44th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在申请资金，以支持美国老龄化协会第44届年会将于5月29日至6月1日在万豪码头德尔雷，码头德尔雷，加州举行。近年来，该会议已发展成为人类学研究的主要会议之一。会议的主题是“老龄化与老年科学：解决老问题的新方法”。“老龄问题协会主席詹姆斯·纳尔逊博士与老龄问题方案委员会（Buffenstein、Brown-Borg、Thompson和Ingram博士）、会议主席和老龄问题执行委员会共同组织科学方案。总体目标是召集来自多个学科的科学家和学员参加一个论坛，介绍老龄化研究的最新发现并进行批判性辩论，并激发与会者的前瞻性思维和合作。资金要求帮助支付以下人员的差旅费：1）受邀演讲者和2）有价值的年轻科学家（研究生，博士后研究员和初级教师），他们可以从接触该领域的领导者中受益，展示他们的研究成果，并有机会做出贡献并从该领域的专家那里获得反馈。这次会议的具体目标是：（a）召集基础和临床科学家组成一个基础广泛的论坛，介绍利用新方法、发现新机制和有潜力开发可提高健康生活质量和寿命的治疗方法的研究结果;（B）突出会议最近未涉及的重要研究领域;（c）鼓励公开讨论和辩论;和d）强调综合和转化研究的机会。受邀演讲者包括老龄化和相关学科的著名科学家，他们因其科学和激发辩论的能力而被选中。一个关键目标是包容性 在“老龄问题会议巡回”上，由后起之秀和非经常发言的科学家组成，以促进更广泛的参与，并为该领域带来新的想法、新的技术和新的方法。主题包括1）质疑健康寿命和寿命耦合的新发现，2）“衰老-基因”映射策略的进展，3）动物脆弱的新指标，4）对抗衰老干预措施反应的性别差异的挑衅性发现，以及5）神经内分泌/细胞非自主调节衰老的新发现。将通过与会者调查评估本次会议在实现既定目标方面的成效，特别是在扩大发言者和议题范围方面的成效，并以此指导今后的会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting funds to support the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association to be held May 29th to June 1st at the Marriott Marina del Rey, Marina del Rey, California. In recent years, this meeting has grown to become one of the premier meetings for biogerontological research. The theme of the meeting is "Aging and Geroscience: New Approaches to Old Problems." Dr. James Nelson, President of AGE together with the AGE Program Committee (Drs. Buffenstein, Brown-Borg, Thompson and Ingram), Session Chairs and the AGE Executive Board organize the scientific program. The overall objective is to convene scientists and trainees from multiple disciplines in a forum for presentation and critical debate of the latest discoveries in aging research and to stimulate forward thinking and collaboration among participants. Funds are requested to help cover travel expenses of 1) invited speakers and 2) meritorious junior scientists (graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty) who can benefit from exposure to the leaders of the field, present their research findings and have the opportunity to contribute and get feedback from experts in the field. The specific goals of this meeting are a) to assemble a broad-based forum of basic and clinical scientists to present findings that utilize novel methods, uncover new mechanisms and have potential for development of therapeutics that may enhance quality and length of healthy life; b) to highlight important research areas not recently covered at meetings; c) to encourage open discussion and debate; and d) to emphasize integrative and translational research opportunities. The invited speakers include renowned scientists in aging and related disciplines selected for their science and ability to stimulate debate. A key goal is the inclusion of rising stars and scientists who are not regular speakers on the "aging conference circuit" to promote broader participation and to bring to the field fresh ideas, novel technologies and new approaches. Topics include 1) new findings questioning the coupling of healthspan and lifespan, 2) advances in "aging- gene" mapping strategies, 3) new metrics of frailty in animals, 4) provocative findings on sex differences in the response to anti-aging interventions, and 5) new discoveries on the neuroendocrine/cell non-autonomous modulation of aging. The effectiveness of this meeting in achieving its stated goals, particularly in broadening the range of speakers and topics, will be evaluated by participant survey and used to guide future meetings.