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Master Fellowship Programme

Apply now - for the Master Fellowship Programme of the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research!
Deadline: July 15, 2025

Friday, August 22, 2025, 6:00 p.m.

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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.

Your Career With Us

Develop your career in a vibrant atmosphere

Let us introduce ourselves!

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.

For an Open and Tolerant Society

Statement by the Max Planck Institutes in Cologne

Science

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

Anne Schaefer elected as EMBO Member

July 01, 2025

Recognition for outstanding achievements in the life sciences

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Senescence Uncovered: Worms Show the Way

June 30, 2025

Antebi Press release

Powerful model to study senescence

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Edoardo Longarini receives the Peter Hans Hofschneider Prize

June 27, 2025

Achievement Institute Matic

Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of molecular medicin

Job Offers

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d)

June 06, 2025

5 Master Fellowships

April 02, 2025

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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.