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IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Current
Advances in Understanding the Basic
Biology of Aging
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Welcome to our AGE New Members!
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Thanks to
your interest and support, the past year
was an especially successful one for the
American Aging Association. We are
always pleased to welcome new
members--be they students, researchers,
government and pharmaceutical
representatives, journalists or others
with a personal or professional interest
in aging research. We strive to
serve all our members' interests and,
when necessary, to broaden and deepen
our coverage. Our members and
readers' encouragement and thoughtful
suggestions fill us with pride, but also
remind us of our duty to continue
providing timely and accurate
information about a diverse array of
relevant topics.
We hope you
will continue to send us your comments
and suggestions, read our Journal,
participate in our virtual discussions,
as well as join us in June at our Annual
Meeting. On behalf of our team, we
send our heartfelt thanks for your
loyalty and wish you and your family a
healthy, prosperous and exciting 2006!
HAPPY
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35th AGE ANNUAL MEETING
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MEETING BROCHURE
Our new meeting brochure (including our
preliminary program, details on registration
and accommodation, speakers, etc.) is now
available. All members will receive a copy
of it by mid-January.
CALL FOR
ABSTRACTS
Participants who wish to make an oral or a
poster presentation at this meeting must
submit an abstract which will be reviewed by
the Scientific Committee. Results of this
review will be communicated via email, to
each applicant. Please note that only
the abstract of the registered presenters
will be included in the program and the
Conference Handbook.
Submission deadline is March 15, 2006.
To submit your abstract today,
click here.
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:
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ANNUAL MEETING SESSION SPOTLIGHT |
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Following the first three presentations (see
our
September issue on Sarcopenia: Cause, Effect
and Treatment, the
October
issue on Immunity and Infection and
November issue on the Pre-Meeting
Symposium on Caloric Restriction), we are continuing our
series with a brief presentation of the session on
Current Advances in Understanding the
Basic Biology of Aging
chaired by Dr.
Rajindar S. Sohal (scheduled for the
3rd of
June, 2006). As
always,
we encourage your comments and questions.
Current
Advances in Understanding the Basic
Biology of Aging
CHAIR:
Rajindar S. Sohal, PhD
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Raj Sohal received his Ph.D.
degree in biology from
Tulane University. He is
currently the Timothy M.
Chan Professor in the
Department of Molecular
Pharmacology and Toxicology
at the University of
Southern California, Los
Angeles. He was previously
a University Distinguished
Professor at Southern
Methodist University,
Dallas. His primary
research interest is the
elucidation of the role of
oxidative stress in the
aging process. The current
focus of his research, in
collaboration with Professor
William C. Orr, is to
determine whether the
enhancement of antioxidant
defenses or a decrease in
the rate of generation of
ROS in transgenic
Drosophila melanogaster
result in the retardation of
the aging process. He is a
recipient of Irwing S.
Wright Award of Distinction
by the American Federation
for Aging Research, Lifetime
Research Achievement Award
by the American Aging
Association, and an honorary
Doctor of Medicine degree by
Linkoping University in
Sweden.
SESSION
BACKGROUND
This session will primarily focus on
the nature of some of the mechanisms
that have been hypothesized to be
involved in governing the aging
process, with particular emphasis on
the role of reactive oxygen species
(ROS). ROS have been implicated in
biosignaling and
macromolecular oxidative damage
associated with the aging process as
well as several age-related
pathological conditions. The issues
to be discussed include the role of
"clock" genes in oxidative stress
and longevity, physiological versus
pathological role of ROS, nature of
the specific cellular targets of ROS,
effects of manipulations of
antioxidant defenses and
mitochondrial generation of oxidants
on aging, successes and failures in
testing the oxidative stress
hypothesis of aging, among others.
Professor Hekimi will discuss the
role of "clock" and related genes,
involved in the synthesis of ubiquinones, on the aging process in
nematode and mammalian models. Dr.
Finkel will address the involvement
of ROS in cell signaling and
cellular senescence. Professor
Sohal will focus on the role of
mitochondria and oxidative stress in
the aging process, particularly the
experimental approaches testing the
oxidative stress hypothesis of
aging.
SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
CHAIR:
Professor Rajindar S. Sohal,
University of Southern
California, Department of
Molecular Pharmacology and
Toxicology, Los Angeles, CA
 Professor
Siegfried Hekimi, McGill
University, Department of
Biology, Montreal, Canada -
Dr. Hekimi took his
undergraduate degree and his
PhD in Biology at the
University of Geneva in
Switzerland. He then stayed
as a fellow at the
Laboratory of Molecular
Biology of the Medical
Research Council in
Cambridge, England, where he
started his studies with the
nematode Caenorhabditis
elegans. In 1992 he
started his own laboratory
in the department of Biology
at McGill University in
Montréal where he Strathcona
Professor of Zoology. His
research has mostly focused
on the biology of clk
genes, a class of genes that
affect the rate of living as
well as life span. Professor
Hekimi now also uses mice
and cultured vertebrate
cells to further investigate
clk genes. He has
also been involved in the
creation of a biotechnology
company, Chronogen, which
focuses on developing drugs
in the area of oxidative
stress-dependent diseases.
Read more at:
www.biology.mcgill.ca/faculty/hekimi/
 Dr.
