Symposium on Senescence, Aging and Cancer

衰老、衰老与癌症研讨会

基本信息

批准号：
7334410
负责人：
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton
金额：
$ 0.35万
依托单位：
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-07-01 至 2008-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current proposal for a conference to discuss the senescence, aging and cancer will be the 16th in a series of Growth Factor and Signal Transduction (GFST) conferences have been held at Iowa State University since 1988. The symposia have been funded from various sources including federal, state, university, and private agencies. The attendance has varied between about 80 and 150 at each conference with substantial national and international representation. The purpose of the conference is to explore the relation between cancer and senescence. Cellular senescence is a natural limit to somatic cell proliferation that is linked by growing evidence to both tumor suppression and aging. The meeting will bring together speakers from the cutting edges of both the aging and tumor suppression sides of this growing field. Tumor suppression is an especially important area of discussion and focus given the recent surge of progress in this area. Therapeutic avenues will also be discussed. Our objectives in organizing this conference is to encourage the presentation of the newest findings and to promote intensive exchange of information from disparate areas of the field, discussion of mechanisms, and initiation of new collaborations. In this conference a series of plenary lectures presented by the key participants will be interwoven with sessions during which some participants will give oral presentations. Other participants will present posters. Oral and poster presenters will be chosen from the submitted abstracts. Plenary talks will be 35 min with 10 min for discussion. Speakers for the workshops will be chosen from the submitted abstracts and will each have 15 minutes to talk with 5 minutes for discussion. These symposia generally attract a large number of students and postdoctoral fellows from across the nation and the world, many of whom present posters or short talks. To increase the opportunity for interaction among all participants and to maintain an atmosphere of informality, the number of participants will be restricted to a maximum of 150. The program is designed with interaction in mind and with frequent breaks for discussion. Live background music will be included with the dinners and at the reception to promote relaxed and prolonged discussion. The cost of meals is included in the registration and all meals are served in a single dining room, which is directly beside the conference hall. A dessert party is planned for after dinner on the Friday night to provide a means for people to gather and talk in a relaxed atmosphere. The results of the evaluations from previous conferences in this series show that the greatest strength of these conferences is that they promote discussion and intellectual stimulation.

描述（由申请人提供）：目前提议召开一次讨论衰老、衰老和癌症的会议，这将是自 1988 年以来在爱荷华州立大学举办的一系列生长因子和信号转导 (GFST) 会议中的第 16 次会议。资金来自各种来源，包括联邦、州、大学和私人机构。每次会议的出席人数在 80 到 150 人之间，其中有大量的国内和国际代表。会议的目的是探讨癌症与衰老之间的关系。细胞衰老是体细胞增殖的自然限制，越来越多的证据表明它与肿瘤抑制和衰老有关。此次会议将汇集来自这一不断发展的领域的衰老和肿瘤抑制领域最前沿的演讲者。鉴于最近该领域的进展激增，肿瘤抑制是一个特别重要的讨论和焦点领域。还将讨论治疗途径。我们组织这次会议的目的是鼓励展示最新研究成果，促进该领域不同领域的信息深入交流、机制讨论和新合作的启动。在本次会议中，主要参与者的一系列全体报告将与一些参与者进行口头报告的会议交织在一起。其他参与者将展示海报。口头和海报演讲者将从提交的摘要中选出。全体会议演讲时间为 35 分钟，其中讨论时间为 10 分钟。研讨会的演讲者将从提交的摘要中选出，每位演讲者有 15 分钟的发言时间和 5 分钟的讨论时间。这些研讨会通常会吸引来自全国和世界各地的大量学生和博士后研究员，其中许多人展示海报或进行简短的演讲。为了增加所有参与者之间的互动机会并保持非正式的氛围，参与者的人数将限制在最多 150 人。该计划的设计考虑了互动和经常休息进行讨论。晚宴和招待会上将提供现场背景音乐，以促进轻松和长时间的讨论。餐费已包含在注册费用中，所有餐点均在会议厅旁边的一间餐厅内提供。周五晚上晚餐后计划举办甜点派对，为人们提供一个在轻松的氛围中聚集和交谈的方式。本系列以往会议的评估结果表明，这些会议的最大优势在于促进讨论和智力刺激。