Do we want to age? The answer might be overwhelmingly NO.
The question is, what are we doing about it?

Prof. Ramakrishnan's public talk at @tudresden.bsky.social on ageing attempted to answer why and how humans age and how we can slow down ageing.

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This year, we started a new experiment as part of BIOCOMP studying interactions between insects and fungi in deadwood, especially vectoring, and their effects on decomposition. The first site in Germany has been set up, and some model insect species have moved into their new homes.

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Uncertainty or stochasticity is the norm in fieldwork. Everything can be planned, but nature has its own way. Our natural forest site in Germany was destroyed by a wild boar attack last January. However, thanks to the local foresters, we could replace it quickly, now well protected. #BIOCOMP ISA

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This work is a chapter from Ananya Jana's PhD. We collaborated on this wonderful work with Dr. Sumanta Bagchi, Prof. Kavita Isvaran, and Prof. Praveen Karanth.

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I was supported by a PhD fellowship from the CSIR India at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and a postdoctoral fellowship from the European Research Council (ERC) at Technische Universität Dresden. The open access was funded by Projekt DEAL.

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We found that the genetic diversity of the host affects the gut microbial diversity.

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doi.org/10.1002/wlb3...: Here, we aim to understand the gut microbiota of an endemic, endangered antelope, the blackbuck or Antilope cervicapra, and its drivers (e.g., host diversity, population density, habitat, etc.).

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