The risk of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases increases the older we get. One characteristic feature of aging, found also in neurodegeneration, is the loss of protein homeostasis
All fish are maintained in the animal facility fish of the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute Jena consistent with the German Animal Welfare Law.
Husbandry conditions include a
Bei der Großen Sackflügelfledermaus herrscht „Damenwahl“. Die Weibchen der neotropischen Fledermausart Saccopteryx bilineata suchen sich genau das Männchen als Paarungspartner aus, dessen Eigengeruch
UniStem Day: the never-ending journey of stem cell research
Every year in Germany, Europe and all over the world the UniStem Day takes place - an educational day for students on the topic of stem
Triple-negative breast cancer is a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. Here, important receptors are missing, which often serve as targets for treatments. Thus, these tumors are unlikely
This year's annual meeting of the DGfA from December 4th to 5th at the FLI in Jena, Germany, was opened by Prof. Henri Jasper and provided high-level speeches and poster presentations to an
The Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) mourns the loss of a valued colleague, Dr. Matthias Görlach. Matthias Görlach passed away on March 15, 2023 after a long and serious
EU Excellent Science
This project focuses on how early-life events influence the aging process, particularly the effects of early-life cellular stress on health span and lifespan. By leveraging
Our third year PhD candidates Dana Elster published her second first author paper in Nature Communications.
Triple-negative breast cancer is a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. Here,
Prof. Karl Lenhard Rudolph, Wissenschaftlicher Direktor des Leibniz-Instituts für Altersforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut (FLI) in Jena, wird mit dem Advanced Grant des Europäischen Forschungsrates