Lipids and Longevity

Chair(s)

• PC

  Philip Calder, PhD, DPhil (he/him/his)

  Professor of Nutritional Immunology
  Faculty of Medicine
  University of Southampton
  Southampton, United Kingdom
• 

  Richard Bazinet

  Professor
  Nutritional Sciences
  University of Toronto
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This session will provide a state-of-the-art overview of recent research linking lipid species and specific fatty acids to human longevity.  

Presentations:

• 8:35 AM – 8:55 AM PST

  Omega-3 fatty acids and telomere length: A review of clinical evidence
  

  Presenting Author: Aleix Sala-Vila – Fatty Acid Research Institute & Hospital del Mar Research Institute
• 8:55 AM – 9:15 AM PST

  Metabolite Signatures of Chronological Age, Aging, Survival and Longevity
  

  Presenting Author: Paola Sebastiani, PhD – Tufts Medical Center

  Co-Author: Zeyuan Song – Tufts Medical Center

  Co-Author: Anastasia Leshchyk – Boston University

  Co-Author: Michael S. Lustgarten – Tufts HNRCA
• 9:15 AM – 9:35 AM PST

  Novel class of MCTs for treatment of cognitive health and neurological disorders
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph C. Rongione, PhD – Stepan Co
• 9:35 AM – 9:55 AM PST

  Plant-derived SDA/GLA sources demonstrate distinct 'anti-inflammaging' effects in human and animal models
  

  Presenting Author: Greg W. Cumberford, BSc (he/him/his) – Natures Crops International