The proposed program in research training and education is designed to prepare NRSA and non-NRSApostdoctoral trainees for careers in the emerging field of 'geroscience' the integrated, interdisciplinarystudy of aging and age-related diseases. The Buck Institute for Age Research is uniquely positioned toprovide broad-based training and education in this field, and thereby ready its participants to make importantcontributions to our understanding of the biology of aging and its attendant health consequences. Some keyassets of the Buck Institute in this regard are its strong institutional focus on aging research, highlyinterdisciplinary approach to research problems, advanced technologic infrastructure, outstanding facultywith diverse scientific and clinical expertise and prior teaching experience, and the unsurpassed regionalresearch environment and facilities of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Buck Institute has devoted majoreffort and resources to the training of junior scientists, especially postdoctoral fellows, in aging research. Inaddition to working in the laboratories of Buck Institute faculty members, these fellows have access todidactic courses designed to better equip them for independent careers in aging research in academic orbiotechnology settings, as well as practical instruction in career-development skills including research ethics,scientific presentations, grant writing and teaching. This postdoctoral training program's Specific Aims are to:
AIM 1. Provide postdoctoral trainees with interdisciplinary laboratory experience in geroscience theintegrated study of aging and age-related diseases.
AIM 2. Provide postdoctoral trainees with didactic teaching in disciplines inherent to geroscience andpractical instruction that will assist in their scientific career development.
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