Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut
@leibnizfli.bsky.social
The Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) is a research institute in Germany, focusing on biomedical research on human aging, a multifactorial process controlled by environmental and genetic factors.
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!🎄🧑🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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
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
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🎉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
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
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
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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
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!
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!
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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!
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
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
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
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
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
👉 Read more: bit.ly/3XjMjPy
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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
👉 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
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
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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
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.)
What sins does the body not forgive?
Listen here:
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:... (Only available in German.)
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎤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.)
What sins does the body not forgive?
Listen here:
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:... (Only available in German.)
➡️ 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
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
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
➡️ 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
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.”
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.”
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🎉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.”
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.”
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
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
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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
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
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
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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
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
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
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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
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
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
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📢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
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
The #AMC2025 #conference is almost here and due to high demand we opened a few more seats! If you work on host-microbiome interactions, #aging, or age-related diseases, bring a poster and join this amazing crowd.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3VZ7ndB
👉 Full program: bit.ly/4h5uhcN
@leibnizfli.bsky.social
👉 Register: bit.ly/3VZ7ndB
👉 Full program: bit.ly/4h5uhcN
@leibnizfli.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The #AMC2025 #conference is almost here and due to high demand we opened a few more seats! If you work on host-microbiome interactions, #aging, or age-related diseases, bring a poster and join this amazing crowd.
👉 Register: bit.ly/3VZ7ndB
👉 Full program: bit.ly/4h5uhcN
@leibnizfli.bsky.social
👉 Register: bit.ly/3VZ7ndB
👉 Full program: bit.ly/4h5uhcN
@leibnizfli.bsky.social
For us at @leibnizfli.bsky.social, the number 30 has a special meaning: it is the age at which the human brain reaches full maturity – a milestone that celebrates growth, wisdom, and self-discovery. Aging is not only the loss of potential, but its transformation.
#30JahreLeibniz
#30JahreLeibniz
October 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
For us at @leibnizfli.bsky.social, the number 30 has a special meaning: it is the age at which the human brain reaches full maturity – a milestone that celebrates growth, wisdom, and self-discovery. Aging is not only the loss of potential, but its transformation.
#30JahreLeibniz
#30JahreLeibniz
Dr. Prerana Chaudhari, postdoctoral researcher at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in #Jena, receives €100,000 in federal #funding for the development of the first pharmacological treatment for leaky gut syndrome. Congratulations! 🤗
More information: bit.ly/46DwyZq
More information: bit.ly/46DwyZq
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Dr. Prerana Chaudhari, postdoctoral researcher at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in #Jena, receives €100,000 in federal #funding for the development of the first pharmacological treatment for leaky gut syndrome. Congratulations! 🤗
More information: bit.ly/46DwyZq
More information: bit.ly/46DwyZq
Last week, the 2025 Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting (G-JAM), co-organized by the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in #Jena and the ERIBA Groningen (NL) brought together brilliant minds in #aging #research.
A huge thank to all the speakers 🎤 and participants for the inspiring talks and lively discussions! 😀
A huge thank to all the speakers 🎤 and participants for the inspiring talks and lively discussions! 😀
September 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Last week, the 2025 Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting (G-JAM), co-organized by the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in #Jena and the ERIBA Groningen (NL) brought together brilliant minds in #aging #research.
A huge thank to all the speakers 🎤 and participants for the inspiring talks and lively discussions! 😀
A huge thank to all the speakers 🎤 and participants for the inspiring talks and lively discussions! 😀
We as @leibnizfli.bsky.social are participating in this year's #MINT Festival in #Jena again. 🔬🧫🧑🔬
Come by the Ernst-Abbe-Platz lecture hall building and visit us at our booth! Today (Sept. 17), we will be there until 6 p.m., and on Thursday (Sept. 18), until noon. We look forward to seeing you!😀
Come by the Ernst-Abbe-Platz lecture hall building and visit us at our booth! Today (Sept. 17), we will be there until 6 p.m., and on Thursday (Sept. 18), until noon. We look forward to seeing you!😀
September 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We as @leibnizfli.bsky.social are participating in this year's #MINT Festival in #Jena again. 🔬🧫🧑🔬
Come by the Ernst-Abbe-Platz lecture hall building and visit us at our booth! Today (Sept. 17), we will be there until 6 p.m., and on Thursday (Sept. 18), until noon. We look forward to seeing you!😀
Come by the Ernst-Abbe-Platz lecture hall building and visit us at our booth! Today (Sept. 17), we will be there until 6 p.m., and on Thursday (Sept. 18), until noon. We look forward to seeing you!😀
🎉 Last week, we held our annual Summer Party 2025. 🌞 Our employees provided a colorful, international buffet, offering a wide variety of sweet and savory treats to sample. There was also a BBQ on the terrace. 🌭
What a wonderful atmosphere 🎸 with live music, happy people and their families!🎈
What a wonderful atmosphere 🎸 with live music, happy people and their families!🎈
September 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎉 Last week, we held our annual Summer Party 2025. 🌞 Our employees provided a colorful, international buffet, offering a wide variety of sweet and savory treats to sample. There was also a BBQ on the terrace. 🌭
What a wonderful atmosphere 🎸 with live music, happy people and their families!🎈
What a wonderful atmosphere 🎸 with live music, happy people and their families!🎈
Prof. Dr. Claudia Cavadas from the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal, will speak on September 10, 2025, at 3:00 pm at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social about "Targeting neuroendocrine mechanisms to delay aging".
