CECAD receives renewed DFG funding! 🎉 We continue to unlock the biology of aging 🧬 and advance healthy aging for all! 👵👴
➡️ uni.koeln/GAPGK
#CECAD #AgingResearch #ExcellenceCluster #DFG #HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social
➡️ uni.koeln/GAPGK
#CECAD #AgingResearch #ExcellenceCluster #DFG #HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
CECAD receives renewed DFG funding! 🎉 We continue to unlock the biology of aging 🧬 and advance healthy aging for all! 👵👴
➡️ uni.koeln/GAPGK
#CECAD #AgingResearch #ExcellenceCluster #DFG #HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social
➡️ uni.koeln/GAPGK
#CECAD #AgingResearch #ExcellenceCluster #DFG #HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social
Welcome to CECAD, Gabriele!
You come back to the lab after Christmas and find Santa was there! 🤩
January 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Welcome to CECAD, Gabriele!
🌍👩🔬🤝 At #CECAD, excellence starts with #people!
This new short film takes you inside our vibrant, international research #community, where #collaboration, #diversity, and #support drive discovery.
✨ Meet our researchers, hear their stories, and get a glimpse of life at CECAD! 🎥
This new short film takes you inside our vibrant, international research #community, where #collaboration, #diversity, and #support drive discovery.
✨ Meet our researchers, hear their stories, and get a glimpse of life at CECAD! 🎥
CECAD: Our Community
YouTube video by CECAD Cologne
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September 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🌍👩🔬🤝 At #CECAD, excellence starts with #people!
This new short film takes you inside our vibrant, international research #community, where #collaboration, #diversity, and #support drive discovery.
✨ Meet our researchers, hear their stories, and get a glimpse of life at CECAD! 🎥
This new short film takes you inside our vibrant, international research #community, where #collaboration, #diversity, and #support drive discovery.
✨ Meet our researchers, hear their stories, and get a glimpse of life at CECAD! 🎥
Congratulations to #CECAD Prof. David Vilchez @thevilchezlab.bsky.social on securing #DFG funding for a new research group on organismal proteostasis!
This project, involving also Prof. Hoppe, will explore how proteostasis regulates #aging and #disease. @dfg.de #Proteostasis
uni.koeln/ZCFFX
This project, involving also Prof. Hoppe, will explore how proteostasis regulates #aging and #disease. @dfg.de #Proteostasis
uni.koeln/ZCFFX
CECAD Scientists Receive DFG Funding for Proteostasis Research
A new DFG-funded research group investigates how proteostasis is regulated at the organismal level and its impact on aging and disease.
uni.koeln
March 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Congratulations to #CECAD Prof. David Vilchez @thevilchezlab.bsky.social on securing #DFG funding for a new research group on organismal proteostasis!
This project, involving also Prof. Hoppe, will explore how proteostasis regulates #aging and #disease. @dfg.de #Proteostasis
uni.koeln/ZCFFX
This project, involving also Prof. Hoppe, will explore how proteostasis regulates #aging and #disease. @dfg.de #Proteostasis
uni.koeln/ZCFFX
Thrilled to announce that our DFG Research Unit on cell-autonomous regulation of proteostasis has been approved for funding!
March 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Thrilled to announce that our DFG Research Unit on cell-autonomous regulation of proteostasis has been approved for funding!
👏 Congratulations to Professor Aleksandra Trifunovic on receiving the Max Delbrück Research Prize 2025 from the University of Cologne for her groundbreaking work on #mitochondria, #aging, and cellular stress responses. A proud moment for #CECAD!
➡️ uni.koeln/Y6WSC
@unicologne.bsky.social
➡️ uni.koeln/Y6WSC
@unicologne.bsky.social
Aleksandra Trifunovic receives Max Delbrück Research Prize 2025
CECAD congratulates Professor Aleksandra Trifunovic on receiving the University of Cologne’s Max Delbrück Prize for her pioneering contributions to mitochondrial biology.
uni.koeln
May 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
👏 Congratulations to Professor Aleksandra Trifunovic on receiving the Max Delbrück Research Prize 2025 from the University of Cologne for her groundbreaking work on #mitochondria, #aging, and cellular stress responses. A proud moment for #CECAD!
➡️ uni.koeln/Y6WSC
@unicologne.bsky.social
➡️ uni.koeln/Y6WSC
@unicologne.bsky.social
⏰🔬⏳What if we could prevent age-related diseases before they even start? At #CECAD Cologne, that’s exactly our #mission! In this new video, Prof. Dr. Carien Niessen shares our vision uncovering the biology of #aging to improve #health.
#HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social
youtu.be/9ALNLpG3oYc
#HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social
youtu.be/9ALNLpG3oYc
CECAD: Our Scientific Mission
YouTube video by CECAD Cologne
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
⏰🔬⏳What if we could prevent age-related diseases before they even start? At #CECAD Cologne, that’s exactly our #mission! In this new video, Prof. Dr. Carien Niessen shares our vision uncovering the biology of #aging to improve #health.
#HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social
youtu.be/9ALNLpG3oYc
#HealthyAging @unicologne.bsky.social
youtu.be/9ALNLpG3oYc
Évaluations sur des pistes collectives et individuelles du CECAD de jour comme de nuit, à flanc de montagne et en milieu aquatique
🤝 renforcement des liens entre les militaires 🇫🇷 du CECAD et les forces de sécurité et de défense 🇩🇯
🤝 renforcement des liens entre les militaires 🇫🇷 du CECAD et les forces de sécurité et de défense 🇩🇯
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Évaluations sur des pistes collectives et individuelles du CECAD de jour comme de nuit, à flanc de montagne et en milieu aquatique
🤝 renforcement des liens entre les militaires 🇫🇷 du CECAD et les forces de sécurité et de défense 🇩🇯
🤝 renforcement des liens entre les militaires 🇫🇷 du CECAD et les forces de sécurité et de défense 🇩🇯
📍Djibouti | Aguerrissement en milieu désertique 🇩🇯🇫🇷
🏜️ Des militaires 🇩🇯 djiboutiens ont participé à un stage intensif dans le désert avec des instructeurs 🇫🇷 du CECAD (centre d'entraînement au combat et d'aguerrissement au désert)
🏜️ Des militaires 🇩🇯 djiboutiens ont participé à un stage intensif dans le désert avec des instructeurs 🇫🇷 du CECAD (centre d'entraînement au combat et d'aguerrissement au désert)
January 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
📍Djibouti | Aguerrissement en milieu désertique 🇩🇯🇫🇷
🏜️ Des militaires 🇩🇯 djiboutiens ont participé à un stage intensif dans le désert avec des instructeurs 🇫🇷 du CECAD (centre d'entraînement au combat et d'aguerrissement au désert)
🏜️ Des militaires 🇩🇯 djiboutiens ont participé à un stage intensif dans le désert avec des instructeurs 🇫🇷 du CECAD (centre d'entraînement au combat et d'aguerrissement au désert)
🚀 Applications now open for the CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories!
We are thrilled to share the first call for applications for our new CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories.
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/career/postd...
We are thrilled to share the first call for applications for our new CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories.
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/career/postd...
CECAD: Postdoc Academy
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de
August 25, 2026 at 11:59 AM
🚀 Applications now open for the CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories!
We are thrilled to share the first call for applications for our new CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories.
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/career/postd...
We are thrilled to share the first call for applications for our new CECAD Postdoc Academy for Aging Trajectories.
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/career/postd...
🔬⚙️🚀 Breakthrough science needs the right foundation! At #CECAD, our state-of-the-art #infrastructure fuels cutting-edge research on aging & age-related diseases.
Discover our advanced #technologies, model organisms, and dedicated facility leaders drive #innovation every day!
➡️ youtu.be/RfuRL-1p-xo
Discover our advanced #technologies, model organisms, and dedicated facility leaders drive #innovation every day!
➡️ youtu.be/RfuRL-1p-xo
CECAD: Our Infrastructure and Research Facilities
YouTube video by CECAD Cologne
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October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🔬⚙️🚀 Breakthrough science needs the right foundation! At #CECAD, our state-of-the-art #infrastructure fuels cutting-edge research on aging & age-related diseases.
Discover our advanced #technologies, model organisms, and dedicated facility leaders drive #innovation every day!
➡️ youtu.be/RfuRL-1p-xo
Discover our advanced #technologies, model organisms, and dedicated facility leaders drive #innovation every day!
