11th Graduate Symposium of the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research

Festive celebration for the graduation of the Class 2019

On June 13, 2023, the 11th Graduate Symposium of the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research took place at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing.

The festive Graduate Symposium is held annually, this year to celebrate the graduates of the class of 2019 who successfully completed their CGA curriculum. All eleven doctoral students of the class of 2019 presented their scientific findings from different fields of aging research. Their presentations were accompanied by three invited and internationally renowned guest speakers: Vera Gorbunova (University of Rochester, USA), René Ketting (IMB, Germany), and Vincent Prevot (Inserm, France). At the end of the symposium, the graduates were awarded with their training transcripts in a formal ceremony, and the festivities continued at a dinner party.