2005

Malaria Immunology Meeting
Fidel Zavala, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $7,500 to help support the Malaria Immunology Workshop on “Immunology of Malaria Infections: Implications for the Design and Development of Malaria Vaccines” to be held in February 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Oxidative Stress and Disease
Tracey Rouault, M.D.
Gordon Research Conferences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to support the Aging and Oxidative Stress Session at the Oxidative Stress and Disease Gordon Research Conference to be held March 13-18, 2005 in Ventura, California. For further information, see http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2005/oxidat.htm.

Pathogenesis of C. neoformans Infections
Stuart Levitz, Ph.D.
Boston University

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to support the session on “Pathogenesis of C. neoformans Infections” at the Boston University School of Medicine’s 6th International Conference on Cryptococcus and Cryptococcosis to be held June 24-28, 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts. For further information, see http://www.bu.edu/cme/seminars/ICCC05/

Ellison Symposia
Ettore Bergamini, M.D., Ph.D.
Gerontological Society of America

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to support the Ellison Symposia on “Free Radical Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Biological Membranes” and on “Autophagy and Aging” to be held at the The Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting to be held in November 18-22, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. For further information, see http://www.geron.org/AnnualMeeting/annual.htm.

2004

Molecular Approaches to Malaria 2004
David S. Roos, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the University of Pennsylvania project on The Molecular Approaches to Malaria 2004 held February 1-5, 2004 in Lorne, Victoria, Australia.

From Outside to Inside: Environmental Microorganisms as Human Pathogens
Carol Colgan,
American Academy of Microbiology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the workshop “From Outside to Inside: Environmental Microorganisms as Human Pathogens” held in Portland, Oregon on February 6-8, 2004.

2004 Conference on International Health
Georgia Pangiotakos,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support an undergraduate student-organized Conference on International Health co-sponsored by the Harvard and MIT Hippocratic Societies. The conference was held February 21-22, 2004 at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For further information, see http://www.hippocraticsociety.org/

Oxidants and Antioxidants in Biology
Enrique Cadenas, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the University of Southern California project on the XIth Annual Meeting of the Oxygen Club of California on Oxidants and Antioxidants in Biology. The meeting was held March 10-13, 2004 in Santa Barbara, California. For further information see http://www.oxyclubcalifornia.org/upcoming_meetings.cfm

Vaccines: Symposium in Honor of Dr. Ruth Nussenzweig
Louis H. Miller, M.D.
New York University Post-Graduate Medical School

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support Vaccines: Symposium in Honor of Dr. Ruth Nussenzweig held March 22-23, 2004 at NYU School of Medicine.

The Pathogen-Host Standoff: Persistent and Latent Infection (X5)
Robert Harwood, Ph.D.
Keystone Symposia

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to support Keynote Addresses and the Host Control of Persistence Plenary Session at the Pathogen Host Standoff Keystone Symposia held March 25-30, 2004 in Taos, New Mexico. For further information, see http://www.keystonesymposia.org/Meetings/ViewMeetings.cfm?MeetingID=695

Aging, Longevity Determination and Age-Associated Diseases
Leonard Hayflick, Ph.D.
American Society for Investigative Pathology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $2,250 to help support the workshop on Aging, Longevity Determination and Age-Associated Diseases organized by the American Society for Investigative Pathology as part of the Experimental Biology 2004 FASEB Meeting held April 17-21, 2004 in Washington, DC. For further information see http://www.faseb.org/meetings/eb2004/

Laboratory Practices/Malaria Research in Africa
Dror Baruch, Ph.D.
American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $3,500 to support a project on Good Laboratory Practices: Principles and Practical Applications for Malaria Research in Africa held June 23-30, 2004 in Legon, Accra, Ghana

Second International Conference on Functional Genomics of Aging
Jan Vijg, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Second International Conference on Functional Genomics of Aging held in Hersonissos on Crete, Greece on April 28 – May 1, 2004.

