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The picture shows our 5 new Master fellows, who started their Master studies in October at the University of Cologne.
A warm welcome to our five new CGA Master Fellows who joined us this October! 🍁🍂
We’re happy to have you as part of our lively ageing community and we wish you a great start, enjoyable experiences, and wonderful times here in Cologne! 💫
We’re excited to welcome the Class of 2025 to the CGA!
Our 9 new students come from all over the world 🌎, working in groups at the CECAD and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing.
We’re so happy to have you here in Cologne and look forward to seeing your ideas and discoveries develop! 💡🧬
We were delighted to have Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan with us to discuss his exciting new book, "Why We Die." Thanks so much, Venki, for your fascinating and thought-provoking talk - it was truly a pleasure to have you join us!
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It's the first day of our CGA Welcome Days for our new PhD students and Master Fellows. After a lively morning with talks and a chance to meet others over lunch, our new students took a tour around the city. Have a great time today and enjoy the week ahead! Welcome to Cologne, everyone! 🤗
06.10.2025 15:56 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉
Meet Sarah, scientific coordinator in the Antebi Lab 👩🔬
@antebilab.bsky.social
🎓 Let's all celebrate Lara Kroczek from the Langer lab for her very successful PhD defence today! 🎊🥂
Lara, we're so proud of you and everything you have achieved, and we wish you lots of success as you move on to the next chapter in your career.
Ribonucleotide incorporation into mitochondrial DNA drives inflammation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to the Langer lab @mpiage.bsky.social, Amir, and the rest of the team!
Ribonucleotide incorporation into mitochondrial DNA drives inflammation @nature.com @mpiage.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📢 Publication Alert: We're excited to share a new study from the Langer Lab published in @nature.com! It uncovers how an excess of RNA building blocks can destabilize mitochondrial DNA, which plays a role in age-related inflammation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link zur Ausschreibung: www.age.mpg.de/job-60c77c97...
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🚨 Stellenangebot! Unsere Verwaltung sucht einen Sachbearbeiter*in für den operativen Einkauf (m/w/d)! Lust dabei zu sein? Dann bewerben Sie sich jetzt!
🚨 Job alert! Our Administration is looking for an Operations Purchasing Administrator (m/f/d)! Apply now!
🚨 Stellenangebot! Unsere Verwaltung sucht einen Sachbearbeiter*in für den operativen Einkauf (m/w/d)! Lust dabei zu sein? Dann bewerben Sie sich jetzt!
🚨 Job alert! Our Administration is looking for an Operations Purchasing Administrator (m/f/d)! Apply now!
The photos shows all MPI AGE Runners, who joined the Run od Colours on September 20, 2025.
🌈🏃♀️ Our MPI AGE Runners team was back at the annual Run of Colours, taking on both the 5K and 10K races, and we had such a great time! 🌞🎉
A huge shoutout to Stefanie Kipschull for winning in her category! 🏅
It was a great day filled with positive energy and lots of fun. Big congrats to all! 🥳
📹 Here's a small glimpse into daily lab life at CGA! 🧪 This is just one of the many methods our PhD students use at our institutes. Curious? Watch our full video for even more insights about your possibilities at our graduate programme.
Link to full video: www.ageing-grad-school.de/about-us/cal...
Graphic with a blue background and light green dots. The text 'call for applications' appears in green, and 'Ausschreibung' in white. A white arrow on the right points diagonally upward.
Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...
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🚨 Job alert! The Fernandes Lab is looking for a postdoc (m/f/d)! Apply now!
mpi-age.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/49...
@stephalcantara.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social
Congrats to my colleagues @unicologne.bsky.social, @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social and @mpiage.bsky.social on their exciting study revealing functional synapses between neurons and small cell lung cancer. Out today @nature.com
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Did you miss our last AGE ART event and Nir Barzilai's talk "How to die young at a very old age"? No worries—it's now available as a recording on our YouTube channel!
youtu.be/lEcXdydOJxU
Excited to share our preprint on the new HaJo cell line and robust systemic PDX in vivo model includin comprehensive characterization to enable further research in rare non-MCL B-cell lymphoma with CCND1 re-arrangement: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@mpiage.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social
🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉
Meet Margareta, PhD student in the Sprenger Lab 👩🔬 Margareta studies the mechanisms of exercise-sensitive metabolites in energy homeostasis.
What a fantastic event! 🤩 Last Friday, our "AGE ART" event series continued, and we had the pleasure of hosting Nir Barzilai, Christiane Oelze, and Christoph Maria Wagner on stage.
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Yesterday, we invited our administrative colleagues to a day of exchange and collaborative development. Big thanks to all colleagues for their willingness to exchange and develop!
29.08.2025 08:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0📹 Interested in a PhD position in aging research starting in 2026? Then watch our new short video for some tips from our wonderful PhD students and faculty.
Don't miss the deadline: November 3, 2025.
Apply now and start your journey with us!
📢 Publication Alert: Mitochondria defend cells against chronic infections by engaging in a nutrient competition with pathogens.
👏 Kudos to Tania Medeiros, Lena Pernas, and all authors for their amazing work! 🌟
@taniamedeiros.bsky.social
@cecad.bsky.social @cga-age.bsky.social
Apply now for a fully funded #PhD position at the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research and become part of our vibrant #AgingResearch commmuny.
🗓️ Deadline: November 3, 2025.
ℹ️ More info: www.ageing-grad-school.de
📣 Spread the news!
🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉
Meet Avan, technician and lab manager in the Matic Lab 👩🔬
#WomenInScience #AgeingResearch
Screenshot aus dem Video vom Max Planck Institut für Biologie des Alterns, im Hintergrund laufen zwei WissenschaftlerInnen in Kitteln durch einen gefliesten Gang und schauen auf ihre Unterlagen + Logo vom MPI und idw und Wissenschaft bewegt
Neues Video vom @mpiage.bsky.social online:
Forscher des Max-Planck-Instituts für Biologie des Alterns haben herausgefunden, dass die Kombination der beiden Krebsmedikamente Rapamycin und Trametinib die
Lebensspanne von Mäusen deutlich verlängert:
nachrichten.idw-online.de/sciencevideo...
New Video: "Combining Cancer Drugs to Extend Lifespan" 📹
Watch our new video to learn how researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing discovered that combining Rapamycin and Trametinib significantly extends the lifespan of mice.
youtu.be/5L-k4v1TRd0
