The plans for the next
annual meeting are well
underway! Our
36th
Annual Meeting of the
American Aging
Association features
a very strong program
focusing on "Current
Directions in Studying
Mechanisms of Aging,"
The meeting will
include seven primary
sessions, a debate
sponsored by AGE (our
official Association
journal), a one-day
pre-meeting symposium, a
significant number of
short oral presentations
from the submitted
papers, posters,
exhibitors, travel
awards, a workshop with
and sponsored by our
British colleagues of
the British Society for
the Research on Ageing,
a wonderful social event
and, once again, a
student-only session.
On the 1st
of June, we have
scheduled our
pre-meeting symposium
titled "Therapeutic
Intervention in the
Aging Process" and
chaired by Dr. Randy
Strong. Details on the
Pre- meeting workshop
will be available soon.
The sessions will begin
at 9 am and will
continue until 4
o’clock. Later that
afternoon, we shall open
the Annual Meeting
registration and will
host our Welcome
Reception.
On Saturday, the 2nd
of June, the Annual
Meeting will kick off at
8 am with our welcoming
notes and two plenary
sessions. Session
1 will be "Probing the
Role of IGF-1 in Aging"
and will be co-chaired
by Drs. Martin Adamo,
UTHSCSA, and Andrzej
Bartke, Southern
Illinois University.
The other morning
session, on "Nutrient
Sensing," will be
co-chaired by Drs.
Walter Ward and David
Sharp, UTHSCSA.
Following lunch on your
own at one of the many
restaurants available
along the San Antonio
Riverwalk located just a
block from the hotel,
AGE will host its annual
debate titled "Does
evolutionary theory
contribute creatively to
modern research on
aging?", featuring
two of the top names in
the field and moderated
by Dr. Steven Austad.
The debate will be
followed by two
concurrent Submitted
Paper Sessions composed
of talks chosen from the
submitted abstracts.
These parallel sessions
will allow for an
expanded participation
by our registrants.
The Board of Directors'
annual meeting will be
held that evening.
On Sunday, the 3rd
of June, the morning
will open with Session
3, "Using
invertebrate models as a
discovery tool for genes
and processes that
determine life span and
aging rates" chaired by Dr. Pamela
Larsen, UTHSCSA. The
second morning session
will bridge our
experience of the 2006
meeting with the
Trans-Atlantic Awareness
and Collaboration
Symposium on Aging
Research, co-chaired by
Drs. Anne McArdle,
University of Liverpool,
and Norman Wolf,
University of
Washington.
The afternoon session
will be "Comparative
Biology of Aging,"
co-chaired by Dr.
Rochelle Buffenstein,
City College of New
York. Continuing that
day, we shall feature
two more parallel
submitted paper
sessions. Later that
evening, we will host
the Annual Poster
Session and Reception
and our poster referees
will make their
recommendations for the
final three winners.
On Monday, the 4th
of June, Session 6
will focus on the "Genetics
of Aging: How aging and
longevity are controlled
by genes," chaired
by Dr. Yousin Suh,
UTHSCSA. The final
session of the meeting
will discuss "Stem
Cells and Aging" and
will be chaired by Dr.
Peter Hornsby, UTHSCSA.
Lunch will be sponsored
by our Association and
will present the year's
award winners. Our
conference will then
conclude with the Denham
Harman Award Lecture for
2007.
As you can see, we have
a great program,
fantastic chairs and
speakers and tremendous
opportunities to network
and learn. I look
forward to welcoming you
to San Antonio in 2007,
hoping that you will
find the conference
informative and
enjoyable, that you will
take the opportunity to
meet new friends and
visit with old friends,
and that you will have a
great stay in Texas.
Holly Van Remmen
2007 AGE Annual Meeting
Chair
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