BSRA 75th ASM: Oxford
Keble College, University of Oxford09-11 September 2026
About BSRA 2026
BRITAIN’S LEADING AGEING CONFERENCE
In 2026, the BSRA is pleased to be hosting its 75th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) on the biology of ageing in Oxford between the 9th and 11th of September.
Venue: The conference will be held at Keble College, part of the University of Oxford, and will include a Chair's Reception in the beautiful Liddon Quad to celebrate our landmark 75th meeting.
Deadline for Abstract submissions: 15 June 2026
Find details of the programme and speakers below. Should you have any questions or need further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out via email asm@bsra.org.uk.
We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford!
More about the conference here
So, how does submission of abstracts work?
Amongst other sessions, our programme has a total of 7 oral sessions which are structured in the following format:
- Invited speaker (~25 mins)
- Elevated speaker (~10 mins)
- Elevated speaker (~10 mins)
- Elevated speaker (~10 mins)
- Invited speaker (~25 mins)
During abstract submission, you will be asked if you would like to be considered for an oral presentation or remain as a poster. A small number of submissions will be considered by the Board for 10 minute elevated oral presentation and you will be informed in advance of the outcome. For the first 4 of the 7 oral sessions (on days 1 and 2), the elevated oral presentations will be predominantly from early career researchers, who will then be eligible for the Korenchevsky Prize. The Korenchevsky Prize is awarded each year to the best early career researcher elevated oral presentation. The winner will be presented with their award at the conference dinner on the evening of day 2. Poster awards will be presented to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. This year, we will have 1 poster reception and 4 other poster sessions during coffee and lunch breaks.
Poster Guidelines
- Portrait (not landscape)
- A0 as a maximum size
Elevated Oral Guidelines
- 7 minutes in length
- up to 3 minutes for questions
- Standard lecture hall podium setup with a Windows computer will be available for PowerPoint slides
Programme Schedule - 3 Days
09 Sep
Early Careers Sessions tbc
Details of these satellite sessions specifically for Early Career Researchers will be announced soon.
Registration and Welcome Tea/Coffee
Opening Remarks
Keynote: Prof Sarah Harper, The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
Session 1: Hallmarks of Ageing
2 invited talks: Prof Guang-Hui Liu (China), pending
3 elevated talks
Coffee Break & Networking
Panel 1: Ageing Societies - Impact and Science
Public Keynote: Valter Longo, Fasting Mimicking Diet Cycles, Cellular Reprogramming and Healthy Longevity
BSRA Chair's Reception
Invited and Keynote Speakers
This list will be updated regularly with additional speakers and talk titles
Professor Ana Maria Cuervo: Selective Autophagy: promoting healthy aging one protein at a time
Professor John Hardy: Progress towards therapies of the neurodegenerative diseases
Professor Dag Aarsland: Dementia Risk in the Community: from lifestyle interventions for prevention to biomarkers and therapeutics
Professor Anne Schaefer: tbc
Professor Gerald Shadel: Mitochondrial Stress Signaling in Ageing, Disease and Immunity
Professor Guanghui Liu: tbc
Professor Valter Longo: Fasting Mimicking Diet Cycles, Cellular Reprogramming and Healthy Longevity
Professor KJ Patel: Endogenous formaldehyde stimulates accelerated ageing in humans and mice
Professor Sarah Harper, CBE: tbc
Professor Colin Selman: tbc
Professor Ana Maria Cuervo
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
Professor John Hardy
University College London (UK)
Professor Dag Aarsland
King's College London (UK)
Professor Anne Schaefer
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing (Germany)
Professor Gerald Shadel
Salk Institute (US)
Professor Guanghui Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Professor Valter Longo
University of Southern California
Professor KJ Patel
University of Oxford
Professor Sarah Harper, CBE
University of Oxford, UK
Professor Colin Selman
University of Glasgow (UK)
Registration Types and Fees
Early Bird period is available until May 31, 2026.
Conference Dinner
Set menu
The Society Dinner will be held in the attractive dining hall at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, just a short walk from our conference venue at Keble College. Numbers are capped and therefore places will be available on a first come first served basis. Dinner will start at 7.30 pm on Thursday 10th, and will include the announcement of The Korenchevsky Prize.
The three-course set menu will use seasonal ingredients, and be confirmed in the weeks before the event. You can choose either a meat or plant-based menu.
Tickets cost £60.00 and are not included in the standard conference registration fee.
Conference dinner
108 items left!The conference dinner will be held in the dining hall of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Numbers are capped and therefore places will be available on a first come first serve basis. Tickets cost £60.00 and are not included in the standard conference registration fee. Tickets include welcome drinks and a 3-course dinner, with wine and tea/coffee. The Korenchevsky Prize will also be presented at the conference dinner.
Conference Location
Keble College, University of Oxford
Venue
Keble College, University of Oxford
England, OX1 3PG, United Kingdom
Address
Oxford OX1 3PG, UK
Conference Sponsors
Sponsors of the ASM will be shown here. If your company or organisation would like to sponsor #BSRA2026, please contact us as ASM@bsra.org.uk