Stamatis Papathanasiou awarded an ERC Starting Grant
The grant funds his work on how mitotic errors cause persistent chromatin alterations that contribute to ageing and cancer.
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Registration is now OPEN!
Register now for the Annual Meeting of the German Association for Aging Research on 27-28 June!
Dorothee Dormann awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant
The funds will be used to further her research on protein aggregates that are linked to neurodegenerative diseases of ageing.
Stamatis Papathanasiou awarded the Rising Star Award
The Rising Star Award provides funding for exceptional cancer researchers.
Scientists discover a new stress response pathway for repairing RNA-protein crosslinks caused by toxic aldehydes
The research team of Petra Beli and their collaborators have discovered that aldehydes, a type of toxic chemical produced by the body after drinking…
DFG renews funding for Research Training Group GenEvo at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
The funding for GenEvo will be extended with approximately €7 million for another four and a half years.
The Gutenberg Healthy Ageing Study is looking for healthy seniors
What keeps some people fit and healthy into old age? The Gutenberg Healthy Ageing Study (GHA) will investigate factors that promote healthy ageing.
Highlights from the 2023 Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting
Follow Nina Ruge as we find out about the latest developments in ageing & longevity research, brought to you by the CHA!
Registration is now OPEN for the Gutenberg Workshop!
Don't miss the Gutenberg Workshop on "Longitudinal Cohorts in Healthy Ageing & Disease Prevention" on 11-12 October!
Scientists at IMB develop an epigenetic clock to measure ageing in frogs
The clock can help researchers better understand the causes of ageing and develop new treatments for age-related diseases in humans.
Öffentlicher Vortrag von Nina Ruge: Verjüngung ist möglich
Begleiten Sie uns, wenn Nina Ruge mit unseren Expert:innen der Alternsforschung diskutiert, was wir heute schon für ein gesundes Altern tun können!
DFG approves new Research Training Group on the biology of R-loops at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
The new initiative on “R-loop Regulation in Robustness and Resilience” (4R) will be funded with €8.3 million over 5 years.
Upcoming German-French DNA Repair Meeting Mainz
Register now for the 6th German-French DNA Repair Meeting Mainz from 13-15 Sept 2023!
The Centre for Healthy Ageing launches a new programme for clinician scientists in ageing research
The Centre for Healthy Ageing (CHA) is pleased to announce the launch of the CHA Programme for Clinician Scientists (CHANCE).
Call for Clinician Scientists at the CHA
Apply now to the CHA Programme for Clinician Scientists!
Upcoming Gutenberg Workshop on Multivalent Interactions in Ageing
Register now for the Gutenberg Workshop on "Multivalent Interactions in Ageing – Targets for Intervention?" from 03–05 May
Science Minister Clemens Hoch presents Rhineland-Palatinate with €1.56M in funding for ageing research
The Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) and its University Medical Center (UMC) receive funding for the "Science…
Öffentlicher Vortrag "Das Geheimnis des menschlichen Alterns" von Prof. Björn Schumacher
Verpassen Sie nicht den Einblick in die Geheimnisse des Alterns am 22 September!
Register now for the 2022 IMB/SFB 1361 Conference
Registration is now OPEN for the 2022 IMB/SFB 1361 Conference from 20-23 September
Register now for the 2022 IMB Conference
Registration is now OPEN for the 2022 IMB Conference from 28 June - 1 July
Save the date for the Gutenberg Workshop in the Life Sciences!
Don't miss this 2-day workshop from 7-9 September 2022 on "Stem Cell Systems in Development, Disease and Regeneration"
Dorothee Dormann receives Alzheimer Research Award
Dorothee Dormann received a prestigious Alzheimer Research Award from the Hans and Ilse Breuer Foundation
Groningen-JENA Aging Meeting (G-JAM) 2021
Don't miss this virtual meeting from 20-23 October. Registration deadline on 15 October!
Launch of the CHA
The CHA is a new virtual research centre to gain better insights into why we age and develop novel treatments for age-related diseases.
Save the date for the 2022 IMB/SFB 1361 Conference!
Don't miss this 4-day conference from 20 – 23 September 2022 on "Restore, Reorganise, Repurpose: the many faces of DNA repair"
2021 Workshop on Epigenetics of Ageing
Don't miss this upcoming 2-day virtual event from 30 June - 1 July on biological resilience during ageing!
IMB Conference on Epigenetics of Ageing
Don't miss this 4-day conference from 28 June – 1 July 2022 on the "Epigenetics of Ageing: Responses to Adversity across Scales"