Emerging Pathogens in the 21st Century
Louis M. Weiss., M.D., M.P.H.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to support a symposium at the International Congress on Microsporidiosis “Emerging Pathogens in the 21st Century: First United Workshop on Microsporidia from Invertebrate and Vertebrate Hosts” held July 12-15, 2004 at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

Molecular Mechanisms of Aging
Norman Wolf, D.V.M., Ph.D.
American Aging Association

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association: Molecular Mechanisms of Aging held June 4-7, 2004 in St. Petersburg, Florida. The deadline for early registration is April 1, 2004. For further information, see http://www.americanaging.org/2004.html#.

Microbial Toxins and Pathogenesis
Daniel A. Portnoy, Ph.D.
University of California - Berkeley

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $7,500 to support a session on Persistent Infections held at the Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Toxins and Pathogenesis July 18-23, 2004 in Andover, New Hampshire.

Mitochondria and Aging
Christopher J. Rice,
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to fund a session on Mitochondria and Aging at the Mitochondrial Medicine 2004 Conference to be held August 4-8, 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For further information, see http://www.umdf.org/

Microbial Pathogenesis: Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases
Virginia Miller, Ph.D.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $8,000 to support a project entitled Microbial Pathogenesis: Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases at the FASEB Summer Research Conference held August 14-19, 2004 in Snowmass Village, Colorado.

The Aging Liver: Molecular Mechanisms that Reduce Regeneration in the Old
Robert H. Costa, Ph.D.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $1,530 to provide funding for an invited speaker for The Aging Liver: Molecular Mechanisms that Reduce Regeneration in the Old conference to be held August 7-12, 2004 in Snowmass, Colorado. For further information, see http://src.faseb.org/snowmass.htm

Entamoeba histolytica Post-Genome Meeting
Barbara A. Mann, Ph.D.
University of Virginia School of Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $7,500 to help support the Entamoeba histolytica Post-Genome Meeting held September 18-19 2004 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

13th International Society of Differentiation, Inc. Conference
Helen M. Blau, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to support the EMF Keynote Lecturer, Dr. Carla Shatz; the symposium on Telomerase and Aging; and scholarships for student presenters in the minisymposium on The Aging Cell to be held at the 13th International Society of Differentiation, Inc. Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii September 5-9, 2004. For further information, see http://members.aol.com/isdiff/conference.html#13.

International Workshop on Aging and Immunity
Susan Swain, Ph.D.
Trudeau Institute, Inc.

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the International Workshop on Aging and Immunity to be held October, 2004 at the Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, New York.

International Mouse Genome Conference
Christine M. Disteche, Ph.D.
International Mammalian Genome Society, Inc

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to support two sessions, “Genome Instability and Aging” and “Genetics and Genomics of Infectious Disease,” at the 18th International Mouse Genome Conference to be held October 18-21, 2004 in Seattle, Washington. For further information, see http://www.mousegenomeconference.com/

Genes, Mutations, and Disease: The Environmental Connection
Leona Samson, Ph.D.
Environmental Mutagen Society

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support the 35th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society on “Genes, Mutations, and Disease: The Environmental Connection” to be held October 2-6, 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For further information, see http://www.ems-us.org/meetings/2004_meeting/index.asp.

Role of Telomeres and Telomerase in Aging and Cancer
Jerry W Shay, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwest Medical Center

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to fund a named speaker and travel for speakers for a special AARC conference on The Role of Telomeres and Telomerase in Aging and Cancer to be held October 26-31, 2004 in San Francisco.

53rd Annual Meeting of Tropical Medicine
John H. Adams, Ph.D.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to support the American Committee of Molecular, Cellular and Immuno-Parasitology symposium on Immune Evasion and Immunomodulation by Parasites as part of the 2004 Annual Meeting of Tropical Medicine to be held in Miami, Florida on November 7-11, 2004. The funds will also help support scientific sessions that will incorporate award-winning presentations from graduate students and post-docs from the Woods Hole ImmunoParasitology Meeting and the Molecular Parasitology Meeting. For further information, see http://www.astmh.org/meetings/meeting2004.html

Chicago-Area Mycology and Parasites or CAMP Club
Kasturi Haldar, Ph.D.
Northwestern University

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support a series of meetings on Mycology and Parasites to be held in the Chicago area in 2004.

