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Thorsten Hoppe: The protein “CHIP” unfurls anti-aging activity

21.04.2017 TopNews Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoppe

Researchers at the universities of Cologne and Bonn uncover the link between protein aggregation and aging

Three Scientists on Aging win ERC Grants for Cologne

07.04.2017 Prof. Dr. Jens C. Brüning TopNews Prof. Dr. Hirotsugu Oda Prof. Dr. Nils-Göran Larsson Prof. Dr. Linda Partridge

Three Max Planck Scientists and members of CECAD will receive this year the highest personal award that the European Union can…

Natalia Kononenko in Nature Communications: A New Role for Autophagosomes in Neurodegeneration

07.04.2017 TopNews Prof. Dr. Natalia Kononenko

Autophagosomes are at the center of attention, at least since the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for research on autophagy…

Björn Schumacher publishes thesis paper: New therapies must adress aging itself

05.04.2017 TopNews Prof. Dr. Björn Schumacher

Without winning against aging diseases, Björn Schumacher, CECAD-PI and president of the German Association for Aging Research,…

New publication: Mitochondrial protease PARL mediates the processing of the cell death regulator Smac

23.03.2017 TopNews Prof. Dr. Thomas Langer

Mitochondria are central metabolic organelles that regulate cell death pathways through releasing death-promoting proteins such as…

Genome-based diets maximise growth, fecundity, and lifespan

15.03.2017 TopNews Prof. Dr. Linda Partridge

A moderate reduction in food intake, known as dietary restriction, protects against multiple ageing-related diseases and extends…

New publication by Nirmal Robinson: How pathogens escape the immune system

02.03.2017 TopNews

The bacterium Salmonella enterica causes gastroenteritis in humans and is one of the leading causes of food borne infectious…

Publication by Ivan Matic: DNA repair - a new letter in the cell alphabet

16.02.2017 TopNews Dr. Ivan Matic

Cells need to repair damaged DNA in our genes to prevent the development of cancer and other diseases. Our cells therefore…

New publication: How the brain reacts to obesity

16.02.2017 Prof. Dr. Jens C. Brüning TopNews Prof. Dr. Hirotsugu Oda

Why does obesity make us sick? What is the reaction of the brain to being overweight? A group of nerve cells in the brain is now…

Expert in Aging Research from Cologne is Treading New Paths: Thorsten Hoppe was doing a Sabbatical at Columbia University, New York

30.01.2017 TopNews Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hoppe

Every seven semesters, German university professors have the chance to focus fully on their research – something that is not…