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

Portrait of Georgia Daraki (Photo: FLI)

"Young Investigator Award" for FLI doctoral student

Georgia Daraki, a scientist from the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) Jena, has won the "Young Investigator Award" (YIA)…

Portrait of Anastasiia Shcherbakova (Photo: Anna Schroll)

Research is hard work

Spotlight on the FLI Team (3): Anastasiia Shcherbakova, Research Group Clara Correia-Melo

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

Two strong voices for doctoral candidates

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

Glycation in the body – Trigger of protein dysfunction in aging and age-related diseases

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

Unknown role - ATR protein regulates neuronal activity (FLI & UKJ)

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

TRiC knows the trick - How planarians can regenerate during periods of starvation

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

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Broken signals – changes in communication between muscle stem cells and their niche limits regeneration in old muscles

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

A genetic control of stem cell differentiation and organ maintenance by induction of fat metabolism

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

Intervention against aging? Age is decisive for positive or negative effects of the diabetes drug Metformin

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…

Out of balance - Ability to eliminate spent proteins influences brain aging and individual life span

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

Aging and diet lead to proteome changes in the intestinal epithelium

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: Extracellular ligand helps to prevent muscle loss

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

Cohesin down-regulation drives hematopoietic stem cell aging

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

Organism aging is characterized by increases in…

Inflammatory processes impair nerve regeneration in old age

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

Meeting of the Leibniz PhD representatives organised in Jena

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

New function of “kidney-gene” – WT1 plays a role in the central nervous system and controls movement

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

The WT1 gene fulfills a central role in the…

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