Symposium on Senescence, Aging and Cancer

衰老、衰老与癌症研讨会

基本信息

批准号：
7334410
负责人：
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
金额：
$ 0.35万
依托单位：
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-07-01 至 2008-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current proposal for a conference to discuss the senescence, aging and cancer will be the 16th in a series of Growth Factor and Signal Transduction (GFST) conferences have been held at Iowa State University since 1988. The symposia have been funded from various sources including federal, state, university, and private agencies. The attendance has varied between about 80 and 150 at each conference with substantial national and international representation. The purpose of the conference is to explore the relation between cancer and senescence. Cellular senescence is a natural limit to somatic cell proliferation that is linked by growing evidence to both tumor suppression and aging. The meeting will bring together speakers from the cutting edges of both the aging and tumor suppression sides of this growing field. Tumor suppression is an especially important area of discussion and focus given the recent surge of progress in this area. Therapeutic avenues will also be discussed. Our objectives in organizing this conference is to encourage the presentation of the newest findings and to promote intensive exchange of information from disparate areas of the field, discussion of mechanisms, and initiation of new collaborations. In this conference a series of plenary lectures presented by the key participants will be interwoven with sessions during which some participants will give oral presentations. Other participants will present posters. Oral and poster presenters will be chosen from the submitted abstracts. Plenary talks will be 35 min with 10 min for discussion. Speakers for the workshops will be chosen from the submitted abstracts and will each have 15 minutes to talk with 5 minutes for discussion. These symposia generally attract a large number of students and postdoctoral fellows from across the nation and the world, many of whom present posters or short talks. To increase the opportunity for interaction among all participants and to maintain an atmosphere of informality, the number of participants will be restricted to a maximum of 150. The program is designed with interaction in mind and with frequent breaks for discussion. Live background music will be included with the dinners and at the reception to promote relaxed and prolonged discussion. The cost of meals is included in the registration and all meals are served in a single dining room, which is directly beside the conference hall. A dessert party is planned for after dinner on the Friday night to provide a means for people to gather and talk in a relaxed atmosphere. The results of the evaluations from previous conferences in this series show that the greatest strength of these conferences is that they promote discussion and intellectual stimulation.

描述（由申请人提供）：讨论衰老，衰老和癌症的当前建议将是一系列生长因素和信号转导（GFST）会议的第16个会议，自1988年以来就在爱荷华州立大学举行了。座谈会已从包括联邦，州，大学，大学和私人机构在内的各种来源资助。在每个会议上，出席人数在大约80至150之间，具有实质性的国家和国际代表。会议的目的是探索癌症与衰老之间的关系。细胞衰老是对体细胞增殖的自然限制，这与越来越多的证据与肿瘤抑制和衰老有关。这次会议将从这个不断增长的领域的衰老和肿瘤抑制侧的切割边缘汇聚在一起。鉴于该领域的最新进展激增，肿瘤抑制是讨论的特别重要领域。还将讨论治疗途径。我们组织这次会议的目标是鼓励提出最新的发现，并促进该领域不同领域的信息交流，机制的讨论以及新合作的启动。在本次会议上，主要参与者发表的一系列全体讲座将与会议交织在一起，在此期间，一些参与者将进行口头演讲。其他参与者将介绍海报。口头和海报演示者将从提交的摘要中选择。全体会议将为35分钟，讨论10分钟。研讨会的演讲者将从提交的摘要中选择，每个人都有15分钟的时间与5分钟进行讨论。这些研讨会通常吸引了来自全国和世界各地的大量学生和博士后研究员，其中许多人都在展示海报或短暂的谈话。为了增加所有参与者之间互动的机会并保持非正式的气氛，参与者的数量将最多仅限为150。该程序的设计是考虑到互动，并经常休息以进行讨论。晚餐和接待处将包括现场背景音乐，以促进放松和长时间的讨论。餐食的成本包括在注册中，所有餐点都在直接在会议厅旁边的单个餐厅中提供。计划在星期五晚上晚餐后举行一场甜点聚会，为人们提供一种在轻松的气氛中聚集和聊天的手段。本系列中以前会议的评估结果表明，这些会议的最大优势在于它们促进了讨论和智力刺激。