Lovely article and summary by Ariel Z-J. I was originally planning to be at this event and speaking, but had a coincidental corporate trip which we earned over two years. (Which we also didn't go to since I had a bike fall and messed up my knee. )
Great summaries of these presentations, which seem very credible and compelling. I thought, indeed was informed very clearly, that Alcor CEO James Arrowwood was also going to present, but I didn't see a mention of Alcor at all. (?).
Next year at Vitalist Bay! (If they do this annually.)
1. James Arrowwood gave a general overview of Alcor and it's current activities. It didn't really include any new information, which is why I didn't highlight it.
2. Nick Llewellyn, the new Alcor director of R&D, gave a talk about how they want to explore kidney cryopreservation. The talk was more about their aspirations than any significant breakthroughs as of yet.
There were a bunch of other talks that were good too - I've just highlighted the ones I personally found most interesting. I believe all the talks were recorded, so hopefully they'll be up on YouTube soon for those who missed the conference.
The lack of microstructural/ultrastructural analysis from cryonics companies has been an issue for a while, and was part of the impetus for the Brain Preservation Prize. The traditional excuse has been that the tissue shrinks due to dehydration etc, and in the shruken state tracing the boundaries of cells on EM is nearly impossible. However, I believe they could rehydrate the tissue and image it, easily, but the cryonics companies have never shared such data. I'm glad to hear there is some movement towards greater transparency on the issue.
Lovely article and summary by Ariel Z-J. I was originally planning to be at this event and speaking, but had a coincidental corporate trip which we earned over two years. (Which we also didn't go to since I had a bike fall and messed up my knee. )
Great summaries of these presentations, which seem very credible and compelling. I thought, indeed was informed very clearly, that Alcor CEO James Arrowwood was also going to present, but I didn't see a mention of Alcor at all. (?).
Next year at Vitalist Bay! (If they do this annually.)
Thanks for your lovely comments!
Alcor did indeed have two presentations:
1. James Arrowwood gave a general overview of Alcor and it's current activities. It didn't really include any new information, which is why I didn't highlight it.
2. Nick Llewellyn, the new Alcor director of R&D, gave a talk about how they want to explore kidney cryopreservation. The talk was more about their aspirations than any significant breakthroughs as of yet.
There were a bunch of other talks that were good too - I've just highlighted the ones I personally found most interesting. I believe all the talks were recorded, so hopefully they'll be up on YouTube soon for those who missed the conference.
The lack of microstructural/ultrastructural analysis from cryonics companies has been an issue for a while, and was part of the impetus for the Brain Preservation Prize. The traditional excuse has been that the tissue shrinks due to dehydration etc, and in the shruken state tracing the boundaries of cells on EM is nearly impossible. However, I believe they could rehydrate the tissue and image it, easily, but the cryonics companies have never shared such data. I'm glad to hear there is some movement towards greater transparency on the issue.