from early career researchers will be eligible for the Korenchevsky prize (Annual Awards – BSRA). The prize is funded attendance to The American Aging Association (AGE) (americanagingassociation.org) meeting to present their work. Prizes will also be available for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed posters. The conference lasts a total of 3 days including:

  • 6 x Oral communication sessions (2 invited speakers and 3 elevated speakers per session)
  • 3 x Keynote speakers
  • 2 x Panel discussions
  • A Public lecture from Prof Stuart Phillips (McMaster University, Canada)
  • An Early career scientists workshop
  • A sponsored symposium 
  • Conference dinner and posters receptions 
  • The 3rd edition of the Healthy Ageing Fun Run, led by Paul Morgan

Why BSRA?

  • Events running for the past 73 years with a proven track record.
  • >20 countries represented
  • Highly relevant exhibitors to the biology of ageing
  • Highly regarded conference for scientific progression
  • Expert speakers, with the highest reputation in the biology of ageing, flown in from around the world
  • Exceptional feedback from our 2024 delegates