American Aging Association

American Aging Association (AGE)

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The American Aging Association (AGE) is a national not-for-profit organization whose aims are:

To promote biomedical aging studies directed towards increasing the functional life span of humans with one goal being to slow the aging process.
To keep the public informed of the progress of aging research and of practical means of achieving a long and healthy life.
To increase knowledge of gerontology among physicians and others in the health fields.
Your donation will support these aims. To make a donation to the general fund or to the James A. Joseph Memorial Fund, please click here. Thank you. 2010 Donor List.

2010 Annual Meeting

The American Aging Association's 39th Annual Meeting and 24th Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Gerontology will take place June 4-7, 2010:

Inflammation and Aging: Causes and Consequences

Meeting Chair: Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD
The Nines Hotel
Portland, Oregon, USA
June 4-7, 2010

TO SEND YOUR ABSTRACT, CLICK HERE

2010 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, March 12

Travel stipends will be awarded to a limited number of students, post-docs* and student minorities. Persons interested in applying for travel awards are required to submit the application along with a CV and an abstract of their current research. All awardees will also present their work in either oral or poster format.

CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION

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* A post-doc is someone with the terminal degree (typically the PhD) who is studying and performing research temporarily in a research environment to obtain additional credentials necessary for a permanent job. Typically a post-doc should be within eight years of receiving his or her degree (should not be considered a tenure-track faculty) and would be earning less than $60,000 annually.

Announcements

Register early for the AFAR conference on Rapamycin, mTOR signaling and healthspan.
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The NIA payline is lower than other NIH institutes.
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Donations can now be made to the James A. Joseph Memorial Fund.
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The American Aging Association 2010 Program has been updated, and a listing of poster presentations is now available.
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British Society for Research on Ageing, 60th Scientific Meeting, Systems Biology of Ageing, Final Announcement.
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OHSU training positions: Please click here. to reach the Announcement List.
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Thomas E. Johnson and Mark A. Smith honored by the Amer Assoc for the Adv of Sci: Announcement
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1987-2009 American Aging Association meeting abstracts are now online.
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Leonard Hayflick's 2009 Plenary Session Special Lecture and John Holloszy's 2009 Denham Harman Award lecture.
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List of 2010 aging meetings.
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Rapamycin / University of Michigan: press release.
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Former Amer Aging Assoc President Meydani named USDA HNRCA Director at Tufts: Announcement.
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2009 Travel Award Forms are
available here.
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This web site is being revised. Please send recommendations to: Americanaging@case.edu.
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Trans-Atlantic Collaboration:

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