Biological Section Symposia
S. Michal Jazwinski, Ph.D.
Gordon Research Conferences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5000 to help support the Biological Section Symposia at the The Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting to be held November 19-23, 2004 in Washington, DC. For further information, see http://www.geron.org/AnnualMeeting/annual.htm.

White Paper on the State of the Biosecurity Field
Sharon Gleason,
Federation of American Scientists

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to the Federation of American Scientists to conduct a study analyzing the state of the biosecurity field.

44th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting
Elizabeth Marincola,
American Society for Cell Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to support the minisymposium on Signaling in Cell Proliferation and Death at the 44th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting to be held December 4-8, 2004 in Washington, DC. For further information, see http://www.ascb.org/meetings/am2004/main04mtg.html.

2003

Anti-Aging Medicine: The Hype and Reality
James Smith, Ph.D.
Gerontological Society of America

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $15,000 to help support a special publication of the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences “Anti-Aging Medicine: The Hype and Reality.

Symposium on Organisms with Slow Aging
Caleb E. Finch, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support the Symposium on Organisms with Slow Aging held at the University of Southern California on January 17-18, 2003.

Tuberculosis: Integrating Host and Pathogen Biology
Robert Harwood, Ph.D.
Keystone Symposia

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support a Keystone Symposia workshop on Tuberculosis: Integrating Host and Pathogen Biology held in Taos, New Mexico on January 25-30, 2003.

Seeking the Secret of Life: DNA
Rodney Miller,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

The Ellison Medical Foundation has awarded $25,000 to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to help support the exhibit entitled “Seeking the Secret of Life: DNA” marking the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA and the role of New York scientists and institutions in the discovery. The exhibit, sponsored by the New York Public Library, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Columbia University, and The Rockefeller University, was installed from February through September 2003 in the Science, Industry and Business Library of the New York Public Library. Historical photographs, documents, and objects will trace the history of the discovery and its impact on changing the direction of science and medicine.

T. gondii: Relevance to Other Experimental Systems
Kami Kim, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to support the session on T. gondii: Relevance to Other Experimental Systems at the Seventh International Congress on Toxoplasmosis held on May 23-27, 2003 in Tarrytown, New York.

The Biology of Aging
Eugenia Wang, Ph.D.
Gordon Research Conferences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support the Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging held in Ventura, California on March 9-14, 2003.

Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology
Ron Yasbin, Ph.D.
University of Texas - Dallas

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support the Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology, an international meeting of senior researchers, younger scientists, and students. The conference will be held in June 2003 in Estes Park, Colorado.

Workshop on Werner Syndrome
Vilhelm Bohr, M.D., Ph.D., D.S
National Academy of Sciences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support an international workshop on Werner syndrome held in May 2003 in Bethesda, Maryland. The workshop will cover the biological functions of the gene product (WRN) that is defective in the premature aging disorder, Werner syndrome, its pathophysiologic consequences, and potential for experimental therapeutic strategies.

Dengue Virus: Molecular Basis of Cell Entry & Pathogenesis
Scott Halstead, M.D.
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Third Workshop: Dengue Virus: Molecular Basis of Cell Entry and Pathogenesis to be held June 25-27, 2003 in Vienna, Austria.

International Problems in Antimicrobial Resistance
William Martone, M.D.
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to support the symposium on International Problems in Antimicrobial Resistance at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases 2003 Annual Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance. The Conference will be held in Bethesda, Maryland on June 23-25, 2003.

