Home | Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

Apply now

for a Ph.D. position at the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research! Deadline: November 6th, 2023

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.

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

Farewell symposium for Linda Partridge

September 25, 2023

15 years of groundbreaking research and a moving tribute

Mattias and Christina in the Fish Facility

Behind the scenes at the Fish Facility

September 13, 2023

Core Facility Focus on our employees Killifish

The challenges and joys of killifish care

Orsolya Leidecker accepted into the Emmy Noether Programme

September 06, 2023

Achievement Career Institute Jachimowicz Matic

Starting her research group at the Institute for Genetics at the University of Cologne

Job Offers

Student / Scientific Assistant (m/f/d) | Killifish Facility

September 28, 2023

12 fully funded PhD positions (m/f/d) | Ageing Research

August 16, 2023

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.

Flowering tree in front of blue sky and institute

Diversity

We strive to create an equal, diverse and inclusive environment for all employees.

Job offers

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

Apply now

Basic research for healthy ageing

Your Career With Us

Let us introduce ourselves!

Science

Research Laboratories

Core Facilities

Publications

News

Farewell symposium for Linda Partridge

Behind the scenes at the Fish Facility

Orsolya Leidecker accepted into the Emmy Noether Programme

Career

Job Offers

Student / Scientific Assistant (m/f/d) | Killifish Facility

12 fully funded PhD positions (m/f/d) | Ageing Research

What We Offer

Education

Diversity

Events

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "Increasing importance of selective autophagy and adaptation in neurodegeneration"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "TBA"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "TBA"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "Metabolic regulation of adult neural stem cells"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "Increasing importance of selective autophagy and adaptation in neurodegeneration"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "TBA"