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STUDENT SESSION
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35th AGE ANNUAL MEETING
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MEETING BROCHURE
Our meeting
brochure (including our program,
details on registration and accommodation,
speakers, etc.) is available as a PDF
download (see red box to the right).
To register
online,
click here. To download a
registration form,
click here.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Due to the huge demand, our
original block of rooms at the
Courtyard Marriott Tremont
has
been completely filled.
A new block of rooms is
now available at the
Wyndham Boston
(located at 89 Broad Street, Boston, MA 02110) -
www.wyndham.com/hotels/BOSDT/main.wnt .
To make reservations for the Wyndham
Boston, you can call the hotel directly at
+1.617.556.0006 and ask to reserve a room within the
American Aging Association room block
at the negotiated rate of $170.00. Alternatively,
you can fax your reservation at +1.617.556.0053 while
mentioning the above room block and rate.
As always,
should you have any questions, please
contact us at
ameraging@aol.com.
LATEST PROGRAM UPDATES
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DON'T MISS the Trans-Atlantic Collaboration on Aging
Workshop of June 5, 12:30 pm, which will
bring together some of the top names of
NIA and BBSRC. An ample interactive
discussion will follow the presentations and
lunch will be provided.
The session will focus on several important research,
education and funding opportunities. We are
honored to note that Mr. John Rankin,
British Consul-General, will give the
introductory notes to this session.
Don't miss this session!
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Our Public and Media session of the
afternoon of June 5 will follow immediately
after the Transatlantic Workshop and will discuss important
issues of the New Age of Aging.
This free-for-all session will
feature presentations by Drs Miriam Nelson,
Irwin Rosenberg and James Goodwin (read more
in our spotlight section of March 06).
Please note that this session is now
scheduled to begin at 2:15 pm.
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A reminder for another great opportunity to
network with the speakers and the audience
during our social which, this year,
will feature a dinner & dance
cruise on the afternoon of Saturday, June 3.
Complete details on the cruise,
transportation to/from hotel, etc., are
posted on our website.
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STUDENT PROGRAM: don't forget to reserve
your seat at the STUDENT-ONLY Data Blitz
and Round Table. This shapes up to
be a most exciting program so book soon!
This will be held
Saturday, the 4th of June, at 6:30 pm.
The Program - open only to undergraduate,
graduate and first year
post-doctoral students, will include a Data
Blitz, a Round-Table Discussion, and a
Student Social, as described below in the
Spotlight section of this newsletter.
EXHIBIT/SPONSORSHIP
The 35th
American Aging Association Annual
Meeting offers great
opportunities to expand your
company's visibility among the
registrants by becoming an exhibitor
and/or conference sponsor.
These will include multiple
opportunities to:
- introduce and discuss your
products and services with
leading basic science
researchers and clinicians of
the aging field
- reach decision makers
within a group-setting
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open door to
new leads and
long-term business relationships
- increase exposure and
strengthen brand recognition
in the aging research field.
Attendees include many decision
makers, such as academic department chairs,
heads of laboratories, government
officials, attending
clinicians, private practitioners,
post-docs, MD and PhD students and
technicians. You will be hard pressed to
find a more appropriate audience for
your latest products and services.
Consider becoming a sponsor today and
take advantage of extensive
advertising opportunities via our
newsletter and website!
OUR SUPPORTERS
The 35th American
Aging Association Annual Meeting Organizers
are most grateful for the support of the
following organizations:
PLATINUM
SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS:
CLICK HERE to read more on our
supporters.
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ANNUAL MEETING SESSION SPOTLIGHT |
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Following the first three presentations (see
our
we are
continuing our series with a brief
presentation of the Student Session
chaired by Dr. Rafael de Cabo
(scheduled for
Sunday, the
4th of
June, 2006). As
always,
we encourage your comments and questions.
Student
Session
CHAIR:
Rafael de Cabo, PhD
 Dr.
Rafael de Cabo received his Licentiate
degree in 1993 from Cordoba University,
Cordoba, Spain and his Ph.D. in 2000
from Purdue University. He came to NIA
in 2000 as a postdoctoral IRTA fellow
and became an Investigator in the
Functional Genomics Unit, Laboratory of
Experimental Gerontology in 2004.
Research Interests: The Aging,
Metabolism, and Nutrition Unit (AMNU)
applies whole body physiological and
tissue-specific molecular approaches to
investigate effects of nutritional
interventions on basic mechanisms of
aging and age-related diseases. Caloric
restriction (CR), without malnutrition,
is widely known to extend lifespan and
retard a wide variety of aging processes
in several short-lived species and is
the primary paradigm employed by AMNU
scientists. Research within this unit
uses both rodent models of CR as well as
an in vitro model for CR.
CR affects metabolic regulation to
induce an overall phenotypic change
leading to a decrease in cellular
proliferation and growth rates. CR
induces measurable changes on
circulating levels of several hormones
and growth factors that regulate cell
growth and proliferation. Serum obtained
from CR animals alters growth,
proliferation and stress responses of
cells in culture. We have demonstrated
that it is possible to investigate
certain aspects of CR using this in
vitro approach. This approach lends
itself to a more rapid investigation of
possible mechanisms and, perhaps more
importantly to the research, development
and rapid evaluation of interventions
that would be able to induce or promote
a phenotype similar to that seen with
CR, essentially a CR mimetic.
Read more
about Dr. de Cabo at
www.grc.nia.nih.gov/branches/leg/cvs/rdecabo.htm
SESSION SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:
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Dr. Rozalyn Anderson,
University of Wisconsin
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Dr.
