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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20014
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October 17, 1969

 

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Professor and Executive Head
Stanford University

School of Medicine

Stanford, California 94305

Dear Dr. Lederberg:

As you are well aware, the problems which exist in attempting to do

good research in the biology of aging are eonsiderable. Not the least
of them is the fact that it's difficult to entice young, energetic and
excellent researchers into the field. In an attempt to surmount this
shortcoming, last year we sponsored the first Annual Summer Course in
the Biology of Aging which was held in conjunction with the Department
of Biology, University of California, San Diego. We had twenty students
gathered for three weeks, and brought in many outstanding lecturers from
a diversity of fields to stimulate their interest in the biology of
aging. The students themselves were at the level of early post-doc and
late pre-doc, so it was more a matter of stimulating enthusiasm than of
teaching facts.

Some of the participants in last year's Course included Dr. Christian
De Duve, Dr. Leonard Hayflick, Dr. Alex Comfort, Dr. Baird Hastings,
and many other outstanding people. The Course turned out to be a great
success, so much so that I have received additional funds from our
Institute to hold a 2nd Summer Course in the Biology of Aging.

This Course is planned for July 6 through 17, 1970, and will be held in
conjunction with the Department of Microbiology at Stanford University.

I would like very much for you to participate in this venture recognizing
your prominence in the field of genetics. I’m not so much interested in
lecturers who are deeply involved in the field of aging as much as I'm
interested in scientists who can think about the problems of aging from
their own particular discipline and convey a spirit of enthusiasm to the
students.

The Course is set up similar to the Gordon Conferences with morning
lectures, free afternoons for informal discussion, and occasional evening
lectures. The students and faculty live together to take full advantage
of the entire two-week period. Travel, per diem, and a consultant's

fee are all handled through our Institute. _

 
I would appreciate very much receiving your comments concerning the
Course, and I sincerely hope you will be able to participate with us
hopefully for the entire two-week period.

I look forward to hearing from you as Soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Drain -

Gabe J. Maletta, Ph.D.

Physiologist

Adult Development and Aging Branch

National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development

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TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE

The Aging Process

A. Distribution of Aging Among Different Life Forms
B. Loss of Function and Increase in Mortality with ‘Age

Mammalian Aging

A. Physiological Systems
Cellular Aging
Invertebrates

Animal Cells

Somatic Mutations

in Vitro Aging
- Embryology and Aging

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Subcellular and Molecular Aging

Genetics and Aging
Immunological Aspects
Charges in Protein Synthesis
Nucleic Acids

-- Viruses and Aging

Lysosomes

Membranes

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