The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help fund the Buck Institute 2002 Inaugural Symposia on Aging to be held at the Buck Institute, Novato, CA September 24-27, 2002. The Symposia will provide an exploration of basic animal models of aging with an emphasis on stress and the insulin-signaling pathway and relate these areas to human physiology and disease. For further information, see www.buckinstitute.org/symposium. The registration deadline is July 1, 2002.