1998GSA MEETING--BIOLOGY OF AGING

说明：请求提供资金，以部分支助 1998年年度会议的生物科学部分 美国老年学会（GSA）。 这次会议题为“生物学 老龄化：方法，机制和干预措施"将在 费城万豪酒店，宾夕法尼亚州，1998年11月21日至23日， GSA的年度会议。 当选主席詹姆斯纳尔逊博士 GSA生物科学科将组织这次会议。 的 会议的目标是提出最先进的科学研讨会， 许多实验老年学的关键领域，并吸引和 促进研究人员、GSA成员和非成员之间的互动， 关于衰老生物学的实验室研究 会议将以 邀请研讨会的主题如下：（1）转基因方法， 老龄化研究：潜力与陷阱（2）非线性方法 生物老年学：生物学家能迎接挑战吗？(3)可能发挥的作用 DNA多态性与人类寿命的关系;（4）DNA多态性研究的最新进展 复制衰老的遗传学;（5）鉴定和表征 长寿保证基因;（6）寻找调节衰老的基因 （7）饮食限制、信号转导和 衰老的遗传学：范式的融合;（8）瘦素，肥胖和衰老： 重要的Nexus？

DESCRIPTION: Funds are requested to provide partial support for the Biological Sciences component of the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). This conference, entitled "Biology of Aging: Methods, Mechanisms, and Interventions" will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, PA, from November 21-23, 1998, in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the GSA. Dr. James Nelson, Chair-Elect of the Biological Sciences Section of the GSA, will organize the conference. The goals of the meeting are to present state-of-the-art scientific seminars in many of the critical areas of experimental gerontology, and to attract and promote interactions among researchers, GSA members and nonmembers who work on laboratory studies of the biology of aging. The Conference will feature invited symposia on the following topics: (1) Transgenic Approaches to Aging Research: Potentials and Pitfalls; (2) Non-Linear Approaches to Biogerontology: Can Biologists Meet the Challenge?; (3) The Potential Role of DNA Polymorphisms in Human Longevity; (4) Recent Developments in the Genetics of Replicative Senescence; (5) Identification and Characterization of Longevity Assurance Genes; (6) The Search for Genes that Modulate Aging in Drosophila; (7) Dietary Restriction, Signal Transduction, and the Genetics of Aging: Convergence of Paradigms; (8) Leptin, Obesity and Aging: An Important Nexus?