Protective Microglia Subtype Offers Potential New Therapeutic Pathway in Alzheimer’s Disease 🧠🛡️ A new nature.com study by the Schaefer lab and reseachers at Mount Sinai Medical Center, with rockefeller.edu and cuny.edu, identifies a protective state of microglia. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎓 Come join us in celebrating Julian Straub from the group of Lena Pernas for successfully defending his PhD thesis today! Julian, you did it! 🥳 We’re all so proud of you and everything you’ve achieved. Wishing you loads of happiness and success as you embark on your next exciting adventure.

Andreas Kolvenbach, @aklvnbch.bsky.social, from the CGA Class of 2021 successfully defended his PhD thesis today! 🥳 Congratulations, Andreas! We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’ll do in the future!

🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉 Meet Maria, Postdoc in the Matic Lab 👩‍🔬 Maria studies how our cells respond to damage in their DNA — the instruction manual of life. 🧬 @mariapalumbieri.bsky.social

We would like to invite all Rhineland RNA enthusiasts to attend our next series of in-person talks, featuring local and invited speakers. Highlights include the external talks by Didier Stainier, Simon Bekker-Jensen and Ranen Aviner. Please, register: tinyurl.com/RhinelandRNA

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!

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! 🤗

🎉 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...

🚨 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!

🌈🏃‍♀️ 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...

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...

🚨 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

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.

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!

📹 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

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

🎉 Congrats to our CGA alumna Stephanie A. Fernandes on being selected for the Minerva Fast Track Programme! 🎉 We wish you great success in this new role! @stephalcantara.bsky.social #WomenInScience www.ageing-grad-school.de/about-us/cal...

🚨 Job alert! The Antebi Department is looking for a Master's student in computational biology (m/f/d)! Apply now! @antebilab.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social www.stellenwerk.de/koeln/master...

Stephanie A. Fernandes selected for Minerva Fast Track Programme! 🎉 Congrats on this amazing achievement! @stephalcantara.bsky.social @cga-age.bsky.social www.age.mpg.de/428071/25071...

An office management training program at a research institute? Absolutely! We had the pleasure of presenting our program at the last-minute apprenticeship fair in Cologne 🚀 🎯 Our goal? To inspire young talent about administrative topics and give them a solid, practical education!

🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉 Meet Maja, master’s student in the Antebi Lab. She studies the regulation of cancer dormancy using cultured human cells. 💡 #WomenInScience #AgeingResearch @antebilab.bsky.social

🚨 Your PhD journey starts NOW! Join our #webinar on Sept 4, 1-3 PM (CEST) & explore #PhD opportunities at Max Planck's IMPRS in NRW, Germany! 🇩🇪 👀 Gain insights into groundbreaking research & register here: events.gwdg.de/e/PhDatMaxPl... #MaxPlanck #Research #Germany #Science

Join us for our next AGE-ART event! 🎵🎭 On August 22, 2025, 6:00 PM, we'll feature soprano Christiane Oelze, piano accompaniment by Christoph Maria Wagner, and a lecture by Nir Barzilai on "How to die young at a very old age". Admission is free, register here: events.gwdg.de/e/AGEART2025.

🌟Exciting News Anne Schaefer has been elected elected as a new EMBO member for outstanding achievements in life sciences! 🎉 Congratulations, Anne, on this well-deserved recognition! @embo.org @cecad.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social @cga-age.bsky.social #EMBOMember www.age.mpg.de/425627/25070...

Very excited to share this Nature Comms publication: "Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila". From @cochemelab.bsky.social et al @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @mpiage.bsky.social. Congrats to all involved! #Redox #aging www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The TFEB-TGFβ network regulates cellular senescence in worms, offering a powerful model to study senescence in a whole organism. New publication from @antebilab.bsky.social in @nataging.nature.com can be basis for research of treatments for age-related diseases and dormant cancer @cecad.bsky.social

Huge Congratulations to Edoardo José Longarini on receiving the prestigious Peter Hans Hofschneider Prize! 🎉 www.age.mpg.de/424030/Edoar...

🎓We had such an amazing graduate symposium yesterday! Congratulations again to all students of the CGA class of 2021, and a huge thank you to the incredible class of 2022 that put everything together. It truly was a fantastic day!🎉🍾

🚨 Job alert! The Scheiblich Lab is looking for a postdoc (m/f/d)! Passionate about brain aging and neurodegeneration? Apply now! www.age.mpg.de/423714/job_f...

🎊Today, we're excited to celebrate the graduation of our amazing 13 students from the CGA Class of 2021! We’re so proud of all their accomplishments. 🎓Come join us now as they present their PhD projects at the 13th CGA Graduate Symposium. And, of course, we can’t wait for the dinner party tonight!🍾

🎓 Please join us in celebrating Philipp Melchinger from the Pernas lab for successfully defending his PhD thesis today! 🎊🥂 We're really proud of everything you've achieved along your doctoral journey, Philipp, and we wish you all the best for your next exciting steps. 🤗

🔬✨ Art in Ageing ✨🔬 Discover the beauty under the microscope! This stunning STED images shows the intricate architecture of mitochondria. Beyond aesthetics, these images help us understand mitochondria's role in ageing, bringing us closer to unlocking its molecular secrets. @lilli-amal.bsky.social

📹 Curious about the CGA partner institutes and facilities? Discover the vibrant community at the Cologne Ageing Campus in our latest short video! Find out why working with us opens doors to exciting opportunities and unique benefits.

Online now!✨RESEARCH: Gkioni et al @mpiage.bsky.social show that trametinib and rapamycin treatment combine additively to extend lifespan and healthspan in female and male mice, reducing tumor growth and inflammation www.nature.com/articles/s43... rdcu.be/eo3gS