📍FLI Colloquium 📢 Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, @tum.de, will give a lecture on “Metabolic rewiring of the intestinal epithelium in colorectal cancer” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on April 23, 2026. More ➡️ bit.ly/4dZFPPf

Dr. Harald Schuhwerk from Regensburg University Hospital gave a lecture at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on the topic “Adaptive plasticity in cancer: integration of DDR restructuring, EMT programmes and immune regulation”. 🎥We conducted an interesting #interview with him: youtu.be/0vLo8cbpVHA

🥳 Happy to announce that our Leibniz Research Alliance Resilient Ageing project got an extension of funding until June 2030. More Info: resilient-ageing.de 👉 You can find our press release and further information here: tinyurl.com/52pu99t6

Researchers at @leibnizfli.bsky.social created a broad molecular and cellular map of immune aging in a vertebrate using the short-lived turquoise killifish, showing that aspects of immune aging are evolutionarily conserved. 👍well suited for studying the mechanisms of immune aging bit.ly/40UXz6U

📢 Publication Alert! Nature Aging: Great work from the Valenzano team on immune aging in killifish 🧬🐟 The cover depicts a digital illustration of African turquoise killifish by @dvalenzano.bsky.social 🎨✨

❗ Reminder: Postdoc Circle Invites 📢 Dr. Harald Schuhwerk from the Universitätsklinikum Regensburg will give a lecture on “Adaptive plasticity in cancer: integrating DDR rewiring, EMT programs, and immune regulation” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on March 26, 2026. 👉More: bit.ly/40yTLrQ

😴 🛌Friday, March 13, 2026, is World Sleep Day. 💤🌃 We recommend some relevant info reading sleep: Dr. I. Santos Valentim and Dr. M. Ermolaeva from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social were interviewed in the latest issue of the #Leibniz #Magazine, which focuses on the topic of #night. 👉 bit.ly/4lpi4SF

🌸 Celebrating #women at FLI Yesterday the EDI team at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social organized a wonderful event for the #women at FLI to mark International Women's Day. After a welcome by the EDI team & Dr. D. Barthel, Prof. Janine Kirstein gave a impulse talk. Afterwards: breakfast & networking.🤗

Postdoc Circle Invites 📢 Dr. Harald Schuhwerk from the Regensburg University Hospital will give a lecture on “Adaptive plasticity in cancer: integrating DDR rewiring, EMT programs, and immune regulation” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on March 26, 2026. ➡️ More information: bit.ly/3MM7NTJ

We are delighted for Alena van Bömmel, who has been working in Prof. Hoffmann's group at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social since 2021 & has started as a professor of neuroepigenetics and #data #science at @bmc-lmu.bsky.social on January 1, 2026. Here you´ll find an interview with her: bit.ly/3NfZTC5

In its latest issue of #Leibniz #Magazine, the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de focuses on the topic of #night, featuring contributions from our molecular biologists Dr. Maria Ermolaeva, research group leader at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social, and Dr. Isabela Santos Valentim. More about this below. 👇

The latest issue of the #Leibniz #Magazine published by the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de focuses on the topic of #Night”. 🌃 Our molecular biologists Maria Ermolaeva, research group leader at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social & Isabela Valentim also contributed to the #magazine. ➡️https://bit.ly/4aU84vw

Science & Society 2026: Journalist, TV presenter, bestselling author, and expert on healthy #longevity, Nina Ruge, is the next speaker in the public lecture series “Science & Society.” She will give a lecture on “Healthy Longevity. Give your life more healthy years”. 👉 More: bit.ly/4aIEitO

🦠 Cell Symposia: Hallmarks of aging 📍 October 4–6, 2026 | Seville, Spain Dr. Clara Correia-Melo, #research group leader at @leibnizfli.bsky.social (FLI), will give a presentation at the “Hallmarks of #aging” symposium in #Seville. 👉 Read more: www.cell-symposia.com/hallmarksofa...

📢 PhD Positions - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 26/01 (m/f/d) The Leibniz Graduate School on Aging (LGSA) is a joint program of the @leibnizfli.bsky.social and the @uni-jena.de (FSU) in #Jena. The School calls for #applications for #PhD positions. 👇 ➡️ More: jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/c...

