46th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association

项目概要/摘要：老龄化研究中心的使命是（i）促进生物医学老龄化研究， （二）增加相关社区对老年学的了解， 研究和实践，以及（iii）就以下方面的进展和潜力向公众提供信息，促进和参与 老龄化研究提供一个长期和健康的生活。这一使命与NIA的使命密切相关;因此， 协会为我们的年度科学会议（ASM）寻求财政支持。 我们的ASM是完成这一使命的主要手段。这是世界上唯一一次 美国专门专注于老年医学和历史最悠久，最负盛名的老龄会议之一 世界上为便于尽可能多的利益攸关方参加， 每年都会改变。因此，最近的会议已在西雅图（2016年）、洛杉矶（2015年）、旧金山（2016年）和旧金山（2016年）举行。 安东尼奥（2014年）、巴尔的摩（2013年）和沃斯堡（2012年）。2017年的会议是AGE首次在纽约举行 约克。目的地的受欢迎程度，一些世界上排名最高的大学的存在， 相对容易的旅行是选择这个城市的核心，预计将吸引高出席率， 特别是来自欧洲的，这将增加我们会议的范围和多样性。 我们2017年的会议将讨论三个主要目标。第一，通过投入，加深与会者的知识 在过去的AGE会议上代表不足的关键研究领域的会议（例如复制性衰老， 炎症和免疫衰老）。第二，致力于扩大这一领域的专门知识， 新模型系统（人类和非人类）的会话。最后，通过以下方式建立“科学的社会资本”： 帮助来自世界各地实验室的所有经验水平的研究人员形成一个有凝聚力的，相互 支持社区。 这一工作贯穿各领域，重点是：（i）尽可能邀请已取得重大成就的科学家， 特殊的研究贡献，但不是“会议电路的常客”，（二）考虑到 （三）强调青年学生的参与， 调查员和受训人员; ㈣确保两性平等。在受邀的演讲者中，超过一半的人 从来没有参加过或参加过一个年龄会议。 年龄是年轻老年学家职业发展的主要工具。纽约会议力求 通过为博士预科生举办特殊的网络和数据闪电会议来加强这一点，使他们能够 结识新的合作者，并为新的合作伙伴提供在我们的期刊上共同发表评论的机会 老年科学（正式名称为老龄问题，目前影响因子= 3.45）。

Project Summary/Abstract: The mission of AGE is (i) to promote biomedical aging studies intended to increase the functional life span of humans (ii) To increase knowledge of biogerontology among relevant communities of research and practice and (iii) to inform, facilitate and engage the public regarding the progress and potential of aging research to deliver a long and healthy life. This mission is closely aligned to that of NIA; accordingly the society seeks financial support for our Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). Our ASM is the primary means by which this mission is delivered. It is at once the only annual meeting in the USA exclusively focused on biogerontology and one of the longest standing and most prestigious aging meetings in the world. To facilitate attendance by the widest possible range of stakeholders, the location of AGE meetings is changed annually. Accordingly, recent meetings have taken place in Seattle (2016), Los Angeles, (2015), San Antonio (2014), Baltimore (2013) and Fort Worth (2012). The 2017 meeting is the first AGE has held in New York. The popularity of the destination, the presence of some of the world’s most highly ranked universities and the relative ease of travel were central to the selection of this city and are expected to draw high attendance, especially from Europe which will increase the reach and diversity of our meeting. Our 2017 meeting will address three major goals. Firstly, to deepen the knowledge of attendees by devoting sessions to key research fields under-represented at past AGE meetings (e.g. replicative senescence, inflammation and immune senescence). Secondly, to broaden the expertise available to the field by devoting sessions to new model systems (both human and non-human). Lastly, to build the “social capital of science” by helping researchers of all experience levels and from laboratories across the world form a cohesive and mutually supporting community. This is being delivered with a cross-cutting emphasis on (i) wherever possible inviting scientists who have made exceptional research contributions but are not “regulars on the conference circuit,” (ii) considering the translational aspects of the work within the context of each session, (iii) emphasizing participation by junior investigators and trainees and (iv) ensuring gender equality. Of the invited speakers more than half have never spoken or attended an AGE meeting before. AGE is a primary vehicle of career progression for young gerontologists. The New York meeting seeks to enhance this by hosting special networking and data blitz sessions for pre-doctoral students, allowing them to meet new collaborators and offering new pairings the opportunity to co-publish reviews in our journal Geroscience (formally AGE, current impact factor= 3.45).