🧫🥼Congratulations to Prof Oliver Cornely and his colleagues on receiving funding to improve treatment for invasive fungal infections. Read more about their work here 👇

Universität zu Köln@unicologne.bsky.social · 5d ago

🦠🩺 Improving the care of fungal infections Invasive fungal infections are rare but life-threatening. How well are those affected currently being cared for in Germany? This is investigated in the MYK-IMPAKT research project, led by experts from the #UniCologne➡️https://uni.koeln/4SKAS

🚨Deadline is approaching! Don’t miss the Symposium for our White Space on September 2nd. 🎯If you want to participate, please let us know by August 9th at the latest, including a short outline of your research. Your full proposal documents have to be submitted by August 29th.

CECAD Cologne@cecad.bsky.social · last wk.

📢 Update on Open Call for White Space 📅 To meet the deadline of the next ERC starting grant round we will organize a mini symposium on September 2nd, 2026 where you can introduce yourself to the CECAD community. Groups not funded by ERC are also welcome. Find all information here uni.koeln/LT8ZZ

📢 Update on Open Call for White Space 📅 To meet the deadline of the next ERC starting grant round we will organize a mini symposium on September 2nd, 2026 where you can introduce yourself to the CECAD community. Groups not funded by ERC are also welcome. Find all information here uni.koeln/LT8ZZ

🚀 CECAD is #hiring A three-year doctoral position is available in the #RugarliLab. We are looking for a highly qualified and motivated doctoral student with a genuine interest in pursuing a #ScientificCareer within our team. 💡 Find more about the job and application here: 🔗 uni.koeln/YPVM9

Interested in shaping the future of healthcare? 🌍 Join our online info session on 15 July (17:00–18:00 CEST) to discover the #EUniWell Master's Degree in Well-Being Oriented Healthcare. Become an advocate of change in healthcare. Find out more: shorturl.at/dLis3 #Healthcare #WellBeing

📢Open Call: We offer white space for up to 3 junior research groups in the CECAD Research Center Find more about the requirements and the application process on our homepage uni.koeln/LT8ZZ Please share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested.

🚀 Considering a PhD at the Max Planck Society? Join our free webinar on August 7 (1–3 PM CEST) and explore fully funded PhD opportunities at the IMPRS in NRW. 🎓 Discover our programmes, cutting-edge research, and ask your questions live! 🔗 www.ageing-grad-school.de/about-us/new...

We welcomed 14 high school students from the "Girls for Innovation" program! 🎓🌟 Through excursions like this, they learn about study opportunities and meet role models. 🏛️💡 We hope to have inspired them! 🔍🧪 What inspired you to pursue a career in science? 💭 #WomenInSTEM #EmpoweringWomen

🔬 Small microscopes, big curiosity! One of our colleagues brought our KinderUni microscopes to a local daycare centre, where children explored pond water and insects up close. Their excitement shows why outreach matters: science starts with looking, asking, and wondering. 💧 #ScienceOutreach

Let's meet with our speakers! 👏 DR. NISHA HEMANDHAR KUMAR is a Postdoctoral Researcher @unicologne.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social. Join us at our #SoapboxScience event on 4th July in Cologne to hear about her fascinating research on how our brains age. 🤩 #womeninstem #womeninscience #cologne

@bsky.app Let's meet with our speakers! 👏 ASLI NUR AKAYDIN is a Doctoral Researcher @unicologne.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social. Meet her on 4th July at our #SoapboxScience event in Cologne. She will speak about her research on heartbroken naked mole-rats. 💔 #womeninstem #womeninscience #cologne

@bsky.app Let's meet with our speakers! 👏DR. ASYA MARTIROSYAN is a Postdoctoral Researcher @unicologne.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social. Come to our #soapboxscience event on 4th July in Cologne and she will tell you the secret of longevity of bats. 🤩 #womeninstem #womeninscience #cologne

Let's meet with our speakers! 👏 DR. GWENDOLYN DAVIS is a Postdoctoral Researcher @hhu.de @ceplas.bsky.social. She will explain how plant cells communicate and coordinate. Looking forward to meeting you all at our #soapboxscience event on 4th July at 1 pm. 🎉 #womeninstem #womeninscience#cologne

Let's meet with our speakers! 👏ISABELLE SPRAVE will start as our first speaker. She is a Doctoral Researcher at JARA-FIT Institute for Quantum Information. She will tell us interesting facts about Quantum Computers at our #soapboxscience event. @ceplas.bsky.social @ml4q @cecad.bsky.social

Our work now out @natcomms.nature.com: #PDAC is wired for #necroptosis due to oncogenic #KRAS. @unicologne.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social with fantastic collaborators and superstar first author Sofya Tishina! rdcu.be/foDxS

Oncogenic KRAS-driven type I interferon signalling primes pancreatic cancer for necroptosis

Nature Communications - The regulatory roles of oncogenic KRAS in cell death pathways remain poorly understood. Here the authors report that KRAS induces a type I interferon response that primes...