📢 1st German #Fish #Model #Research #Meeting 🐠 🗓️ When: September 16 - 18, 2026 📍 Where: Center for Organismal Studies / @uniheidelberg.bsky.social 📝 Abstract submissions are now open. Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2026❗ 👉More: www.germanfishmeeting.org

📢 2nd World #Congress - Targeting #Longevity 2026 📍 April 8-9, 2026 – Berlin Dr. Clara Correia-Melo from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social is one of the speakers and will talk about “Cell-Cell Metabolite Exchange Interactions: What does it mean to Aging?”. More: targeting-longevity.com

An international #research team led by Dr. Dennis de Bakker from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in #Jena and Prof. Robert W. Williams from the @uthsc.bsky.social, Memphis, #USA, has uncovered new insights into healthy #brain #aging. 🧠 👉 Read more: bit.ly/3ZLmNE2

In the newly published article in the @nataging.nature.com journal, more than 50 researchers from various disciplines review the achievements of #aging #research so far. Among those contributing to the article is Dr. @mdonertas.bsky.social from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social. ➡️ bit.ly/3M0GF2T

New research project “KreDiT RNA” At the beginning of the year, a new research project was launched at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social and @uni-jena.de. The project is funded by the TAB with 1 mln € for a period of 3 years. 👉 More: bit.ly/3NM7d8s

New lysosome atlas reveals cause of rare neurological disease 🧠 Together with colleagues from @stanford.edu, USA, researchers at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social, #Jena, have created a comprehensive cell type-specific atlas of lysosomes in the brain. ➡️More information about the study: bit.ly/463JI0L

🎉Congratulations💐to Dr. Alena van Bömmel on her new position as Associate Professor of #Neuroepigenetics and #Data #Science at the Biomedical Center Munich at Ludwig Maximilian University in #Munich. 🧠 🧬 👩‍💻

➡️ Prof. Dr. Dmitri Petrov from the School of Humanities and Science | Department of Biology, Stanford University, spoke today at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social about “Barcoding Fitness Landscapes of Tumorigenesis”. Before he gave his lecture, we had the opportunity to interview him. 🎤 bit.ly/4r66mxG

Prof. Karl L. Rudolph from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social gave an interview to SWR Kultur Matinee entitled “Warum wir altern und wie wir es beeinflussen können” (Why we age and how we can influence it). 🎤Here you can find the interview, which is in German: bit.ly/4jM5Kec

📢 Prof. Dr. Dmitri Petrov from the School of Humanities and Science | Department of Biology, Stanford University, will give a lecture on “Barcoding Fitness Landscapes of Tumorigenesis” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on January 22, 2026. 👉 More information: bit.ly/4pGtqSu

Dr. Miguel Godinho Ferreira from the IRCAN - Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging, Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, has spoken yesterday at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social about “Organ Communication in Aging of Zebrafish”. 🐟 🎤 Here you can find our Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJZu... 🎥

📢The DFG Research Unit 5228 “Syntophagy” has been extended for a second funding period, with Prof. Dr. Janine Kirstein (@leibnizfli.bsky.social, Jena) participating in a subproject together with the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Britta Eickholt (Charité, Berlin). ➡️ More: bit.ly/4sCZ46c

➡️ First FLI Colloquium in 2026 with Dr. Christian Nefzger Dr. Christian Nefzger from the Institute for Molecular Biosciences at the University of Queensland, has spoken yesterday at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social. 🎤 Here you can find a short interview: bit.ly/3NC50MD

📢This week - First FLI Colloquium in 2026! Christian Nefzger from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience; The University of Queensland, will speak on January 8, 2026 about “Ageing and reprogramming remodel transcription factor networks by hijacking developmental mechanisms.” More: bit.ly/4b28cuK

🌟 Merry Christmas!🎄 We wish you and your families a peaceful and relaxing holiday season and a good start to a healthy and happy 2026.

👉First FLI Colloquium in 2026: 🤗 Dr. Christian Nefzger from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience; The University of Queensland, will speak on January 8, 2026 about “Ageing and reprogramming remodel transcription factor networks by hijacking developmental mechanisms.” More: bit.ly/4b28cuK

➡️First FLI Seminar in 2026: 🤗 Dr. Miguel Godinho Ferreira from the IRCAN - Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging of Nice; Université Côte d'Azur will speak on January 14, 2026 about “Organ Communication in Aging of Zebrafish”. More information: bit.ly/4qdX7ek

On Tuesday, we held our Christmas and winter party at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social. A big THANKS to the organizing team! 👏The treats our employees brought along were truly impressive! 🤩Thank you! An exciting quiz, a Mario Kart competition🚘, and our DJ provided great entertainment! 🎉Amazing!🎄🧑‍🎄

