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San Antonio Nathan Shock Center for Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging

Director: Arlan G. Richardson, PhD
Co-director: Christi Walter, PhD
Administrative Assistant: Nancy Markum

The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center was one of the original Shock Centers founded by the NIH National Institute on Aging in 1995. The Center is a national resource that provides a state-of-the-art scientific infrastructure and services used in the development and study of rodent models to address questions about the basic biological mechanisms of aging. The Center also promotes the scientific study of aging by sponsoring seminars, conferences, and pilot grant awards focused on the basic biology of aging.

Administrative - Program Enrichment Core

Center Director and Core Leader: Arlan Richardson, PhD

Animal Core

Core Leader: James Nelson, PhD

Pathology Core

Core Leader: Yuji Ikeno, MD, PhD

2009 San Antonio Nathan Shock Conference on Aging

Lifespan/Healthspan Extension in Aging Research: When Is It Real and How Can We Be Certain?

Dates: October 15-18, 2009
Location: Mayan Ranch, Texas Hill Country, Bandera, Texas
To Reach Conference Organizers by Email:  James Nelson, PhD and Randy Strong, PhD

For Registration: Stella Gutierrez

Registration information will be posted as it becomes available.


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