Conference--Biology of Aging

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在请求对美国老年学会（GSA）2002年年会的生物科学部分的部分支持。本次会议的主题是由即将上任的主席乔治博士选定的。马丁，是：“早期发展对晚年生活的影响。“我们已举办了九个专题研讨会，邀请生物学家、临床医生和有兴趣的医护人员参与，向他们介绍有关老化生物学的最新研究。这些专题讨论会的主题旨在刺激令人兴奋的科学交流，提供综合和巩固的遗传学，生物化学和生理学的一般模式老化的新兴数据。本申请的主要部分是为这些研讨会申请资金。 我们的主要目标是为与会者提供一套刺激和挑衅性的演讲和批判性的对话，对国家的最先进的当前研究在基础生物学的老化，以及介绍新兴的战略和技术的前景显着推进该领域。现在开始使用的革命性生物技术将彻底改变我们对衰老生物学进行基础研究的方式，这些变化及其影响应该得到广泛的讨论和赞赏。在不同的模型系统中进行的分子研究增强了我们对衰老机制和后果的理解。这些见解需要分享和讨论。由于这种更好的理解，干预衰老过程的方法正在不断完善，这些工具也需要广泛分享和讨论。老年学的广泛领域开始显示出一些统一的概念主题，如果是这样的话，它们将在以前不一致的研究领域的重叠和相互联系中被发现。因此，本次会议的目标是提供一个传播信息的论坛，更重要的是促进在研究领域和方法方面的对话，这些领域和方法：（1）最近没有在GSA会议上讨论过;（2）为我们对促进或延缓衰老的机制的理解提供了重大进展的前景。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting partial support for the Biological Sciences component of the Year 2002 Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). The theme for this conference, selected by the incoming President, Dr. George M. Martin, is: "The Impact of Early Development upon Late Life Course." Nine invited symposia have been organized with the aim of bringing the latest research into the Biology of Aging to a diverse audience of research biologists, clinicians and interested health professionals. The topics of these symposia aim to stimulate exciting scientific interchange, provide synthesis and consolidation to emerging data on the genetics, biochemistry, and physiology of general patterns of aging. The principal part of this application is to request funding for these Symposia. Our main objective is to provide conferees with a stimulating and provocative set of presentations and critical dialogue on state-of-the-art current research in the basic biology of aging, as well as to introduce emerging strategies and technologies with prospects for significantly advancing the field. The revolutionary biotechnologies now beginning to be used will drastically change the manner in which we will conduct basic research into the biology of aging and these changes and their implications should be widely discussed and appreciated. Ongoing molecular investigations in diverse model systems have enhanced our understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of aging. These insights need to be shared and discussed. As a consequence of this better understanding, methods of intervening in the aging process are being continually refined, and these tools also need to be widely shared and discussed. The broad field of biogerontology is beginning to show some unifying conceptual themes, and if so, they will be discerned in the increased overlap and interconnectedness of previously discrepant research areas. The goal of this meeting, therefore, is to provide a forum for the dissemination of information, and more importantly to promote dialogue in research areas and methods which: (1) have not recently been covered at GSA meetings; and (2) offer the prospect of making significant advances in our understanding of the mechanisms that promote or retard aging.