The Molecular Biology of Aging Summer Course registration deadline is March 9, 2004.

The Ellison Medical Foundation sponsors a three week course, August 2-21, 2004, on the Molecular Biology of Aging at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. The course is directed by Drs. Steven Austad and Gary Ruvkun. Funds cover all expenses for attending students (graduate students, post-docs, junior faculty, and senior investigators). Morning lectures in Model Systems (yeast and C. elegans), DNA Mutation and Repair, Telomeres and Cellular Senescence, Mammalian Aging, and Evolutionary Considerations are followed by laboratory exercises. For additional information and application procedures, see: http://courses.mbl.edu The deadline for applications is March 9, 2004.