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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.
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27Apr
Girls Day
27Apr
Cologne Seminars on Ageing
John Labbadia (UK)
06May
OPEN DAY Tag der Alternsforschung 2023
11May
Cologne Seminars on Ageing
Mikko Hiltunen (FI)
25May
Leopoldina-Symposium "Das alternde Auge"
01Jun
Cologne Seminars on Ageing
Volker Haucke (GER)
14Sep
Cologne Seminars on Ageing
Julia Cordero (UK)
21Sep
Cologne Seminars on Ageing
Ben Humphreys (USA)
28Sep
Cologne Seminars on Ageing
Joseph Takahashi (USA)
05Oct
Cologne Seminars on Ageing
Christian Behl (GER)