International Workshop
"From Homo sapiens
to Homo sapiens liberatus"

25 May
Conference Hall 221, Bldg. "B"

9:15-9:45 Registration, coffee


9:45-12:00
Chairmen, G. Blobel*, A. Olovnikov

V.P. Skulachev 9:45-10:00 Introductory remarks
V.P. Skulachev and M.V. Skulachev 10:00-10:45 The present state of the art of the SkQ Megaproject

10:45-11:00 Discussion
B. Cannon 11:00-11:15 Multiplicity of beneficial effects of mitochondrially targeted plastoquinone on ageing phenotype in premature ageing mice with increased mitochondrial DNA mutations

11:15-11:30 Discussion
J. Nedergaard 11:30-11:45 Mitochondrial effects of prolonged treatment of mtDNA mutator mice with SkQ

11:45-12:00 Discussion
12:00-12:30 Coffee break


12:30-14:30
Chairmen, B. Cannon, V.I. Kapelko

D.B. Zorov 12:30-12:45 Effects of SkQs on oxidative stress-mediated injuries of kidney and brain

12:45-13:00 Discussion
B.V. Chernyak 13:00-13:15 SkQ1 accelerates dermal wound healing in animals

13:15-13:30 Discussion
N.G. Kolosova 13:30-13:45 Effects of SkQ on cataract and retinopathies in OXYS rats

13:45-14:00 Discussion
A.A. Zamyatnin 14:00-14:15 Clinical trials of the SkQ1 drops in treatment of "dry eye"

14:15-14:30 Discussion
14:30-15:45 Lunch


15:45-19:15
Chairmen, J. Nedergaard, E.I. Rogaev

V.N. Anisimov 15:45-16:00 Effects of SkQ on lifespan and spontaneous carcinogenesis in female mice of three different strains

16:00-16:15 Discussion
F.F. Severin 16:15-16:30 Two mechanisms of antioxidant activity of SkQs

16:30-16:45 Discussion
D.A. Cherepanov 16:45-17:00 Possible role of the Complex III-bound cardiolipin dimer in initiation of mitochondrial lipid peroxidation

17:00-17:15 Discussion
S.A. Nedospasov 17:15-17:30 Unexpected features in mice with mutant cytochrome c

17:30-17:45 Discussion
17:45-18:15 Coffee break
J. Mitteldorf 18:15-18:30 Darwinian Evolution is a Highly Evolved Process

18:30-18:45 Discussion
V. Gorbunova 18:45-19:00 SIRT6 promotes DNA repair under stress by mono-ADP-ribosylating PARP1

19:00-19:15 Discussion


19:15-20:15
Chairmen, G. Libertini, L. Gavrilov

A. Seluanov 19:15-19:30 Anticancer mechanisms in a longest-lived rodent, the naked mole-rat

19:30-19:45 Discussion
H.S. Saunders 19:45-20:00 Non-senescence in classical evolutionary theory

20:00-20:15 Discussion
20:15 Coffee break


26 May
Conference Hall 221, Bldg. "B"

9:00-9:30 Coffee


9:30-12:00
Chairmen, C.J. Hauser, S.A. Nedospasov

K. Lewis 9:30-9:45 Examples of prokaryotic genetic programs detrimental to individual cell

9:45-10:00 Discussion
N. Gavrilova 10:00-10:15 Comparative analysis of parameters of human ontogenesis and senescence

10:15-10:30 Discussion
G. Libertini 10:30-10:45 Oxidative damage and aging (+ link to slides)

10:45-11:00 Discussion
T. Goldsmith 11:00-11:15 Rationale for complex programmed life span regulation in mammals (+ links to full text and slides)

11:15-11:30 Discussion
11:30-12:00 Coffee break


12:00-14:00
Chairmen, T. Goldsmith, D. Vinogradov

E.I. Rogaev 12:00-12:15 Brain and aging

12:15-12:30 Discussion
C.J. Hauser 12:30-12:45 Mitochondrial debris including mitochondrial DNA and formyl peptides that appear in the blood after major trauma can induce a syndrome resembling sepsis

12:45-13:00 Discussion
A.G. Ryazanov 13:00-13:15 An enzyme whose inactivation delays aging and increases lifespan

13:15-13:30 Discussion

13:30-14:00 General discussion
14:00-15:00 Lunch
POSTERS 15:00-16:00 N.A. Bocharova et al., Role of mitochondria in cell senescence-induced death of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
E.K. Fetisova et al., Induction of multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein inhibits the antiapoptotic action of mitochondria-targeted antioxidant SkQR1
L.A. Gavrilov & N.S. Gavrilova, Demographic Consequences of Defeating Aging
E.N. Grigoryan et al., The novel antioxidant SkQ1 as an effective protector of rat eye tissues during long-term organotypic cultivation
D.A. Knorre et al., Sir2-dependent daughter-to-mother transport of the damaged proteins in yeast is necessary to prevent high stress sensitivity of the daughters
G. Libertini, Comparison between two paradigms about aging (+ link to poster)
G. Libertini, Are C. elegans and D. melanogaster valid animal models for studies on aging? (+ link to poster)
G. Libertini, Arguments against telomere-telomerase system as general defence against cancer (+ link to poster)
G. Libertini, A proposal: Project "Homo sapiens liberatus II"! (+ link to poster)
M. Vyssokikh et al. , Altered content and fatty acid composition in cardiolipin of mitochondria from mtDNA mutator mice
L.S. Yaguzhinsky et al., The study of uncoupling action mechanism of SkQ?SkQ3 family compounds
M.A. Kozlova & A.Y. Mulkidjanian, The impact of membrane-targeted cations on energy conversion in membrane vesicles from Rb. capsulatus
E.V. Titova et al., The effect of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants on normal and transformed cells in culture
G.S. Shagieva et al., The effects of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants on human cervical cancer cells in culture
Chairman, V.P. Skulachev 16:00-17:30 Discussion on initiation of the Homo sapiens liberatus (HSL) movement
G. Blobel* 17:30-17:45 Concluding remarks

19:00-22:00 Banquet at a Moscow river boat (starts near Radisson Royal Hotel, former "Ukraina" Hotel)

* Off sick