Infectious Diseases and Threats to Public Health
Isaar Smith, Ph.D.
Public Health Research Institute

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the PHRI 2003 Symposium on Infectious Diseases and Threats to Public Health held November 3, 2003 in Newark, New Jersey. The program included presentations on TB, HIV, West Nile virus, SARS and potential agents of bioterrorism such as anthrax and smallpox.

Helicases: Structure, Function and Roles in Human Disease
Smita S. Patel, Ph.D.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to help support the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Helicases: Structure, Function and Roles in Human Disease to be held in Saxtons River, Vermont on June 28-July 3, 2003.

Genetic Recombination and Genomic Rearrangements
Susan T. Lovett, Ph.D.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Genetic Recombination and Genomic Rearrangements conference to be held July 26-31, 2003 in Snowmass, Colorado. For further information see: http://src.faseb.org/pre_prog.htm#snow Application for registration due June 2, 2003 - see: https://mercury.faseb.org/meetings/src2003/src.asp

Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Adhesion
Jorge Galan, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to sponsor the “Modulation of the Innate and Acquired Immunity by Microbial Pathogens” section of the Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Adhesion to be held July 27-August 1, 2003 in Newport, Rhode Island. For further information, see: http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2003/micradhe.htm For application to register, see: http://www.grc.uri.edu/attend.htm

Third Multidisciplinary Workshop on Self-assembly of Peptides and Proteins in Biology, Medicine, & Engineering
Shugang Zhang, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Third Multidisciplinary Workshop on Self-assembly of Peptides and Proteins in Biology, Medicine, & Engineering organized by the Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, and the Center for Self-Organizing Molecular Systems, University of Leeds, UK. The symposium will be held August 1-5, 2003 in Crete, Greece. . Registration deadline – July 1, 2003. For further information, see: http://web.mit.edu/lms/creteworkshop2003/

Signal Transduction Determining the Fate of Stem Cells
Gary L. Johnson, Ph.D.
American Society for Cell Biology
Naohiro Terada, M.D., Ph.D.
American Society for Cell Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $2,000 to help support the 2003 Summer Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology on Signal Transduction Determining the Fate of Stem Cells to be held August 9-12, 2003 in Bozeman, Montana. Registration deadline - June 27, 2003. For registration, see http://www.ascb.org/meetings/summer03/main03.html

Engineered Negligible Senescence
Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D.
International Association of Biomedical Gerontology, Omaha, NE

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to support the keynote addresses at the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology 10th Congress on Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence: Reasons Why Genuine Control of Aging may be Foreseeable. The IABG’s 10th Congress will be held at Queen’s College, Cambridge, UK on September 19-23, 2003. Early registration deadline – June 15, 2003. For further information, see: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/iabg10/

1st US-EU DNA Repair and Endogenous Stress Meeting
Vilhelm Bohr, M.D., Ph.D., D.S
National Academy of Sciences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $7,000 to support the named session on Telomeric Function and DNA Repair at the 1st US-EU DNA Repair and Endogenous Stress Meeting held in Leesburg, Virginia on October 14-18, 2003.

Genes, Genomes: Impact on Medicine and Society
Joanna Rubinstein, Ph.D., D.D.S.
Columbia University

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $25,000 to help support a symposium on Genes, Genomes: Impact on Medicine and Society to commemorate the opening celebration of Columbia University’s 250th anniversary. The symposium will be held at Columbia University, New York City on October 16-17, 2003. Further information to appear at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/250/

The Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting
Olivia M. Pereira-Smith, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,351 to support symposia on Early Origins of Age-Related Disease and Protein Aggregation in Single, Double and Triple Neurodegenerative Brain Amyloidoses at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting held San Diego, California on November 21-24, 2003.

The Genetics of Human Longevity
Nir Barzilai, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $9,500 to help support the International Symposium on the Genetics of Human Longevity held in the Lake of Galilee area of Israel on December 1-4, 2003.

Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis
Wayne M. Gez, Ph.D.
University of California - Berkeley

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support a short course on Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis held at the Workshop on HIV-AIDS at the University’s Berkeley Campus South African Centre in Cape Town, South Africa on December 1-5, 2003.

