Barshop Symposium on Aging 2018 Abstracts

The theme of the 2018 Barshop Symposium on Aging at the Mayan Ranch in Bandera, Texas, USA was ‘Exercise regulation of biological aging’. Drs. Nicolas Musi and Darpan Patel were the conference organizers. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Charlotte Peterson, Professor and Director of the Center for Muscle Biology at the University of Kentucky, USA, followed by scientific sessions on 1) Effects of exercise on mitochondrial biology; 2) Effects of exercise on inflammation and senescence; 3) Aging, exercise and function; 4) Muscle as a secretory organ; 5) Exercise and metabolism; 6) Exercise and cancer. These platform presentations were complimented by interactive poster presentations, which are represented by respective abstracts for this publication