2026 Replacement in Aging Session

October 5, 2026 9 am - 6 pm,

Pechet Room, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Boston, MA 02115

Can aging be addressed not only by repairing accumulated damage, but by replacing the cells, tissues, organs, and systems that fail over time?

This full-day workshop gathers leading researchers to explore replacement as an emerging frontier in aging biology and medicine. The session will examine how deliberate substitution of aged or failing biological components may offer a path toward restoring function, resilience, and long-term health.

By moving beyond the goal of slowing decline, this workshop will focus on strategies that aim to rebuild aging systems with biologically young, engineered, or synthetically equivalent components. Discussions will span regenerative medicine, organ engineering, immune renewal, neuroregeneration, and the principles needed for durable integration and function.

The workshop will bring together researchers working across developmental biology, bioengineering, transplantation, and aging science to discuss what is technically possible, what remains biologically limiting, and how replacement-based approaches could become a core pillar of therapeutic aging interventions.

2026 Speakers

Treena Arinzeh, PhD

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Anthony Atala, MD

DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR, WAKE FOREST INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
George M. Church, PhD

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MIT
Mike Curtis, PhD

PRESIDENT AND CEO eGENESIS
Vadim Gladyshev, PhD

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Linda Griffith, PhD

PROFESSOR AT MIT ENGINEERING
Hugh Herr, PhD

MIT MEDIA LAB
Richard Lee, MD

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Kyle Loh, PhD.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Alban Longchamp, MD / PhD.

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Alibek Moldakozhayev, PhD

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Tom Rando MD / PhD, Director.

UCLA BROAD STEM CELL RESEARCH CENTER, CENTER PROFESSOR, NEUROLOGY
Justin Rebo, CEO

KIND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Stefan Tulius, MD/PhD

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Basak Uygun, PhD.

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Pamela Yelick, PhD.

TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE