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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2616
igaa057.2616
Abstracts
Session 6500 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
The Future of Aging Research
Helfand Stephen Chair Taylor Jackson Co-Chair 2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”735 736
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
We are at a particularly propitious time in the history of the biology of aging and the science of health and humanity. It is a time for us to “Honor the Past, Enrich the Future”. Not long ago the study of the biology of aging was exclusively one of description of what happened with age—how do organisms, including humans, change with age at the level of proteins, cells, tissues and physiology. The identification of major genetic factors that substantially increase life span in model organisms ushered in the advent of a highly exploratory period focusing on the molecular, cellular and genetics mechanisms of aging. The convergence of many different streams of basic and clinical research have brought us to today, where we stand on the cusp of new environmental, molecular genetic and pharmacological breakthroughs in the biology of aging that presage new interventions that promise a healthier lifespan. The presentations in this Presidential Symposium will be from four Early Career Investigators presenting their own pioneering research in some of the most important areas of research in the biology of aging.