The early registration deadline has slipped past for the 2006 Calorie Restriction Society Conference, to be held near Biosphere 2 in Tuscon, Arizona this coming April. There's still plenty of time to register and sort out other necessary details, however.
As more funding comes into calorie restriction research - and related investigations into the intersection of metabolic biochemistry, genetics and longevity - the CR Society conferences have attracted more scientists alongside practitioners and advocates of a calorie restriction lifestyle. This is a very good thing in my eyes; building bridges on common ground between the scientific community and pro-longevity research interest groups is a proven way to make progress. You may recognize some of these guests and speakers from news and events of the past few years:
Steven Austad, Caleb Finch, Luigi Fontana, Aubrey de Grey, John O. Holloszy, Edward Masoro, Michael Rose
The 2005 conference was a promising success, and the upcoming April gathering should benefit from additional media attention and interesting new science from the past year.
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