Are you interested in why we age and get dementia? Some answers come from failing gene maintenance and brain energy production.
NANSEN NEUROSCIENCE LECTURE 2026
“Why do we age? – DNA damage and mitochondria in neurodegeneration”
by Vilhelm Bohr
10:30-12:30, 12/10/2026, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Drammensveien 78, Oslo
https://www.dnva.no/detskjer/2026/04/why-do-we-age-dna-damage-and-mitochondria-neurodegeneration
The Nansen Neuroscience Lecture 2026 is given by Vilhelm Bohr. He is a Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Health, USA, and an Affiliated Professor in Genome instability and neurodegeneration at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at The University of Copenhagen. He was elected a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 2020.
Programme
10:30 Coffee and refreshments – mingling
11:00 Opening by Marit Westergaard, Secretary General of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
11:03 Introduction to the lecture by Professor Linda Hildegard Bergersen.
11:05 “Why do we age? – DNA damage and mitochondria in neurodegeneration” Lecture by Vilhelm Bohr.
11:45 Discussion and questions from the audience moderated by Professor Jon Storm-Mathisen.
11:59 Short address and handover of book present to the NNL Lecturer, by Kristin Svanqvist, Head of the NNN Board.
12:00 Coffee and refreshments, informal discussions.
The meeting is open to the public, but registration is required by email to l.t.navestad@dnva.no.
The Nansen Neuroscience Lectures (NNLs) are organized annually since 10.10. 2010 in conjunction with Fridtjof Nansen’s birthday to honour Nansen’s fundamental contribution to neuroscience. They are part of the Academy’s Nansen celebration.
The NNLs are given by speakers selected from the top tier of science research, and often later get prestigious prizes. Thus Karl Deisseroth, who gave an NNL in 2011, was awarded the Nobel Prize this year.
The lectures are organized by Linda H. Bergersen and Jon Storm-Mathisen on behalf of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA) in cooperation with the University of Oslo (UiO), and The Nansen Neuroscience Network (NNN).
Source: DNVA (Why do we age? – DNA damage and mitochondria in neurodegeneration | Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi)
Some pictures of the event. Photos NO-Age/NO-AD
