CECAD: News

Bacteria can ‘outsmart’ programmed cell death

25.12.2019 | TopNews

To be able to multiply, bacteria that cause diarrhoea block mediators of programmed cell death, as Hamid Kashkar and his team show in a publication in...

How mitochondria stick together

25.12.2019 | TopNews

Two changes in the conformation of mitochondria play a crucial role in healthy organisms as Escobar-Henriques lab shows in two publications.

Professorship for Sandra Iden at Saarland University

09.12.2019

Sandra Iden, currently CECAD Research Group Leader, recently accepted a tenured professorship for cell and developmental biology at Saarland...

How and why cells die: New CRC 1403 investigates fundamental questions of cell death

28.11.2019 | TopNews

Third-party project "Cell death in immunity, inflammations and diseases" (CRC 1403) funded with 13 million euros for four years

Insights into a versatile molecular death switch

21.11.2019 | TopNews

The enzyme caspase-8 regulates different modes of cell death including pyroptosis, as Hamid Kashkar and his team describe in ‘Nature’.

Metabolomics and Microbiota in Aging and Aging Associated Diseases – Latest Perspectives & Insights

12.11.2019

International Symposium 12./13. Nov 2019

Health in old age is a lifelong affair

25.10.2019

Reduced food intake in old mice can no longer improve health

"The Killifish and the wrinkles of my father" - Dario Valenzano on ARTE

15.10.2019

The short life cycle makes the Killifish extremely interesting for aging research.

Matthias Rübsam and Gisela Slaats receive CECAD Senior Postdoc Grants

30.09.2019

Two Postdocs from CECAD groups, Matthias Rübsam (Niessen lab) and Gisela Slaats (Nephrolab), were selected to receive a full and a partial Senior...

How cold temperature prolongs fertility and lifespan

20.08.2019

Cold temperature delays the aging of the germline and extends fertility of C. elegans. The germline promotes the fitness of other tissues to induce...