A video of the seminar highlights, along with short videos of the individual speeches, is now available on their website.

University of Birmingham School of Sport & Exercise Sciences
Dr Mark Hollands invites applications for a PhD Scholarship Award that will investigate ‘Age-related changes in the sensory control of gait and posture’.
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A highly motivated, bright and enthusiastic graduate is sought for an exciting research-training opportunity at the University of Hull.  You should have a good degree (2:1 or better) ideally in a biological science and a keen interest in cardiovascular or ageing biology. Available from autumn 2008, the successful candidate will pursue a research project with Dr Sandra Jones and join the cardiovascular research group in newly refurbished space at the University of Hull working alongside staff from the Hull & York Medical School (HYMS) as well as the University of Hull. 

BBSRC and NIA have been pursuing a policy of active collaboration for some time.  It is expected that very soon a new funding programme will be announced.

The programme is expected to be for awards held jointly by an American and a British PI.  The awards are expected to be of several years duration and to be large enough to support 1-2 post doctoral fellows.

The scientific scope of the programme will exclude age-related disease but will include any areas of ageing research within the remit of BBSRC and DAB.  Areas of particular mutual interest that have already been identified include the genetics & molecular basis of ageing and longevity, immunosenescence, epigenetics/epigenomics, adult stem cell biology and the in vivo consequences of replicative senescence. 

6th International Congress on Mental Dysfunctions & Other Non-Motor Features in Parkinson’s disease and Related Disorders, October 16-19, 2008 Dresden, Germany

Further information on the call and registration form for the workshop can be found on the funders websites BBSRC and Research into Ageing