The Genome and Biology of the Trichomonads
Jane M. Carlton, Ph.D.
Institute for Genomic Research

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $2,500 to help support a workshop on the Genome and Biology of the Trichomonads held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 2-4, 2003.

American Committee of Molecular, Cellular, and Immuno-Parasitology
John H. Adams, Ph.D.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to support the American Committee of Molecular, Cellular, and Immuno-Parasitology at the annual meeting of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 3-7, 2003.

Filariasis Research Summit and Forum on Research
Gary J. Weil, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $9,996 to help support two inter-related meetings, the Filariasis Research Summit on December 7-8, 2003 and the Forum on Research Needed to Support the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis on December 7-10, 2003 held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Emerging Infectious Diseases Discussion Group
Karen Horting,
New York Academy of Sciences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $20,000 and has pledged $20,000/year for 2 additional years to support an Emerging Infectious Diseases Discussion Group at the New York Academy of Sciences. This group will meet at regular intervals to discuss current topics in emerging infectious diseases. The Academy provides e-briefings of the discussions, and a schedule of upcoming discussions, via a portal on its website at http://www.nyas.org/scitech/eid.cfm

2002

Malaria: Progress, Problems and Plans in the Genomic Era
Diane Griffin, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $25,000 to help support the Conference on Malaria: Progress, Problems and Plans in the Genomic Era held January 27-29, 2002 at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

Workshop on Modern Concepts and Understanding of Parasitic Diseases
T.V. Rajan, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Connecticut Health Center

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $14,000 to help support the Workshop on Modern Concepts and Understanding of Parasitic Diseases held in Bhubaneswar, India in February 2002.

Conference on Infectious Disease
Georgia Pangiotakos,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $4,000 to help support an undergraduate student-organized Conference on Infectious Disease co-sponsored by the Harvard and MIT Hippocratic Societies. The conference was held March 9-10, 2002 at Harvard University and provided a forum for undergraduate students to discuss and examine the ethical, scientific, legal and economic implications of infectious disease with leaders in the field.

DNA Helicases, Cancer and Aging
Ian D. Hickson, Ph.D.
Keystone Symposia

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support a Keystone Symposia workshop on DNA Helicases, Cancer and Aging was held in Tahoe City, California on March 12-17, 2002

Conference on Sex and Gene Expression
L. Jo Parrish, M.A., M.B.A.
Society for Women's Health Research

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help fund a Conference on Sex and Gene expression held April 4-7, 2002 in San Jose, California. The conference will examine such topics as the relationship between steroid hormones, cell death, and cancer; sex differences in immunology; and model systems for understanding sex differences in development.

Functional Genomics of Aging
Jan Vijg, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help fund the Functional Genomics of Aging conference held in Seville, Spain April 24-27, 2002. This conference covered integrated genomic circuits that control mechanisms of aging, survival, and stress responses.

Mitochondrial Damage in Aging and Carcinogenesis
Lawrence Loeb, M.D., Ph.D.
Environmental Mutagen Society

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to support the symposium on Mitochondrial Damage in Aging and Carcinogenesis held at the Environmental Mutagen Society 33rd Annual Meeting April 27-May 2, 2002 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Dendritic Cells at the Host Pathogen Interface
Ronald Germain, M.D., Ph.D.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help fund the Dendritic Cells at the Host Pathogen Interface Conference held in Airlie, Virginia May 4-7,2002.

Antibody Protection against Viral Infections: Special Reference toDengue
Scott Halstead, M.D.
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $25,000 to help fund a workshop on Antibody Protection against Viral Infections: Special Reference to Dengue held in Bethesda, Maryland June 3-4, 2002.

Aging from Molecules to Humans: Translation Research on Aging for the Year 2002
Paula Bickford, Ph.D.
American Aging Association

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the American Aging Association annual meeting on Aging from Molecules to Humans: Translation Research on Aging for the Year 2002 held June 7-11, 2002 in San Diego, California.

