The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology will be celebrating the career and achievements of Distinguished Professor Kelvin J. A. Davies, and his transition to retirement and Distinguished Professor Emeritus status. Please RSVP below to join us on Friday, September 9, 2022 from 9am – 3pm in the Gerontology Auditorium.
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Professor Kelvin J.A. Davies Festschrift
September 9, 2022, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm PDT
Event Schedule
9:30am – 10:00am – Welcome & Coffee in Courtyard
10:00am – 10:10am – Tribute Dean Hassy Cohen
10:10am – 10:20am – Tilman Grune – “The Fate of the Aged (Proteins)”
10:20am -10:40am – Enrique Cadenas – “Ex Vivo NMR-Based Assessment of Brain Energy Metabolism”
10:40am – 11:00am – Henry Forman – “Kelvin JA Davies: friend and colleague”
11:00am – 11:20am – John Tower – “Sex differences in protein degradation”
11:20am – 11:40am – Julie Andersen – “Hallmarks of Aging as Underlying Drivers of Neurodegenerative Disorders”
11:40am – 12:00pm – Robert Pacifici – “How my time in the Davies laboratory prepared me for a career in science…and so much more!”
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – 1:20pm – George Brooks – “Three Characters in History: The Elephant Seal, Helen of Troy, Professor Kelvin Davies.”
1:20pm – 1:40pm – Caleb Finch – “Redox Davies Redux in Four Decades”
1:40pm – 2:00pm – Daniela Bota – “Targeting protein folding and degradation: Searching for effective glioma treatments”
2:00pm – 2:20pm – Andrew Pickering – “Proteasome the great cellular garbage disposal, how it keeps your cell clean and you healthy”
2:20pm – 2:40pm – Laura Pomatto – “Adaptive Homeostasis: from the Proteasome to Metabolic Remolding”
2:40pm – 3:00pm – Kelvin Davies – “Ruminations of an Ageing Free Radical”
