Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on the Molecular Genetics of Aging

描述（由申请人提供）：2006年10月4日至8日，冷泉港实验室召开衰老分子遗传学会议。关于衰老分子遗传学的会议将于2006年、2008年和2010年每两年举行一次，将汇集来自国际社会的大约250-300名研究衰老遗传学和分子生物学不同方面的科学家。会议将提供一个激烈的、深入的论坛，展示在分子衰老研究的不同领域的新发现和形成新的想法，这些领域正在迅速取得进展。2006年会议将包括：(1)衰老遗传学；(2);基因组学与衰老(3)；癌症与端粒(4)衰老遗传学II(5)衰老与凋亡；(6)小鼠及衰老改变；(7)代谢与衰老；(8)线粒体与衰老。在过去几年中，在这些领域建立分子基础方面取得了显著进展，它们之间的相互关系日益清楚。这次会议将由在这些领域工作的主要科学家主持，他们将主持个别会议。提议的会议系列的一个关键优势是，因为大部分的演讲都是从会议前3个月公开提交的摘要中挑选出来的，所以为初级科学家提供了充足的机会来展示他们的成果，也为展示重要的、最新的发现提供了机会。该会议将促进分子老年学家和分子生物学家在相关领域的互动，并提供一个论坛，以发展新的思想和方法，以研究衰老。近年来，人们对老龄化研究的兴趣急剧上升，原因有两个：首先，美国老年人的比例越来越大，人口结构的重大转变给美国的社会结构和经济带来了后果。其次，现代生物学的工具和进步有助于推动对正常衰老的分子基础以及这些过程与癌症和阿尔茨海默氏症等疾病之间关系的研究。冷泉港衰老分子遗传学系列会议的中心目标是提供一个开放和互动的论坛，在这个论坛上，领先的衰老研究人员和他们的年轻同事可以展示和讨论他们最近未发表的工作，并形成合作，促进该领域的未来进展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on the Molecular Genetics of Aging October 4 - 8, 2006. The proposed meeting on the Molecular Genetics of Aging, to be held biennially in 2006, 2008 and 2010, will bring together about 250-300 scientists from the international community working on different aspects of the genetics and molecular biology of aging. The meeting will provide an intense, in-depth forum for presenting new findings and formulating new ideas in different areas of molecular aging research in which rapid progress is being made. 2006 Sessions will include: (1) Genetics of Aging; (2); Genomics and Aging (3); Cancer & Telomeres (4) Genetics of Aging II; (5) Senescence & Apoptosis; (6) Mice & Altered Aging; (7) Metabolism & Aging; and (8) Mitochondria & Aging. In the past few years, remarkable progress has been made in establishing a molecular foundation in these areas, and their interrelationship is becoming increasingly clear. The meeting will feature anchoring talks by leading scientists working in these areas who will chair the individual sessions. 1 of the key strengths of the proposed meeting series is that because the large majority of talks are selected from the openly submitted abstracts 3 months prior to the meeting, ample opportunity is provided for junior scientists to present their results, and also for the presentation of important, late-breaking findings. The proposed meeting will foster interaction among molecular gerontologists and molecular biologists working in related areas, and provide a forum for the development of new ideas and approaches to aging research. Interest in aging research has risen sharply in recent years owing to 2 factors: firstly, an increasing proportion of the population in the United States are elderly, with resultant consequences on the nation's societal structure and economy brought about by this major shift in demographics. Secondly, the tools and advances of modern biology are helping to drive research into the molecular basis of normal aging and the relationship of these processes to diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's. The central aim of the Cold Spring Harbor meeting series on the Molecular Genetics of Aging is to provide an open and interactive forum in which leading aging researchers and their junior colleagues can present and discuss their most recent unpublished work and form collaborations that facilitate future progress in the field.