Symposium on Senescence, Aging and Cancer

描述(申请人提供)：目前提议召开一次讨论衰老、衰老和癌症的会议，这将是自1988年以来在爱荷华州立大学举行的一系列生长因子和信号转导(GFST)会议中的第16次。研讨会的资金来自各种来源，包括联邦、州、大学和私人机构。每次会议的出席人数从80人到150人不等，有大量的国家和国际代表。 这次会议的目的是探讨癌症与衰老之间的关系。细胞衰老是体细胞增殖的自然限制，越来越多的证据表明这与肿瘤抑制和衰老有关。这次会议将汇集这一不断增长的领域中老龄化和肿瘤抑制两个方面的前沿演讲者。鉴于最近在这一领域取得的进展，肿瘤抑制是一个特别重要的讨论和焦点领域。治疗途径也将被讨论。我们组织这次会议的目的是鼓励介绍最新的发现，并促进来自该领域不同领域的密集信息交流、机制讨论和启动新的合作。 在这次会议上，主要与会者所作的一系列全体讲座将与一些与会者进行口头陈述的会议交织在一起。其他参赛者将赠送海报。口头和海报演示者将从提交的摘要中选出。全体会议发言时间为35分钟，讨论时间为10分钟。研讨会的发言者将从提交的摘要中选出，每人有15分钟的发言时间和5分钟的讨论时间。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，其中许多人展示了海报或简短的演讲。 为了增加所有与会者之间互动的机会，并保持非正式的气氛，与会者人数将限制在最多150人。该项目的设计考虑到了互动，并经常中断讨论。晚宴和招待会上将包括现场背景音乐，以促进轻松和长时间的讨论。餐费包括在登记中，所有的餐点都在会议厅正对面的一个餐厅里供应。计划在周五晚上的晚餐后举行甜点派对，为人们提供一个在轻松的气氛中聚集和交谈的手段。 对本系列历届会议的评价结果表明，这些会议最大的优势在于促进了讨论和智力激发。

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.