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January 9, 2012
Professor Herrlich is awarded Ernst Jung Medal for Medicine in Gold 2012 » more

November 25, 2011
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften am FLI » more

November 24, 2011
Noble Talks: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Erwin Neher » more

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Press Releases

January 25, 2012
Genetik der Lebenserwartung – Kreuzungsexperimente mit kurzlebigem Fisch liefern wichtige Hinweise » more

January 12, 2012
Transferangebote auf einen B(K)lick (WGL) » more

January 9, 2012
Ernst-Jung-Medaille für Medizin in Gold 2012 für den Jenaer Altersforscher Prof. Dr. Peter Herrlich » more

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Our Mission

Human ageing is a multifactorial process controlled by both environmental and genetic factors. Our mission is to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the ageing process and that lead to age-related diseases. We hope that eventually this knowledge can contribute to a more healthy ageing of people. The central question we are aiming at answering is

 

«What are the mechanisms that induce senescence or that cause the development of diseases related to age?».

 

logo_jgfThe Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) is a partner in the initiative of the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. The Year of Science 2011 – Research for Our Health – focuses on the human being and launches an interdisciplinary dialogue in society about the objectives, challenges and fields of modern health research. Exhibits illustrating FLI's age research can for instance be found on the exhibition ship "MS Wissenschaft 2011".

 

Recent Selected Publications


Disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) is necessary for the correct migration of cortical interneurons
Steinecke A, Gampe C, Valkova C, Kaether C, Bolz J
J Neurosci 2012, 32, 738-745 [PubMed]

 

Structural basis of β-amyloid-dependent synaptic dysfunctions
Haupt C, Leppert J, Rönicke R, Meinhardt J, Yadav JK, Ramachandran R, Ohlenschläger O, Reymann KG, Görlach M, Fändrich M.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 (epub ahead of print) [PubMed]

 

A distinct response to endogenous DNA damage in the development of Nbs1-deficient cortical neurons.
Li R, Yang YG, Gao Y, Wang ZQ, Tong WM
Cell Res. 2012 (epub ahead of print) [PubMed]

 

Mapping of quantitative trait loci controlling lifespan in the short-lived fish Nothobranchius furzeri – a new vertebrate model for age research
Kirschner J, Weber D, Neuschl C, Franke A, Böttger M, Zielke L, Powalsky E, Groth M, Shagin D, Petzold A, Hartmann N, Englert C, Brockmann GA, Platzer M, Cellerino A, Reichwald K
Aging Cell 2012 (epub ehead of print) [PubMed]

 

Adult neurogenesis in the short-lived teleost Nothobranchius furzeri: localization of neurogenic niches, molecular characterization and effects of aging
Tozzini ET, Baumgart M, Battistoni G, Cellerino A
Aging Cell. 2012 (epub ehead of print) [PubMed]

 

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