Read more: lnkd.in/eFAFn_Hk
Read more: lnkd.in/eFAFn_Hk
September 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Prof. Dr. Claudia Cavadas from the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal, will speak on September 10, 2025, at 3:00 pm at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social about "Targeting neuroendocrine mechanisms to delay aging".
Read more: lnkd.in/eFAFn_Hk
Read more: lnkd.in/eFAFn_Hk
Killifish Brain Aging: New Junior Research Group starting at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social
Dr. Dennis de Bakker received a grant of €1.8 million from the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social for his project “Unveiling the mechanisms of brain aging through cross-species comparison.”
Congratulations! 🎉
Dr. Dennis de Bakker received a grant of €1.8 million from the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social for his project “Unveiling the mechanisms of brain aging through cross-species comparison.”
Congratulations! 🎉
August 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Killifish Brain Aging: New Junior Research Group starting at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social
Dr. Dennis de Bakker received a grant of €1.8 million from the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social for his project “Unveiling the mechanisms of brain aging through cross-species comparison.”
Congratulations! 🎉
Dr. Dennis de Bakker received a grant of €1.8 million from the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social for his project “Unveiling the mechanisms of brain aging through cross-species comparison.”
Congratulations! 🎉
📢 We are pleased to announce an extension to the poster submission deadline for the Aging and Microbiome Conference (AMC25).
👉 The new deadline is August 31, 2025 which is also the deadline for early bird registration.
➡️ Full details: bit.ly/41VE8vs
We look forward to welcoming you to Jena!
👉 The new deadline is August 31, 2025 which is also the deadline for early bird registration.
➡️ Full details: bit.ly/41VE8vs
We look forward to welcoming you to Jena!
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📢 We are pleased to announce an extension to the poster submission deadline for the Aging and Microbiome Conference (AMC25).
👉 The new deadline is August 31, 2025 which is also the deadline for early bird registration.
➡️ Full details: bit.ly/41VE8vs
We look forward to welcoming you to Jena!
👉 The new deadline is August 31, 2025 which is also the deadline for early bird registration.
➡️ Full details: bit.ly/41VE8vs
We look forward to welcoming you to Jena!
Invitation:💡 Science & Society - Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wrzus
On September 18, 2025, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wrzus will give a lecture on “Becoming Who I Am: Personality Development in Adulthood” as part of the public lecture series “Science & Society.”
Read more: bit.ly/466mzv5
On September 18, 2025, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wrzus will give a lecture on “Becoming Who I Am: Personality Development in Adulthood” as part of the public lecture series “Science & Society.”
Read more: bit.ly/466mzv5
August 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Invitation:💡 Science & Society - Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wrzus
On September 18, 2025, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wrzus will give a lecture on “Becoming Who I Am: Personality Development in Adulthood” as part of the public lecture series “Science & Society.”
Read more: bit.ly/466mzv5
On September 18, 2025, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wrzus will give a lecture on “Becoming Who I Am: Personality Development in Adulthood” as part of the public lecture series “Science & Society.”
Read more: bit.ly/466mzv5
📢 Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting (G-JAM)
This is the very final announcement of the Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting (G-JAM) ➡️ the final deadline is coming up: August 22nd‼️
Last chance to register: bit.ly/4mTO3tH
More: bit.ly/4mPFr7l
👉 One of the most anticipated aging meetings of the year!
This is the very final announcement of the Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting (G-JAM) ➡️ the final deadline is coming up: August 22nd‼️
Last chance to register: bit.ly/4mTO3tH
More: bit.ly/4mPFr7l
👉 One of the most anticipated aging meetings of the year!
August 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
📢 Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting (G-JAM)
This is the very final announcement of the Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting (G-JAM) ➡️ the final deadline is coming up: August 22nd‼️
Last chance to register: bit.ly/4mTO3tH
More: bit.ly/4mPFr7l
👉 One of the most anticipated aging meetings of the year!
This is the very final announcement of the Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting (G-JAM) ➡️ the final deadline is coming up: August 22nd‼️
Last chance to register: bit.ly/4mTO3tH
More: bit.ly/4mPFr7l
👉 One of the most anticipated aging meetings of the year!