LGSA News

50 to 60 doctoral candidates are currently doing research within the framework of the LGSA.

The new leadership team of the Leibniz PhD Network. (Photo: Marvin Bähr)

Katjana Schwab and Martin Bagic from the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) were elected to the leadership team of the Leibniz…

Tubulin immunofluorescence microscopy

To maintain organ functions, the proteins in the cells need to be kept in balance (proteostasis). This state is disturbed with increasing age. One…

ATR

The ATR protein plays an important role in the response to replication stress as a regulator of the DNA damage response (DDR) and controls cell…

Planarian

Planarians are able to survive long periods of starvation unscathed by maintaining their stem cell pool and regenerative capacity. The molecular…

Muscles have an enormous ability to regenerate, however this decreases during aging. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann…

Researchers from the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena combined the use of mouse pluripotent stem cells and flatworms…

Metformin is a common type 2 diabetes drug. Recently, it was found to extend life span of young non-diabetic animals but the responses of old…

Several PhD candidates contributed to a publication in Molecular Systems Biology. Aging is the main risk factor for dementia and Parkinson’s disease.…

The small intestine is one of the most important interfaces between the environment and our body. It is responsible for nutrient absorption but also…

Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic disease accounting for approximately one third of all cancer-related deaths worldwide. So far, there is no…

Several PhD candidates contributed to a publication in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Organism aging is characterized by increases in…

The regenerative capacity of the nervous system declines during aging; the risk to develop nerve pathologies increases. Our PhD candidate, Robert…

The 3rd General Assembly in September 2018 was organized by the collaboration of three Leibniz Institutes, the Leibniz Institute of Photonic…

The results of the thesis from Danny Schnerwizki have been published in Life Science Alliance.

The WT1 gene fulfills a central role in the…