1st Conference of the European Federation for Aging Research (EFAR)
On the Biology of Aging
When & Where:
Date: 14th - 16th October 2026
Venue: MPI for Biology of Ageing & CECAD Research Center, Cologne, Germany
Submit your abstract for talks and posters by May 31, 2026 here:
https://uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php?sub=98
Proposals from early-career researchers are highly welcome.
You can now register for the event in our Registration Tool:
https://uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php?sub=98
Conference fees are for:
- EFAR Member 160 €
- Non-EFAR Members 180 €
- PhD / Postdocs 170 €
More details will be provided in April about
- Hotel recommendations
- How to get there
- Venue details
Interested in the European Federation for Aging Reserach?
Here you get to the EFAR website: LINK
Speakers
- George Garinis (Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, GREECE)
- Laura Niederhofer (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA)
- Linda Partridge (University College London, UK)
- Luca Scorrano (Università di Padova, ITALY)
- Uri Alon (Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL)
- Sara Hägg (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,SWEDEN)
- Lumír Krejčí (Masaryk University, Brno, CZECH)
- Nathan LeBrasseur (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
- Elsa Longarinho (University of Porto, PORTUGAL)
- Matthias Mann (University of Copenhagen, DENMARK)
- Eija Pirinen (University of Helsinki, FINLAND)
- Eline Slagboom (Universiteit Leiden, NETHERLANDS)
- Guido Kroemer (Université de Paris Cité, FRANCE)
- Wojciech Pokrzywa (International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, POLAND)
- Emma Teeling (University College Dublin, IRELAND)
Organizing committee
Björn Schumacher (Cologne, chair)
David Vilchez (Cologne)
Anne Schaefer (Cologne)
Morten Scheibye-Knudsen (Denmark)
Lene Rasmussen (Denmark)
Folkert Kuipers (Netherlands)
Joris Deelen (Netherlands)
Rieckelt Houtkooper (Netherlands)
David Weinkove (UK)
Hartmut Geiger (Germany)
Helen Morrison (Germany)
Ira Milosevic (Portugal/UK)
Program
Wednesday, October 14th
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Welcome and Opening | |
| SESSION I | ||
| 13:00 - 15:05 | 2 selected speaker talks, 5 other talks | |
| 15:05 - 18:15 | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION II | ||
| 15:30 - 18:15 | 2 selected speaker talks, 3 other talks | |
| from 18:30 | Poster session with food and drinks |
Thursday, October 15th
| SESSION III | ||
| 09:00 - 11:05 | 2 selected speaker talks, 5 other talks | |
| 11:05 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| SESSION IV | ||
| 11:30 - 13:05 | 2 selected speaker talks, 3 other talks | |
| 13:05 -14:00 | Lunch | |
| SESSION V | ||
| 14:00 – 17:00 | 4 selected speaker talks, 4 other talks | |
| 17:15 – 18:15 | EFAR Member meeting | |
| from 19:00 | Speaker’s dinner (by invitation only) |
Friday, October 16th
| SESSION VI | |
| 9:00 – 11:55 | 3 selected speaker talks, 5 other talks |
| 11:55 – 12:30 | Concluding remarks, Poster prizes |
Registration
Registration is mandatory.
Main Poster
