Aging: Mechanism & Prevention: 35th Annual Meeting of AGE

描述(申请人提供)：美国老龄协会第35届年会，结合美国临床老年学学会第20届年会，将于2006年6月3-5日在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行。会议的主题是：“对老龄化和老年性疾病的干预：现在和未来”。老年人是美国人口中增长最快的部分。随着美国老年人数量的增加，了解与年龄相关的健康问题和预防这些问题的策略的必要性也越来越大。这次会议旨在为老龄研究专家、学生和年轻研究人员之间的互动提供机会，并促进对该领域最新发现的讨论和审查。这次会议将包括特邀讲师、讲习班、关于老龄问题最新研究的口头和海报介绍，以及关于该领域有争议的专题的辩论。会议将包括8场会议，主题如下：1)了解衰老基本生物学的最新进展；2)肉质疏松症：原因、影响和治疗；3)骨质疏松症：机制、预防和治疗；4)对衰老和与年龄相关的皮肤病的干预；5)免疫和感染；6)跨大西洋意识与老龄化研究合作研讨会；7)新陈代谢综合征和衰老；以及8)大脑衰老中的钙介导信号转导。每节课包括3位受邀演讲者的演讲，包括足够的讨论时间，以及从提交的摘要中挑选出的1-2个简短(15分钟)的演讲。每堂课至少有1场关于基本机制的演讲和1-2场关于 干预措施，既包括现有的干预措施，也包括未来预期的干预措施。还将有一个关于老龄研究中一个有争议的话题的辩论环节，以及一个致力于加强研究生对老年学研究的参与的环节。第六次会议将由联合王国生物技术和生物科学研究理事会全额资助，以支持英国科学家在本次会议上的发言，并鼓励跨大西洋合作。将向青年调查员和受训者提供财政援助，鼓励他们参加会议。将作出特别努力，鼓励代表性不足的少数群体参与。在会议之前，将举行一次关于限制卡路里的预会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 35th annual meeting of the American Aging Association, combined with the 20th Meeting of the American College of Clinical Gerontology, will be held June 3-5, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. The theme of the meeting will be: "Interventions in Aging and Age-related Diseases: the Present and the Future". Older adults are the fastest growing segment of U.S. population. As the number of older Americans increases, the need to understand age-related health problems and strategies to prevent them escalates. This conference aims to provide an opportunity for interaction among experts in aging research, students and young investigators and to facilitate discussion and review of the field's most recent findings. This meeting will consist of invited lecturers, workshops, oral and poster presentations of latest research on aging as well as a debate session on contentious topics in the field. The conference will include 8 sessions with the following topics: 1) Current Advances in Understanding the Basic Biology of Aging, 2) Sarcopenia: Cause, Effect, and Treatment, 3) Osteoporosis: Mechanisms, prevention and treatments, 4) Intervention in Aging and Age-Related Skin Diseases, 5) Immunity and Infection, 6) Trans-Atlantic Awareness & Collaboration Symposium on Ageing Research, 7) Metabolic Syndrome and Aging, and 8) Calcium-Mediated Signal Transduction in Brain Aging. Each session will consist of 3 presentations by invited speakers including adequate time for discussion, and 1-2 short (15 minutes) presentations selected from the submitted abstracts. Each session will have at least 1 presentation on basic mechanisms and 1-2 presentations on intervention, which should include both presently available interventions as well as what would be expected in the future. There will also be a debate session on a contentious topic in aging research, and a session devoted to enhance graduate students' participation in gerontological research. Session 6 will be fully funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom to support presentation by the British Scientists at this meeting and to encourage cross-Atlantic collaboration. Financial assistance will be provided to young investigators and those in training to encourage their participation in the meeting. Special efforts will be devoted to encourage participation of underrepresented minorities. The meeting will be preceded by a Pre-conference on Calorie restriction.