Conference on Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions
Norma W. Andrews, Ph.D.
Gordon Research Conferences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Conference on Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions held June 16-21, 2002 in Newport, Rhode Island.

Colloquia on the Biology of Aging and on Global Infectious Disease
William T. Speck, M.D.
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Ellison Medical Foundation has committed up to $311,940 to support colloquia on the Biology of Aging and on Global Infectious Disease to be held in alternating years from 2002-2004 at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

FASEB Summer Research Conference
Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the FASEB Summer Research Conference 2002 on Post-transcriptional Control of Gene expression: Effectors of mRNA Decay held July 6-11, 2002 in Tucson, Arizona.

FASEB Summer Research Conference
Fuyuhiko Tamanoi, Ph.D.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $3,060 to help support the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Protein Lipidation, Signaling and Membrane Domains held July 20-25 in Tucson, Arizona

Endosymbiont Symposium
Wieslaw J. Kozek, Ph.D.
University of Puerto Rico

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $2,500 to help support the Endosymbiont Symposium, 10th International Congress of Parasitology held August 4-9, 2002 in Vancouver, Canada.

Evolution of Infectious Diseases
Irene Eckstrand, Ph.D.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $2,620 to help support the National Institute of General Medical Sciences Conference on The Evolution of Infectious Diseases held August 29-30, 2002 in Bethesda, Maryland.

George Martin Symposium: Frontiers of Aging Research
Lawrence A. Loeb, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the George Martin Symposium: Frontiers of Aging Research. This symposium, in honor of Dr. Martin's 75th birthday and his innumerable contributions to aging research, was held September 17-18, 2002 at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

The Global Genome Question: Microbes as the Key to Understanding Evolution and Ecology
David A. Relman, M.D.
American Academy of Microbiology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support The Global Genome Question: Microbes as the Key to Understanding Evolution and Ecology colloquium, American Academy of Microbiology to be held October 11-13, 2002 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Symposium on Molecular Parasitology
John H. Adams, Ph.D.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the ASTMH's 51st Annual Meeting, Symposium on Molecular Parasitology, to be held November 10-14, 2002 in Denver, Colorado.

An Evaluation of Biological Strategies to Reduce Immune Rejection in Stem Cell-Based Tissue Transplantation
Roberta Schoen,
National Academy of Sciences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $25,000 to help support a workshop on An Evaluation of Biological Strategies to Reduce Immune Rejection in Stem Cell-Based Tissue Transplantation to evaluate main issues and develop a report recommending future research priorities.

Buck Institute Symposia on Aging 
Dale Bredesen, M.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Gordon Lithgow, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Tom Johnson, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Simon Melov, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help fund the Buck Institute 2002 Inaugural Symposia on Aging to be held at the Buck Institute, Novato, CA September 24-27, 2002. The Symposia will provide an exploration of basic animal models of aging with an emphasis on stress and the insulin-signaling pathway and relate these areas to human physiology and disease. For further information, see www.buckinstitute.org/symposium.

Dynamics and Energetic Bases of Health and Aging
Walter M. Bortz II, M.D.
Active Learning Institute

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support a workshop on the Dynamics and Energetic Bases of Health and Aging held November 11-13, 2002 in Bethesda, MD.

2001

Molecular Mechanisms of Apoptosis
Douglas R. Green, Ph.D.
Keystone Symposia

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to the Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology to help support the Molecular Mechanisms of Apoptosis symposium and to sponsor the plenary session on Apoptosis and Age-related Disease. The symposium was held January 16-22, 2001 in Keystone, CO.

Consequences of Disease Eradication
Jonathan Davis, Ph.D.
Institute of Medicine, National Academies

The Ellison Medical Foundation has awarded $10,000 to help support a workshop on Consequences of Disease Eradication hosted by the Forum on Emerging Infections, Institute of Medicine. It was held on February 1-2, 2001 in Washington, DC.

