Biology of aging sessions at meetings of the Gerontological Society of America

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案寻求对美国老年学会（GSA）生物科学部组织的一系列新年会的部分支持。这些会议将是跨学科的，其结构和目标将是新颖的。该应用程序描述了生物科学GSA会议的转变，旨在为将衰老生物学转化为有意义的方法以改善人类健康创造新的机会。本次会议的设置为老龄化社区生物学“突围”进入更广阔的生物医学世界提供了一个独特的机会。我们提议在2010年举行一次关于“老龄化和疾病的机制相互作用”的专题跨学科会议，在2011年举行一次关于“营养和健康老龄化”的专题跨学科会议; 2012年的专题尚未决定。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal seeks partial support for a series of new Annual Meetings organized by the Biological Sciences Section of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). These meetings will be interdisciplinary and novel in their structure and goals. This application describes a transformation of the Biological Sciences GSA meetings and is designed to create new opportunities for the translation of the biology of aging into meaningful approaches to improve human health. The setting of this meeting provides a unique opportunity for the biology of aging community to "break out" into the wider biomedical world. We propose a topic based interdisciplinary meeting for 2010 on "Mechanistic Interplay in Aging and Disease" and for 2011 on "Nutrition and Healthy Aging"; the topic for 2012 is yet to be decided.