[obml] Workshop "Death, Healthspan and Aging: From Definitions to Data Semantics", Rostock, 26-27 Nov 2015

[Ludger Jansen]

You are invited to participate in the workshop



"Death, Healthspan and Aging: From Definitions to Data Semantics"



Rostock, Thursday 26 -- Friday 27 Nov. 2015



*** Aims and Topics



Research findings and data in biomedical aging research are now stored and 
processed electronically. However, a standard for data semantics is still 
lacking. This workshop brings together aging researchers, bioinformaticians 
and philosophers.

How are central terms like "death", "aging" and "healthspan" defined in 
various disciplines or with respect to various levels of biological 
phenomena - molecules, cells, and organisms? Are these definitions or 
conceptualizations compatible with each other? Do they add to an integrated 
picture of death, aging and healthspan? Can they integrate data and findings 
from different disciplines and different species, or must they be modified 
to serve this end?

The goal of the workshop is to define a multi-species framework for useful 
data-semantics for research on healthspan and aging. The meeting is a 
follow-up on the 2013 RoSyBA workshop.



*** Website

https://sites.google.com/site/healthspansemantics2015/



*** Venue

- Thursday: Lecture hall of the Institute of Physiology, Gertrudenstraße 9.

- Friday: Internationales Begegnungszentrum (IBZ), Bergstraße 7A.



*** Organisation

- PD Dr. Ludger Jansen, Institute of Philosophy, University of Rostock

- Prof. Dr. Georg Fuellen, Institute for Biostatistics and Informatics in 
Medicine and Aging Research (IBIMA), Rostock University Medical Center



*** Registration

Participation is free, but places are limited. For this reason, please 
register until 22.11.2015 with Ms Almut Brauer, 
ibima-events at med.uni-rostock.de.





*** Programme



Thursday 16:00-19:30



 16:00   Welcome



16:05   Hector Wittwer (Magdeburg):

            The Definition of Death across Biological Species.

            Controversial Philosophical Issues



16:50   Coffee break



17:05   Ludger Jansen (Rostock), Lars Vogt (Bonn):

            Death, healthspan and aging: Temporal boundaries in biological 
life



17:50   Coffee break



18:05   Andreas Simm (Halle):

            Towards definitions and markers for health and aging



18:50   General discussion on definitions and markers



20:00   Workshop Dinner (Place t.b.a.)



Friday 9:30-16:00



9:30     Welcome



9:35     Peter Antal (Budapest):

            How can systems-based approaches help to find (genetic) factors 
of healthy aging?



10:20   Coffee break



10:35   Janna Hastings (Babraham, UK):

            Aging, Health and Metabolism: Ontologies for worm data



11:20   Coffee break



11:35   General discussion: Methods/Data Semantics



 12:15   Lunch



 13:05   Francesca Cirulli (Rome):

             Death, aging, health (and gender): The mouse perspective



13:50   Coffee break



14:05   Alicia Wolk (Stockholm):

            Death, aging, health (and gender): The human perspective



14:50   Coffee break



15:05   Final discussion



15:55   Farewell



16:00   End of workshop





*** Sponsors

- Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, Rostock University (Department 
Knowledge -- Culture -- Transformation)

- Horizon 2020 Project Aging with Elegans, funded by the European Commission