In addition to a plenary session launched by Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, there will be seven scientific sessions on inflammation, adaptation to stress, epigenetics and regulatory RNA, metabolism, macromolecular damage, proteostasis, and stem cells and regeneration.
The Summit program was developed by the Trans-NIH GeroScience Interest Group at the NIH, a recently formed group focused on the relationships between aging and age-related disease and disability. The GSIG is among the largest trans-NIH interest groups.
The National Institute on Aging has posted a video featuring Felipe Sierra, PhD, director of the Division of Aging Biology, discussing the GSIG and the summit.
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