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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.
Postdoc Circle Invites 📢
Dr. Harald Schuhwerk from the Regensburg University Hospital will give a lecture on “Adaptive plasticity in cancer: integrating DDR rewiring, EMT programs, and immune regulation” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on March 26, 2026.
➡️ More information: bit.ly/3MM7NTJ
We are delighted for Alena van Bömmel, who has been working in Prof. Hoffmann's group at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social since 2021 & has started as a professor of neuroepigenetics and #data #science at @bmc-lmu.bsky.social on January 1, 2026.
Here you´ll find an interview with her: bit.ly/3NfZTC5
In its latest issue of #Leibniz #Magazine, the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de focuses on the topic of #night, featuring contributions from our molecular biologists Dr. Maria Ermolaeva, research group leader at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social, and Dr. Isabela Santos Valentim.
More about this below. 👇
The latest issue of the #Leibniz #Magazine published by the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de focuses on the topic of #Night”. 🌃
Our molecular biologists Maria Ermolaeva, research group leader at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social & Isabela Valentim also contributed to the #magazine.
➡️https://bit.ly/4aU84vw
Science & Society 2026:
Journalist, TV presenter, bestselling author, and
expert on healthy #longevity, Nina Ruge, is the next speaker in the public lecture series “Science & Society.” She will give a lecture on “Healthy Longevity. Give your life more healthy years”.
👉 More: bit.ly/4aIEitO
🦠 Cell Symposia: Hallmarks of aging
📍 October 4–6, 2026 | Seville, Spain
Dr. Clara Correia-Melo, #research group leader at @leibnizfli.bsky.social (FLI), will give a presentation at the “Hallmarks of #aging” symposium in #Seville.
👉 Read more: www.cell-symposia.com/hallmarksofa...
📢 PhD Positions - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 26/01 (m/f/d)
The Leibniz Graduate School on Aging (LGSA) is a joint program of the @leibnizfli.bsky.social and the @uni-jena.de (FSU) in #Jena. The School calls for #applications for #PhD positions. 👇
➡️ More: jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/c...
📢 1st German #Fish #Model #Research #Meeting 🐠
🗓️ When: September 16 - 18, 2026
📍 Where: Center for Organismal Studies / @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
📝 Abstract submissions are now open. Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2026❗
👉More: www.germanfishmeeting.org
📢 2nd World #Congress - Targeting #Longevity 2026
📍 April 8-9, 2026 – Berlin
Dr. Clara Correia-Melo from the
@leibnizfli.bsky.social is one of the speakers and will talk about “Cell-Cell Metabolite Exchange Interactions: What does it mean to Aging?”.
More: targeting-longevity.com
An international #research team led by Dr. Dennis de Bakker from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social in #Jena and Prof. Robert W. Williams from the @uthsc.bsky.social, Memphis, #USA, has uncovered new insights into healthy #brain #aging. 🧠
👉 Read more: bit.ly/3ZLmNE2
In the newly published article in the @nataging.nature.com journal, more than 50 researchers from various disciplines review the achievements of #aging #research so far. Among those contributing to the article is Dr.
@mdonertas.bsky.social from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/3M0GF2T
New research project “KreDiT RNA”
At the beginning of the year, a new research project was launched at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social and @uni-jena.de.
The project is funded by the TAB with 1 mln € for a period of 3 years.
👉 More: bit.ly/3NM7d8s
New lysosome atlas reveals cause of rare neurological disease 🧠
Together with colleagues from @stanford.edu, USA, researchers at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social, #Jena, have created a comprehensive cell type-specific atlas of lysosomes in the brain.
➡️More information about the study: bit.ly/463JI0L
🎉Congratulations💐to Dr. Alena van Bömmel
on her new position as Associate Professor of #Neuroepigenetics and #Data #Science at the Biomedical Center Munich at Ludwig Maximilian University in #Munich.
🧠 🧬 👩💻
➡️ Prof. Dr. Dmitri Petrov from the School of Humanities and Science | Department of Biology, Stanford University, spoke today at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social about “Barcoding Fitness Landscapes of Tumorigenesis”. Before he gave his lecture, we had the opportunity to interview him.
🎤 bit.ly/4r66mxG
Prof. Karl L. Rudolph from the @leibnizfli.bsky.social gave an interview to SWR Kultur Matinee entitled “Warum wir altern und wie wir es beeinflussen können” (Why we age and how we can influence it).
🎤Here you can find the interview, which is in German: bit.ly/4jM5Kec
📢 Prof. Dr. Dmitri Petrov from the School of Humanities and Science | Department of Biology, Stanford University, will give a lecture on “Barcoding Fitness Landscapes of Tumorigenesis” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on January 22, 2026.
👉 More information: bit.ly/4pGtqSu
Dr. Miguel Godinho Ferreira from the IRCAN - Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging, Nice, Université Côte d'Azur, has spoken yesterday at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social about “Organ Communication in Aging of Zebrafish”. 🐟
🎤 Here you can find our Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJZu... 🎥
📢The DFG Research Unit 5228 “Syntophagy” has been extended for a second funding period, with Prof. Dr. Janine Kirstein (@leibnizfli.bsky.social, Jena) participating in a subproject together with the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Britta Eickholt (Charité, Berlin).
➡️ More: bit.ly/4sCZ46c
➡️ First FLI Colloquium in 2026 with Dr. Christian Nefzger
Dr. Christian Nefzger from the Institute for Molecular Biosciences at the University of Queensland, has spoken yesterday at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social.
🎤 Here you can find a short interview: bit.ly/3NC50MD
📢This week - First FLI Colloquium in 2026!
Christian Nefzger from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience; The University of Queensland, will speak on January 8, 2026 about “Ageing and reprogramming remodel
transcription factor networks by hijacking developmental mechanisms.”
More: bit.ly/4b28cuK
🌟 Merry Christmas!🎄
We wish you and your families a peaceful and relaxing holiday season and a good start to a healthy and happy 2026.
👉First FLI Colloquium in 2026: 🤗
Dr. Christian Nefzger from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience; The University of Queensland, will speak on January 8, 2026 about “Ageing and reprogramming remodel
transcription factor networks by hijacking developmental mechanisms.”
More: bit.ly/4b28cuK
➡️First FLI Seminar in 2026: 🤗
Dr. Miguel Godinho Ferreira from the IRCAN - Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging of Nice; Université Côte d'Azur will speak on January 14, 2026 about “Organ Communication in Aging of Zebrafish”.
More information: bit.ly/4qdX7ek
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
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
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!
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
YAP BLOCKER JUN: NEW FINDINGS IN LIVER CANCER
Successfully completed research project by the Wilhelm Sander Foundation: Researchers led by Dr. Bjoern von Eyss at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social discovered a surprising protective function of the JUN gene. Read more: bit.ly/3Ksw1Rw