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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...
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...
Lymphoid gene expression supports neuroprotective microglia function - Nature
PU.1low CD28-expressing microglia may act as suppressive cells in Alzheimer’s disease, mitigating its progression by reducing neuroinflammation and amyloid plaque load, indicating potential immunother...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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...
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.
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.
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🎓 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.
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.
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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!
Congratulations, Andreas! We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’ll do in the future!
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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!
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
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
October 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🎉 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
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
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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
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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
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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 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! 💫
October 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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 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! 💫
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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! 💡🧬
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! 💡🧬
October 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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! 💡🧬
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!
October 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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!
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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! 🤗
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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
Meet Sarah, scientific coordinator in the Antebi Lab 👩🔬
@antebilab.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉
Meet Sarah, scientific coordinator in the Antebi Lab 👩🔬
@antebilab.bsky.social
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.
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.
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🎓 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.
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.
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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!
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
Imbalanced nucleotide metabolism leads to age- and mtDNA-dependent inflammatory responses and senescence-associated secretory phenotype in senescence.
www.nature.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to the Langer lab @mpiage.bsky.social, Amir, and the rest of the team!
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Ribonucleotide incorporation into mitochondrial DNA drives inflammation @nature.com @mpiage.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ribonucleotide incorporation into mitochondrial DNA drives inflammation @nature.com @mpiage.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ribonucleotide incorporation into mitochondrial DNA drives inflammation - Nature
Imbalanced nucleotide metabolism leads to age- and mtDNA-dependent inflammatory responses and senescence-associated secretory phenotype in senescence.
www.nature.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢 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...
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!
🚨 Job alert! Our Administration is looking for an Operations Purchasing Administrator (m/f/d)! Apply now!
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🚨 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!
🚨 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!
🚨 Job alert! Our Administration is looking for an Operations Purchasing Administrator (m/f/d)! Apply now!
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🚨 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!
🚨 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! 🥳
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! 🥳
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🌈🏃♀️ 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! 🥳
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! 🥳
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📹 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...
Link to full video: www.ageing-grad-school.de/about-us/cal...
September 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
📹 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...
Link to full video: www.ageing-grad-school.de/about-us/cal...
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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...
September 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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
mpi-age.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/49...
@stephalcantara.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚨 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
mpi-age.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/49...
@stephalcantara.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social
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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
Following malignant transformation, small cell lung cancer cells hijack neuronal synaptic signaling to promote tumor growth @nature.com
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@unicologne.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@unicologne.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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
youtu.be/lEcXdydOJxU
AGE ART "How to die young at a very old age" by Nir Barzilai
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
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September 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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
youtu.be/lEcXdydOJxU
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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
@mpiage.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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
@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.
Meet Margareta, PhD student in the Sprenger Lab 👩🔬 Margareta studies the mechanisms of exercise-sensitive metabolites in energy homeostasis.
September 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🎉 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.
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.
August 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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.