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The New Science of Ageing

Submitted by Robert Saunders on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 12:29.

The new science of ageing

Start Time: 9.00am
Start Date: 10 May 2010
End Date: 11 May 2010
End Time: 5.00pm
Venue: The Royal Society, London

Organised by Professor Linda Partridge DBE FRS, Professor Janet Thornton CBE FRS and Professor Gillian Bates FRS

Immunosenescence conference

Submitted by Robert Saunders on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 13:11.

Immunosenescence

A one day conference: 22 April 2010, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham

An 'aged' immune system has a reduced capacity to mount robust immune responses. The elderly are therefore more susceptible to infectious agents, present a greater risk for disease, and exhibit diminished vaccine efficiency.

These characteristics, along with many other immunological perturbations, are described under the umbrella term; immunosenescence.

This one day conference, financed by the Roberts Fund in collaboration with the Graduate School, aims to widen interest in immunosenescence, by exploring ageing of the innate and adaptive immune system, while examining the causes and consequences of senescence in the immune compartment.

AGEING SKIN: Insights and Interventions

Submitted by Robert Saunders on Tue, 26/01/2010 - 11:52.
AGEING SKIN: Insights and Interventions
29th April 2010
The Radisson Edwardian Hotel
MANCHESTER

Ageing Skin: Insights and Interventions is being held in association with the British Cosmetic Dermatology Group. This conference is one of the first to address both the science of skin ageing at the molecular and cellular levels, in addition to cutting-edge therapies and treatment options. It is a unique opportunity for those interested not only in the practical aspects of facial rejuvenation, but the pathomechanisms of ageing skin. Delegates will benefit from topics including:
• The effects of ageing on fibrillin
• The role of mitochondrial DNA & ageing
• How hormones influence the ageing process
• The role of p38MAP-kinase in premature ageing
• Comparison of botulinum toxins
• Psychological aspects of ageing
• The role of nutriceuticals in the cosmetic arena

Membership and Renewals

Submitted by Robert Saunders on Wed, 20/01/2010 - 09:45.
Formed in 1943, the British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) is the world’s oldest gerontological Society, and has an international membership base.   BSRA promotes research to understand the causes and effects of the ageing process.  Membership of the Society brings the following package of benefits:

Annual Scientific Meeting
This year will be the 53rd Society’s ASM held in the UK, showcasing of national and international research on ageing.  We have an exciting 2-day meeting on the 15-16th July 2010 in Newcastle.  The Society welcomes all members to attend, both national and international members, and strives to make the ASM as easy as possible to attend.   As a BSRA member you will receive:

Reduced ASM registration.  All members can register at the reduced registration fee rate.

ILC-UK and the Actuarial Profession Joint Debate: The Economic Value of Healthy Ageing and Working Longer, Edinburgh and London

Submitted by Robert Saunders on Thu, 17/12/2009 - 09:24.
Kindly supported by Prudential
17 February 2010, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
3 March 2010, Actuarial Profession, Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ

Dear Colleague,

To accommodate an ageing population people will need to work for longer, but to what extent is this happening in reality and to what extent do barriers to working longer include poor health?

Related concerns include the future affordability of pensions and rising cost
of health and social care but more generally the strategic issue of maintaining or preferably improving economic prosperity in coming decades.

FEBS/IUBMB/SFRR-Europe Advanced Lecture Course

Submitted by Robert Saunders on Wed, 04/11/2009 - 13:34.
FEBS/IUBMB/SFRR-Europe Advanced Lecture Course:

“Protein maintenance and turnover in ageing and diseases”

 

Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing - Director Position

Submitted by Deborah Dunn-Walters on Thu, 15/10/2009 - 17:00.

As part of a capacity building strategy in ageing Research, Aston University is now seeking to appoint an ambitious individual to direct the Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing (ARCHA)and establish an internationally recognized research portfolio, working across interdisciplinary research boundaries.

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Submitted by Duncan Baird on Tue, 06/10/2009 - 17:09.

ALZHEIMER EUROPE

Submitted by Duncan Baird on Mon, 14/09/2009 - 08:46.
July-August news letter realeased

Unprecedented Global Aging Examined in New Census Bureau Report Commissioned by the National Institute on Aging

Submitted by Duncan Baird on Mon, 27/07/2009 - 13:40.
The NIA's recent work on the ageing population with the Census dept, has resulted in a document called ‘An Aging World 2008'
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