General
The
Eleventh International Symposium on Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology of Aging
will be held
July 29–August 3, 2012 in
the Kloster Mehrerau, Bregenz, Austria.
The symposium is part of a biennial series that started 1992
(programs of previous Symposia).
It will be held in a format similar to the Gordon Conferences, with
morning and evening sessions Monday–Thursday.
Afternoons will be free for informal, individual discussions
or simply to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Bregenz
(glimpses of which are sprinkled throughout this website).
For the 2012 Symposium, the organizers are joining forces with the ongoing European
Framework Program 7 project MARK-AGE, which is focused on the establishment of
biomarkers of human aging and is run by a total of 26 groups
(www.mark-age.eu).
Thus the Symposium will also have the function of serving as a platform for the
2012 MARK-AGE Summer School; i.e. a number of MARK-AGE principal investigators
will participate as speakers, and PhD students / postdocs from each MARK-AGE laboratory
will participate as poster presenters.
In 2010 a Workshop with an introduction to the field was added as a new feature
to the Symposium, in order to maximize the value of the conference for students
and newcomers to gerontology. The Workshop was tailored to the needs of students
and "newcomers" to gerontology and received excellent critiques. It will
therefore be extended in 2012. The Workshop starts on Sunday afternoon (2 p.m.)
with an introduction to the field that will include key advance information from the
lectures in order to make them more understandable to participants from diverse backgrounds,
and put them into perspective from the standpoint of current approaches to aging research.
All registered participants will receive the 2012
Proceedings as part of their registration fee.
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