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Basic research for healthy ageing

We are one of the world's leading institutes for ageing research. Our mission is to understand the natural ageing process and find out how to intervene in age-related diseases to mitigate or even prevent them.

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At the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, researchers are working to understand aging. Meet our scientists in the video and learn more about their research.

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Research Laboratories

We aim to elucidate the molecular, physiological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying ageing.

Core Facilities

Our core facilities are a hallmark of our institute. They offer all researchers the opportunity to pursue their research questions with the latest techniques and state-of-the-art methods.

Publications

Publications by our scientists

News

Unexpected help from vitamin B12

August 07, 2026

Basic research on worms provides new insights into Verheij syndrome

How can you age healthily?

July 17, 2026

Video

Our video explains the biological processes behind ageing

“In the end, it’s always about people”

July 15, 2026

Career Institute

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Career

Job Offers

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August 17, 2026

Fully funded PhD positions

August 11, 2026

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What We Offer

Comprehensive support for our international employees, individual career service and promotion of a healthy work-life balance.

Education

No matter what your goal is and on which step of the career ladder you are: As long as excellent research is part of your path and you want to support our vision, you are in the right place.