Toren Finkel, National
Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute (NHLBI), NIH,
Bethesda, MD
- Toren Finkel received
his undergraduate degree in
Physics and his MD and PhD
degree from Harvard
University. After graduation
in 1986, he completed a
residency in Internal
Medicine at the
Massachusetts General
Hospital in Boston followed
by a Fellowship in
Cardiology at Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine. Since
1992 he has been at the
National Institutes of
Health in Bethesda where his
current position is Chief of
the Cardiovascular Branch of
the National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute. His
research interests include
the role of oxidants as
signaling molecules and the
biological basis of ageing.
In addition, he is involved
in clinical efforts to
understand the therapeutic
benefits of stem cells in
cardiovascular disease.
Read more at:
http://dir.nhlbi.nih.gov/labs/cb/mbs/index.asp
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW AGE MEMBERS:
 Dayong Wu,
MD, PhD - SCIENTIFIC MEMBER -
Assistant Professor, Friedman School of
Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Research Scientist, Jean Mayer USDA Human
Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts
University
Research
Interests: Dietary lipids and antioxidant
nutrients in immune and inflammatory responses;
nutritional regulation of eicosanoid metabolism
as a means to improve cell-mediated immune
function and suppress the inflammatory response;
age-related changes in immune cells, including
changes in cell function, molecular signaling,
and transcription regulation.
Read more at:
http://www.tufts.edu/sackler/immunology/meydani/dayong.htm
Natalia A.
Crivello,
PhD - SCIENTIFIC MEMBER - Assistant Professor,
Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of
Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Research Focus:
Age-related changes in the brain: the role of
membrane molecular structure
Read more at:
http://hnrcwww.hnrc.tufts.edu/scientists/people/ncrivello.php
If we
had omitted your name from this list of new
members,
please let us know.
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GRANT
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lasker Foundation
Invites Nominations for Medical Research Awards
Deadline: February 1, 2006
The
Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation (
http://www.laskerfoundation.org/
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inviting nominations for the 2006 Albert Lasker
Medical Research Awards. The major purpose
of these awards is to recognize and honor
individuals who have made significant
contributions in basic or clinical research in
diseases that are the main cause of death and
disability. The award winners may reside in any
country of the world. The awards are intended to
recognize contributions that have opened new
fields of research, advancing novel concepts or
their applications in a particular biomedical
discipline. These advances may consist of a
specific contribution or a long series of
contributions that demonstrate the nominee's
significant leadership toward the development of
research concepts or their clinical application.
The awards in 2006 will be offered in three
categories:
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Basic Medical
Research Award ($50,000): This award honors
the scientist or scientists who have made
fundamental investigations that open new
areas of biomedical science.
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Clinical
Medical Research Award ($50,000): This award
honors the scientist or scientists whose
contributions, directly or indirectly, have
led to the improvement of the clinical
management or treatment of patients and to
the alleviation or elimination of one of the
major medical causes of disability or death.
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Special
Achievement Award in Medical Science
($25,000):
This award honors a scientist whose
contributions to research are of unique
magnitude and immeasurable influence on the
course of science, health, or medicine, and
whose professional career has engendered
within the biomedical community the deepest
feelings of awe and respect. Scientists who
have previously won a Lasker Award are
ineligible for this award.
Each award consists
of an honorarium, a citation, and an inscribed
statuette of the Winged Victory of Samothrace,
symbolizing victory over death and disease. When
the award is given to more than one individual
in a category, the honorarium will be divided
among the winners, and each will receive a
statuette and a citation.
Applications Invited for Glenn/American
Federation for Aging Research
Breakthroughs in Gerontology Awards
Deadline: May 1, 2006
Sponsored by the Glenn Foundation
for Medical Research (http://www.glennfoundation.org),
in collaboration with the American
Federation for Aging Research (http://www.afar.org),
the Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in
Gerontology Awards program is designed
to provide timely support to a small
number of pilot research programs that
may be of relatively high risk but which
offer significant promise of yielding
transforming discoveries in the
fundamental biology of aging.
Projects that focus on genetic controls
of aging and longevity, on delay of
aging by pharmacological agents or
dietary means, or which elucidate the
mechanisms by which alterations in
hormones, anti-oxidant defenses, or
repair processes promote longevity are
all well within the intended scope of
the competition. To be eligible,
applicants must be full-time faculty
members at the rank of assistant
professor or higher. A strong
record of independent publication beyond
the post-doctoral level is a
requirement. Applications from
individuals not previously engaged in
aging research are particularly
encouraged, as long as the proposals
show high promise for leading to
important new discoveries in biological
gerontology. In addition, the proposed
research must be conducted at any type
of not-for-profit setting in the United
States. Up to four grants of up
to $125,000 each will be awarded.
Visit the AFAR Web site for the complete
2006 guidelines and an application form.
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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT:
Have
a conference you want us to feature? Tell
us about it.
THE AGEING JIGSAW: INTERDISCIPLINARY
APPROACHES TO OLD AGE
September 7-9, 2006 University of Wales,
Bangor
The conference will cover a range of
perspectives on ageing within societies, which
although taking a critical social perspective,
will also encompass mental health, health and
well-being.
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/csprd/bsg2006.html
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