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🚨 Double Deadline Alert: Deadline for Registration and Abstact Submission extended for the 15th Annual Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference 📅October 11th - 14th, 2026 🎯New Deadline: June 30 🔗uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php=

📣 News! Deadline Extended! 📣 📅 New Deadline: June 15th, 2026 Good news for those who missed out our last call: The deadline for abstract submissions for the AHA- and EFAR-conferences in October has been extended. Take advantage of this extra time to submit your abstract. uni.koeln/7AYK6

🎉 #FOR5762 has awarded two Advanced Postdoc Grants. Congrats to Marta Zaninello and @sedakoyuncu.bsky.social on this well-deserved achievement. 👏 We look forward to following their independent research and their contributions within #FOR5762. @cecad.bsky.social | @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social

🔬🩺 From bench to bedside Professor @olivercornely.bsky.social und Professor @muellerrom.bsky.social explain in the new #Unimagazin how Basic Research leads to medical Progress. Read more ▶️ uni.koeln/2VKJM #uniköln #unicologne #transationalresearch @cecad.bsky.social

🔬🩺 Aus dem Labor ans Krankenbett Wie aus Grundlagenforschung medizinischer Fortschritt wird erklären Professor @olivercornely.bsky.social und Professor @muellerrom.bsky.social im aktuellen #Unimagazin. Zum Artikel ▶️ uni.koeln/LHSE3 #uniköln #unicologne #transationalresearch @cecad.bsky.social

📺 Medientipp: Das Ziel - lange gesund leben Aber was kann ich für mich machen, um dieses Ziel zu erreichen? @bjornschumacher.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social gibt Antworten in der ARD Wissen Doku "Mein Körper. Mein Alter - Wer bestimmt, wie alt ich bin?" ▶️ www.ardmediathek.de/video/mein-k...

Mein Körper | ARD Wissen: ARD Wissen I Mein Körper. Mein Alter. - Wer bestimmt, wie alt ich bin? - hier anschauen

Wie können wir unser biologisches Alter beeinflussen? Beatrice bekommt für drei Monate ein professionelles Sportprogramm und stellt ihre Ernährung um. Der Vorher-Nachher-Test an der Deutschen Sporthoc...

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💡The deadline for abstract submissions is approaching. Make sure to submit yours by May 31st and be part of our exciting conferences in October. We can't wait to see your work!

CECAD Cologne@cecad.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣#CECAD will host two exciting conferences 📆 11th - 14th October 2026 15th AHA Conference - “From mechanisms of age-associated diseases to healthy aging” uni.koeln/7X2K8 📆 14th - 16th October 2026 1stEFAR Conference - “On the Biology of Aging” uni.koeln/YGPMA 👉 Submit abstracts by May 31st

📢 We are hosting the EFAR Conference in Cologne from October 14th to 16th, 2026 – and it’s more than just a conference! 📢📖 Read more about EFAR’s vision in this article in Nature Aging. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🚨 Scholarship Alert! 🚨 🧬👩🏽‍🔬 Pursue your Master studies in Biology or Biochemistry in Cologne at @unicologne.bsky.social and get full funding with our CGA Master Fellowship programme.💰 📅 Apply by July 15! 🔗 Learn more: www.ageing-grad-school.de/master/maste...

Take your Science to the Streets! Apply to be a Speaker at Soapbox Science Rheinland 2026 in Cologne. The event is a collaborative effort between @hhu.de and @unicologne.bsky.social, driven by the excellence clusters @ceplas.bsky.social, @cecad.bsky.social and ML4Q. #womeninscience #soapboxscience

📣#CECAD will host two exciting conferences 📆 11th - 14th October 2026 15th AHA Conference - “From mechanisms of age-associated diseases to healthy aging” uni.koeln/7X2K8 📆 14th - 16th October 2026 1stEFAR Conference - “On the Biology of Aging” uni.koeln/YGPMA 👉 Submit abstracts by May 31st

🎉⌚ Good news! Our application #deadline has been #extended until 31.12.2025. If you haven’t applied yet, now’s the perfect time! The positions are still open are: 📰 Science Communication Manager 🎉 Event & Marketing Manager 🎨 Media & Graphic Design Manager

CECAD Cologne@cecad.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📣CECAD is #hiring. For the new funding period, we are looking for creative, curious and motivated people who want to shape how aging research is #communicated to the world. 📰 Science Communication Manager*in (w/m/d) 🎉 Event & Marketing Manager*in (w/m/d) 🎨 Media & Graphic Design Manager*in (w/m/d)

🔬 Scientists at the #UniCologne have discovered a potential therapy approach for nerve damage in diabetes. A research team led by Professor Dr. Dietmar Fischer has identified a central mechanism that explains the limited regeneration in diabetes. uni.koeln/MJXV6 @cecad.bsky.social

Possible therapeutic approach to treat diabetic nerve damage discovered

Researchers have decoded the signalling pathway that inhibits nerve regeneration in diabetes and have developed a therapeutic peptide that could transform the treatment—and possibly even the preventio...

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Embedded in the heart of @unicologne.bsky.social at the amazing @cecad.bsky.social our event continues with keynote by #AleksandraTrifunovic on Mitochondrial stress responses: gatekeepers of cellular health, disease & longevity followed by chalk talks by #AsyaMartirosyan #AkshamalGamage & #JavierKoh

📣CECAD is #hiring. For the new funding period, we are looking for creative, curious and motivated people who want to shape how aging research is #communicated to the world. 📰 Science Communication Manager*in (w/m/d) 🎉 Event & Marketing Manager*in (w/m/d) 🎨 Media & Graphic Design Manager*in (w/m/d)