Faculty of the DC AGE_REG
Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research
Research area(s): cellular senescence in human dermal fibroblasts and vascular endothelial cells, reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial proteins as regulators of senescence, skin aging
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Students: Elia Cappuccio, Ines Martic, Michéle Petit, Max Holzknecht
Alumni: Giorgia Baraldo, Sophia Wedel
Department of Botany
Research area(s): plant metabolomics, ageing of plant seeds, stress biology, lipid peroxidation
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Alumni: Davide Gerna, Nicki Marami-Zounouz
Department of Molecular Biology
Research area(s): stem cell biology, cellular reprogramming
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Students: Julianne Beirute Herrera, Lena Böhnke, Elisa Gabassi, Marcel Tisch
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Department of Zoology
Research area(s): Regeneration, stem cells, ageing in the simple multicellular animal model Hydra, axial patterning, Wnt signaling
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Student: Moses Kibet
Alumni: Sabine Gufler
Department of Zoology
Research area(s): developmental biology and evolution in the model organism tunicates/ascidians, molecular switches for gene regulation and cell fate acquisition, transcriptional repression mechanisms in Wnt/TCF/ß‑catenin and FGF/ERK/Ets signaling, functional genomics, bioadhesion
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Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research
Reserach area(s): Immunosenescence, age-related changes of the
T cell compartment, vaccination in old age
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Alumni: Magdalena Hagen
Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research
Research area(s): Biology of Adipose Stem Cells and Adipocytes,
Cellular Aging, Obesity / Caloric Restriction
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dirk MeyerDepartment of Molecular Biology
Research area(s): molecular mechanisms of vertebrate development, transcriptional control of pancreatic b-cell development
Students: Marc Sathianathan, Melanie Zott
Associated Faculty Members
Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research
Research area(s): regulation of B cell development and function, NF-kB signaling pathways, MiRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing
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Alumni: Magdalena Hagen (Co-supervisor)
Department of Molecular Biology
Research area(s): Neuronal aging, Reprogramming of human fibroblasts into induced neurons (iN), Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Metabolome analysis, Transcriptome analysis, Epigenome analysis
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Student: Lena Böhnke (Co-supervisor)
Research Department for Biomedical Aging Research
Research area(s): mitochondrial proteins as regulators of cellular senescence, enzymology
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Student: Max Holzknecht (Co-supervisor)