Aging: Biology, Disease, and Economics
Helen M. Blau, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $7,000 to help support the Symposium on Aging: Biology, Disease and Economics held at Stanford University School of Medicine on March 13, 2001.

Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Senescence
Dan Bergstralh,
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $5,000 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the Cell and Molecular Biology graduate student training program symposium on Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Senescence held on May 4-6, 2001.

Chronic Diseases and Emerging Infections
Jonathan Davis, Ph.D.
Institute of Medicine, National Academies

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support a workshop on Chronic Diseases and Emerging Infections hosted by the Forum on Emerging Infections, Institute of Medicine, held in June, 2001 in Washington, DC.

Gordon Research Conference on Neurotrophic Factors
Michael E. Greenberg, Ph.D.
Gordon Research Conferences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Gordon Research Conference on Neurotrophic Factors was held June 10-15, 2001 in Newport, Rhode Island.

Symposium on Endocrinology of Aging
Charles Mobbs, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Frank Bellino, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health

The Ellison Medical Foundation contributed $2,500 to help support the Symposium on Endocrinology of Life-span Extension held June 19, 2001 at the Annual Endocrine Society Meeting in Denver, CO.

FASEB Summer Research Conference
Steven W. Matson, Ph.D.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help fund the FASEB Summer Research Conference, Helicases: Structure, Function and Roles in Human Disease held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, VT July 7-12, 2001.

Second Multidisciplinary Workshop:
Shugang Zhang, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Second Multidisciplinary Workshop: Self-assembling Peptide Systems in Biology, Engineering and Medicine organized by the Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, and the Center for Self-Organizing Molecular Systems, University of Leeds, UK. The symposium was held July 13-17, 2001 in Crete, Greece

Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging
James F. Nelson, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging: From Genetics to Physiology held at Queen's College in Oxford, England July 22-26, 2001.

Longevity Genes: From Primitive Organisms to Man
Robert N. Butler, M.D.,
International Longevity Center

The Ellison Medical Foundation contributed $10,000 to the International Longevity Center to help co-fund the Longevity Genes: From Primitive Organisms to Man workshop. The workshop was held at Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ October 4-7, 2001.

Workshop on DNA Repair and Related DNA Transactions
Philip C. Hanawalt, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the Workshop on DNA Repair and Related DNA Transactions held October 4-7, 2001 at the Stanford University Alumni Association's Conference Center at Fallen Leaf, Lake Tahoe, California.

2001-2003 U.S. Frontiers of Science Symposium
Bruce Alberts, Ph.D.
National Academy of Sciences

The Ellison Medical Foundation has awarded $150,000 to help fund the National Academy of Sciences 2001-2003 U.S. Frontiers of Science Symposium. The first symposium held November 2-4, 2001 at the California Institute of Technology. The Frontiers of Science Symposium brought together young scientists from many scientific disciplines to present cutting-edge research in their fields and to gain cross-disciplinary information and insights. Further information can be found at the website www.national-academies.org/nas/fos

2001 Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting
Steven N. Austad, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $7,500 to help support the Scientific Symposia at the 2001 Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting held November 15-18, 2001 in Chicago.

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome Workshop
Audrey Gordon, Esq.
Progeria Research Foundation, Inc.

The Ellison Medical Foundation has awarded $8,953 to help support, along with the National Institutes of Health, the Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome Workshop held in Bethesda, Maryland on November 28-29, 2001. A diverse group of physicians and scientists discussed what research could be generated to better understand the mechanistic basis of this syndrome based upon research findings in genetics, atherosclerosis, bone metabolism, skin, endocrinology, and the cardiovascular and other systems.

Workshop on Adult Stem Cells and Aging
Gary Striker, M.D.
University of Miami School of Medicine

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support a Workshop on Adult Stem Cells and Aging that was held November 30-December 2, 2001 in Miami, Florida.

Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cell Research
Terry Pellmar, Ph.D.
National Academy of Sciences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $25,000 to help support the Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cell Research workshop to examine and develop a report on the current scientific understanding of stem and progenitor cell research and explore the potential biomedical applications of stem cells, including the treatment of disease and the repair of damaged organs. Both scientific and ethical issues were addressed.

2000

3rd Genetics of Aging Meeting
John B. Macauley, Ph.D.
Jackson Laboratory

The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, was awarded $10,000 to help fund its 3rd Genetics of Aging Meeting held August 4-8, 2000. The focus of the meeting was on a comparative genomic approach for identifying genes that increase life spans in multiple biological organisms and suggest basic mechanisms of aging, and identifying research directions in the use of the laboratory mouse as a genetic model system.

Symposium on Organisms with Slow Aging
Caleb E. Finch, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

The Ellison Medical Foundation contributed $2,500 toward the Symposium on Organisms with Slow Aging held at the University of Southern California September 22-23, 2000. The symposium provided a platform for new multidisciplinary approaches to slow aging and included scientists from the areas of biogerontology, demography, and evolutionary biology.

Biomarkers of Aging: From Rodents to Man
Robert N. Butler, M.D.,
International Longevity Center

The Ellison Medical Foundation contributed $10,000 to the International Longevity Center to help co-fund the Biomarkers of Aging: From Rodents to Man symposium, one in a series of Canyon Ranch symposia focused on topics relevant to increasing longevity. The symposium was held at Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ October 5-8, 2000.

1999

Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging
S. Michal Jazwinski, Ph.D.
Gordon Research Conferences

An Ellison Medical Foundation award of $10,000 provided co-funding for the conference "Molecular Mechanisms of Aging: Metabolic Control and Resistance to Stress" held January 30 to February 4, 2000 in Ventura, CA. Sessions focussed on genetic analysis of metabolic signaling; biochemical and physiological analysis of metabolic signaling; analysis of stress responses; damage prevention and repair, mitochondrial involvement in damage control, mechanisms of aging in skeletal muscle, intercellular mechanisms of grain aging, proliferative homeostasis, and aging as a problem in complexity.

Colloquium on the Biology of Aging
John E. Burris, Director
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Ellison Medical Foundation has committed an award of up to $142,989 to support the Colloquium on the Biology of Aging to be held during the summers of 1999 to 2001 at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

FASEB Summer Research Conference on Molecular Gerontology
Vilhelm Bohr, M.D., Ph.D., D.S
National Academy of Sciences

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Molecular Gerontology held July 4-9, 1999 in Copper Mountain, CO.

GSA Biological Sciences Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Robert Arking, Ph.D.
Gerontological Society of America

An Ellison Medical Foundation award of $6,790 provided co-funding for symposia on "New Understandings of the Molecular Actions of Estrogen on the Aging Brain," "Functional Genomics and Aging," and "Transgenic Interventions in the Aging Process" held at the GSA Biological Sciences Meeting in San Francisco November 19-23, 1999.

American Aging Association (AGE) 28th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
Donald K. Ingram, Ph.D.
American Aging Association

An Ellison Medical Foundation award of $10,000 provided co-funding for symposia at the American Aging Association 28th Annual Meeting "Experimental Gerontology in the Next Millennium: New Models, Mechanisms and Manipulations" held June 4-8, 1999 in Seattle, WA. Symposia focused on: Models I - New Prospects for Identifying Longevity Mechanisms in Invertebrates, Models II - Emerging Vertebrate Models of Aging; Mechanisms I - New Approaches to Investigating Oxidative Stress in Aging, Mechanisms II - Emerging Paradigms and New Perspectives; and Manipulations I - Innovative Approaches for Altering Aging Processes, Manipulations II - Novel Approaches to Nutritional Modulation of Aging.

1998

Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Aging, Barga, Italy.
Thomas Kirkwood, Ph.D.
Gordon Research Conferences

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.

A multidisciplinary workshop: Self-assembling peptide systems in biology, engineering and medicine.
Shugang Zhang, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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.