title: [The teaching of the biology of ageing in France 1990-2005: DEA with the course of speciality of Master Seeks].
abstract: In 1990, following an idea arising from an Inserm study section on aging, the Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) de Biologie du vieillissement was created. Since then, more than 300 students have followed these courses which cover the cellular mechanisms of aging and associated diseases, from basic causes of aging to CNS and sensory organs aging, as well as nutritional aspects, sarcopenia and osteoporosis, vascular and neuroendocrine aging. More than 150 thesis have been defended and more than a quarter of students has been recruited on permanent positions in French universities and research institutions (10 %) and hospitals (16 %). Since its creation, one of the particularities of the DEA was the formal links between academia and industry since teaching takes place on private laboratory settings.
authors.affiliation: Inserm U.598, Physiopathologie des maladies oculaires, Innovations thérapeutiques, 15, rue de l'Ecole de médecine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. yves.courtois@idf.inserm.fr
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Courtois
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tréton
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000639:trends*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014495:Universities / Q000639:trends*