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Basic research for healthy ageing
Why do we age? How can we stay healthier as we age?
We live longer and longer but we pay a high price for it. Age is the main risk factor for the development of age-related diseases, such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular diseases, Parkinson's disease and cancer. With our research we want to understand why almost all living beings age and become more susceptible to diseases in old age. At the same time, we are investigating which factors promote healthy ageing and how the ageing process can be influenced. To this end, we are investigating the molecular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms underlying ageing. To do this, we use model organisms such as worms, fruit flies or mice on the one hand, and on the other hand we examine samples from patients in the clinic and conduct studies on long-lived families. In the long term, our basic research should make a decisive contribution to enabling people to age more healthily.
Events
21Jan
Systemic Regulation of Brain Ageing
Tony Wyss-Coray (USA)
28Jan
Ageing, Cancer, Metabolic Reprogramming and Metastasis
John Blenis (USA)
11Feb
Title to be announced
Deborah Toiber (IL)
17Feb
LS2 Annual Meeting 2021
25Feb
Title to be announced
Eric Greer (USA)
01Mar
CGA Recruitment Week
17Mar
Cologne Spring Meeting / 3rd Cologne Ageing Conference
06May
Title to be announced
Asya Rolls (ISR)
10Jun
Title to be announced
Roberto Zoncu (USA)
15Jun