Laura Bordone,
Novartis
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Dr. Anna McCormick,
NIH/NIA
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Dr. Sige Zou,
NIH/NIA
STUDENT PROGRAM: don't forget to reserve
your seat at the STUDENT-ONLY Data Blitz
and Round Table. This shapes up to
be a most exciting program so book soon!
This will be held
Sunday, the 4th of June, at 6:30 pm. The Program -
open only to undergraduate, graduate and first year
post-doctoral students, will include a Data Blitz, a
Round-Table Discussion, and a Student Social, as
follows:
The Data Blitz
will be held for the first 90 minutes of the program and
will include nine presentations of 10 minutes each (NOT
MORE THAN five
slides per presentation and 5 minutes of Q & A).
Should you wish to be considered for
this data blitz opportunity/submit
an abstract,
please contact Dr. de Cabo.
The Round-Table Discussion
will be held for the following 30 minutes of the
program, including some of the top directions in current
aging research, etc. Panelists will include: Drs.
Rozalyn Anderson, Sige Zou, Laura Bordone and Rafael de Cabo.
This year we are honored to include
a presentation on career and funding
opportunities given by NIH's Dr.
Anna McCormick. Following her
presentation, Dr. McCormick
will take questions from the
audience.
At the conclusion of the scientific
session,
all Student Program
participants are invited to a
reception & dance at a venue
near the hotel.
Please note that
all registrations for the Student
Program will be entered in a draw
for a one-year student membership
with the American Aging Association;
the winner has to be present at the
meeting and will be announced at the
end of the Round Table Discussion.
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TO REVIEW LAST YEAR'S SESSION
REPORT AND WINNERS,
CLICK HERE.
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Sunday, May 4, 2005 |
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6:30 pm
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Student
Session (CHAIR: Rafael de Cabo) |
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Data Blitz |
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Round Table - discussion on
perspectives on careers in aging
research for young scientists |
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Social event |
Wish to contact any of the speakers or
comment on this session? Click here.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW AGE
MEMBERS:
Serif Akman,
Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara ,TURKEY
Lisa Bevilacqua, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
ON, CANADA
Donald Coppock, Coriell Institute, Camden NJ,
USA
Maria De Luca, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Birmingham AL, USA
Kelley Foster, Veteran's Affairs Medical
Center, Durham NC, USA
Kazumi Fukagawa, Keio University, Toyko,
JAPAN
Russ Hepple, University of Calgary, Calgary,
Alberta, CANADA
Nicole Hunt, National Institutes of Health /
NIA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hamish Jamieson, Centre for Education and
Research on Ageing, Sydney NSW, AUSTRALIA
Verline Justilien, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, USA
Susmita Kaushik, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, Bronx NY, USA
Duk C. Lee, Young-dong Severance Hospital,
Seoul, KOREA
Anthony Markarian, San
Diego CA, USA
Placido Navas, Sevilla, SPAIN
Elizabeth Ostler, School of Pharmacy and
Biomolecular Science, Brighton, UK
Thomas Perls, Boston University Medical
Center, Boston, MA, USA
Michael Rae, Calorie Restriction Society,
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pryamvada Rai, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge,
MA, USA
Guru Ramanathan, General Nutrition,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Takahiko Shimizu, Tokyo Metropolitan
Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, JAPAN
Allen Taylor, Tufts University, Boston MA,
USA
Huber Warner, University of Minnesota,
Mahtomedi, MN, USA
Kelvin Yen, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, NY, USA
Cong Zhang, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, Bronx NY, USA
Wenyong Zhang, Cornell Medical School, New
York NY, USA
Welcome to all!
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GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADA -
ASP Young Investigator Innovation Award in
Geriatric Endocrinology
Award Description: The American Diabetes
Association (ADA)-Association of Subspecialty
Professors (ASP) Young Investigator Innovation
Award in Geriatric Endocrinology provides grant
support to new investigators. This program
supports entry-level faculty to integrate
geriatrics with novel basic, clinical, or health
services diabetes research. This award supports
pilot studies that may lack preliminary data,
but offer considerable promise for the cure,
prevention, or treatment of diabetes in an aging
population.
Support: Awards are
a maximum of $75,000 per year for up to two
years. No indirect costs may be requested.
Deadline Dates:
January 15 for July 1 funding and July 15 for
January 1 funding.
Grantmakers In Aging Accepting Proposals for
Hurricane Fund for the Elderly
Grantmakers In Aging ( http://www.GIAging.org/ )
created the Hurricane Fund for the Elderly to
support qualifying nonprofit organizations
working to re-establish the older adult service
system in areas affected by the 2005 hurricanes.
HFE will provide support to organizations in
Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi that are
providing exemplary leadership to the building,
re-building, and sustaining of communities in
which older adults have the opportunity to serve
and be served.
Priority areas for the fund include projects
that strength- en and expand the capacity of
Alabama, Louisiana, and/or Mississippi
nonprofits to serve vulnerable older adults in
the wake of the devastating hurricanes of 2005.
Specific areas of need can include housing,
mental health, physical health, social services,
and disaster preparedness as it relates to
seniors. However, this list is not exhaustive
and other areas will be considered. Although not
a high priority, the fund will consider
proposals that include direct services for
seniors.
The size of grants has not been pre-determined
and will be considered on an individual basis.
As a guideline, projects that focus on advocacy,
enhancing community capacity, plan- ning, and
technical assistance are likely to be in the
range of $50,000 to $100,000, with smaller local
initiatives funded between $10,000 and $40,000.
To be eligible for the second round,
applications must be received by May 19, 2006.
Applications will be accepted after that date
and reviewed as long as there are funds
available to disburse.
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