Due to success of modern evidence-based medicine, the developed world is ageing rapidly, and although more people live longer - a large part of these extra years are spent in poor health. Ageing is in and of itself not classified as a disease, but the underlying biological changes result in the increased risk of developing a complex plethora of morbidities.

The UK SPINE, a UK-based consortium which aims to accelerate drug discovery for healthy ageing, and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel (HUJI) recognise that no single institution is at the capacity to deliver solutions for these complex problems on our own. Therefore, we have decided to organise an international session to promote long-term collaborations. This session aims to introduce selected international institutions to each other with the aim of forming stable long-term collaborations with well-developed capabilities in the field of gerontology.

Format:

The goal of this first session is to introduce key players within the UK SPINE and HUJI with an interest in ageing in various technological areas and scientific fields. The objective of this session is to carve out the primary challenges that our combined capabilities can address and form a coalition with the eye on attracting international funding and solve the identified challenges further down the road. For this specific session a small joint seed fund between UK SPINE and HUJI is available to kickstart international projects.

After a short opening session workshop participants will be send to virtual breakout rooms to present their research and ideas to people interested in their respective fields. The aim of these sessions is to define key challenges that the meeting participants believe they can solve within a defined timeline by using their combined capabilities. At the end of the day, each unit will be asked to present their number one idea. The precise programme including timings will be circulated closer to the event together with the pre-meeting booklet.

Details: Thursday 11.02.2021, 13:00 – 16:00 GMT

If you would like to be part of the event please register via the Eventbrite page and e-mail a short research summary (150 words max) & link to your labs website, profile picture in JPEG format and list of up to 5 key publications in relation to your work to bryan.adriaanse@admin.ox.ac.uk and almal@savion.huji.ac.il. We will use this to put together a pre-meeting booklet.

We are looking forward to a productive afternoon.

Connecting Capabilities in Ageing Research and Computational Medicine Fund