Conferences, Workshops & Education Awards in Aging 1998

Thomas Kirkwood, Ph.D. Gordon Research Conferences	Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging, Barga, Italy. 1998 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Aging The Ellison Medical Foundation award of $10,000 was provided to fund travel to Italy by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the United States. This funding permitted seven young scientists, who would not otherwise have been able to do so, to attend this conference.
Shugang Zhang, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology	A multidisciplinary workshop: Self-assembling peptide systems in biology, engineering and medicine. 1998 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Aging The primary goal of this workshop is to advance the emerging field of self-assembling peptide systems. This is the first meeting to cover a broad spectrum of fields, including biology, chemistry, physics, protein science, polymer science, materials science, various engineering disciplines, and medical science related to aging under a common theme. It is expected that this meeting will generate novel ideas and collaborations that could produce important scientific breakthroughs in a variety of areas including aging.