🎉Leibniz Apprentices Award 2025🏆 Hakar Aliyas is one of the three winners of this year's Leibniz Trainee Award. 💐Congratulations! 👏 Hakar has completed his training as a biology lab technician at @leibnizfli.bsky.social. More: bit.ly/48AGSRq Photo: D. Ausserhofer/ @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

Congratulations! 👏 Dennis de Bakker from @leibnizfli.bsky.social received the LIFE Talent Award 2025 at the “4th LIFE Symposium – Time to connect”, which took place on November 26, 2025, in #Jena. Photos: Anna Schroll With @uni-jena.de

University-wide presentation and trial lecture for the W3-Professorship for Cell Signaling and Proteomics of Aging Dr. Ivan Matić Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne ➡️ Tuesday, December 16, 2025 @leibnizfli.bsky.social, FLI 1, Room "Nucleus" 👉 You are cordially invited!

As our gut age: New study finds out why important genes “go quiet” as we get older🧬 Researchers from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social the Molecular Biotechnology Centre (MBC) in #Turin and the University of Turin have discovered a fundamental mechanism of aging in the gut. ➡️More: bit.ly/48l4Vnl

YAP BLOCKER JUN: NEW FINDINGS IN LIVER CANCER Successfully completed research project by the Wilhelm Sander Foundation: Researchers led by Dr. Bjoern von Eyss at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social discovered a surprising protective function of the JUN gene. Read more: bit.ly/3Ksw1Rw

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Rudolf from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, will speak on December 3rd at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/3XjMjPy

Small molecules, big impact: Polyamines promote regeneration in aged intestines🔬 An international research team involving the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in #Jena and the University of #Turin has now found that polyamines can play a decisive role in this process. Read more: bit.ly/4iqj2N2

🎤Podcast episode with Prof. Dr. Christoph Englert from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social :🎧 What sins does the body not forgive? Listen here: www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:... (Only available in German.)

Aging alters the protein landscape in the brain – diet can counteract this🧠 A study by the @leibnizfli.bsky.social shows that the chemical composition of proteins in the #brain undergoes fundamental changes with #aging. In particular, ubiquitylation undergoes drastic changes. More: bit.ly/3X6Usa8

➡️ Impressions from the #Aging and #Microbiome #Conference 2025🦠 Our #AMC25 conference took place in #Jena on October 28-29, providing scientists working in the fields of aging and the microbiome with a fantastic opportunity for inspiring exchange. #AgingResearch #GutBrainAxis #AgingAndMicrobiome

🎉Congratulations to Abhishek Dubey! 👏 He won the FEBS Letters Short Talk Award at this year's Aging and Microbiome Conference 2025 (#AMC2025) for his presentation: “The Three-Body Problem: Host, Microbiome, and Diet interactions in regulating proteostasis and longevity.”

📺The @leibnizfli.bsky.social (FLI) on MDR: 🎥 A television crew from MDR visited our institute to film a report on our research into the connections between the aging process and the microbiome. Video link (in German only): bit.ly/4hR3WzD

Today we had a great EvoMG Seminar by Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social from FLI, who told us about some of their recent aging work using the fascinating short-lived killifish. Hosted by @mirimiam.bsky.social evomedgenomics.com/events/exter...

Great news! 🎉 The FLI has been awarded the TEQ award again by TOTAL E-QUALITY Deutschland e.V., and received the Sustainability Prize! 🏆🏅 Proud to see FLI recognized for our inclusive, family-friendly workplace. Thanks to everyone who makes it possible! 🙏💛 #TEQ #Sustainability #Diversity #Leibniz

Welcoming a Georgian delegation to the FLI! 🇬🇪🤝🇩🇪 Leaders from Georgia’s clinics & MedTech firms visited Thuringia this week, to explore research and innovation partnerships. Inspiring exchange on life sciences, healthcare, and future collaboration! 🌍✨ #ResearchCollaboration #Innovation#FLI

We’re proud to announce that our team ranked 3rd in the Stadtradeln 2025 “Universities & Research Institutes” category! 🚴‍♀️🌍 With an average of 290 km per person, we’ve shown true dedication to sustainability, health & teamwork.💪 Let’s keep pedaling for the planet! #Stadtradeln#LeibnizFLI #TeamSpirit

📢The next FLI Colloquium is just around the corner: Prof. Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan from the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cambridge, UK, will speak on October 24 about “Why we die. The New #Science of #Aging and the Quest for Immortality". ➡️ More information: bit.ly/3L0vne7