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A Keystone Symposia is being organised by Drs Rochelle Buffenstein Holly Brown Borg and Colin Selman for Hannover Germany April 15 19 2018 The meeting is entitled 8216 Pushing the Limits of Healthspan and Longevity 8217 and details of registration and abstract submission can be found here Speakers include Ronald Kahn Dominic Withers John Speakman Colin Selman and Judith

The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2019 is being held in Gothenburg Sweden from 23rd 25th May 2019 Details can be found here nbsp nbsp

The Musculoskeletal Physiology Research Group at Nottingham Trent University are preparing a grant application to the BBSRC NC3Rs on bone ageing As part of this grant they would like to provide some metrics on how many animals are used in the UK in age related or bone related research Ideally they would like to provide numbers from 2

This autumn there is a two day workshop and meeting during the last week in October focused on ageing and the application of bioinformatic and genomic technologies to the study of ageing and longevity Please visit the link here for more details

Professor Thomas von Zglinicki has received Britain s highest award for services to gerontology Thomas von Zglinicki Professor of Cellular Gerontology at Newcastle University and Scientific Director of the Newcastle University Institute for Ageing has received the highest honour of the BSRA the Lord Cohen of Birkenhead Medal for services to gerontology First awarded in 1980

The British Geriatrics Society Autumn Meeting 2017 which will be held in London from 22 24th November 2017 Key details Title British Geriatrics Society Autumn Meeting 2017 Venue ExCeL London Date 22 24th November 2017 Focus on o Community geriatrics o Frailty and Sarcopenia o Movement Disorders Parkinson s amp Non Parkinson s o Depression