➡️ youtu.be/RfuRL-1p-xo
Hello World! ⭐
We’re CECAD Cologne, a cutting-edge research center dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of #Aging and promoting healthier, longer lives! Follow us for the latest discoveries, insights, and events in #AgingResearch! 🧬🔬👩🔬
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de
We’re CECAD Cologne, a cutting-edge research center dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of #Aging and promoting healthier, longer lives! Follow us for the latest discoveries, insights, and events in #AgingResearch! 🧬🔬👩🔬
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de
December 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Hello World! ⭐
We’re CECAD Cologne, a cutting-edge research center dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of #Aging and promoting healthier, longer lives! Follow us for the latest discoveries, insights, and events in #AgingResearch! 🧬🔬👩🔬
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de
We’re CECAD Cologne, a cutting-edge research center dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of #Aging and promoting healthier, longer lives! Follow us for the latest discoveries, insights, and events in #AgingResearch! 🧬🔬👩🔬
www.cecad.uni-koeln.de
Together with Andreas Beyer (CECAD), Adam Antebi (MPI-AGE) and Linda Partridge (UCL) we wrote Opinion article in TCB on accumulating data relating age-associated changes in transcriptional elongation with homeostatic deregulation.
Feedback welcome!
www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
Feedback welcome!
www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
December 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Together with Andreas Beyer (CECAD), Adam Antebi (MPI-AGE) and Linda Partridge (UCL) we wrote Opinion article in TCB on accumulating data relating age-associated changes in transcriptional elongation with homeostatic deregulation.
Feedback welcome!
www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
Feedback welcome!
www.cell.com/trends/cell-...
This was the sixth year in a row that CEPLAS, ML4Q, and CECAD @cecad.bsky.social came together to organize Soapbox Science Rheinland to promote science communication and inclusive research culture.
Fotos: Nicolas Stumpe
@soapboxsciencerhld.bsky.social @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social #scicomm
Fotos: Nicolas Stumpe
@soapboxsciencerhld.bsky.social @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social #scicomm
On Saturday, we celebrated the 6th edition of Soapbox Science Rheinland in the heart of the city! Huge thank-you to our CEPLAS speakers Jana Peter, Ganiyat Akinade and Zarah Sorger @zarizarah.bsky.social for bringing plant science to the public and showing how exciting research can be!
July 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This was the sixth year in a row that CEPLAS, ML4Q, and CECAD @cecad.bsky.social came together to organize Soapbox Science Rheinland to promote science communication and inclusive research culture.
Fotos: Nicolas Stumpe
@soapboxsciencerhld.bsky.social @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social #scicomm
Fotos: Nicolas Stumpe
@soapboxsciencerhld.bsky.social @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social #scicomm
CECAD erhält erneut DFG-Förderung! 🎉 Wir erforschen weiter die Biologie des Alterns 🧬 für ein gesundes Leben im Alter!👵👴 #CECAD #Alternsforschung #Exzellenzcluster #DFG #GesundesAltern
May 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
CECAD erhält erneut DFG-Förderung! 🎉 Wir erforschen weiter die Biologie des Alterns 🧬 für ein gesundes Leben im Alter!👵👴 #CECAD #Alternsforschung #Exzellenzcluster #DFG #GesundesAltern
Congratulations to Ana García Sáez on receiving an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for her pioneering research on mitochondrial membranes! 🎉
#ERCAdG #CECAD #LifeScience #Biophysics #WomenInScience
#ERCAdG #CECAD #LifeScience #Biophysics #WomenInScience
Congratulations to our director Ana García-Sáez for receiving an ERC Advanced Grant! 📣 Her work on mitochondrial membranes continues to push the frontiers of biophysics and cell biology 🧬 #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu @office-garcia.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congratulations to Ana García Sáez on receiving an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for her pioneering research on mitochondrial membranes! 🎉
#ERCAdG #CECAD #LifeScience #Biophysics #WomenInScience
#ERCAdG #CECAD #LifeScience #Biophysics #WomenInScience
🏆⚽️ A huge shoutout to the Antebi lab's team 'C(riminally) elegant' for winning the human Foosball match at the CECAD Summer Party @cecad.bsky.social! Your elegance on the field is unmatched!💪 #LabLegends #Foosball
July 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🏆⚽️ A huge shoutout to the Antebi lab's team 'C(riminally) elegant' for winning the human Foosball match at the CECAD Summer Party @cecad.bsky.social! Your elegance on the field is unmatched!💪 #LabLegends #Foosball
🧵 (7/7)We are especially grateful to Bernhard Schermer, Lena Ebert and the team at CECAD Cologne and Uniklinik Köln for organising the meeting and making everyone feel so welcome.
September 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM
🧵 (7/7)We are especially grateful to Bernhard Schermer, Lena Ebert and the team at CECAD Cologne and Uniklinik Köln for organising the meeting and making everyone feel so welcome.
🎙️ New PODCAST alert! What is the #brain's role in #hunger and #depression? 🧠💭🍔 Listen in as CECAD Prof. Jessen and Dr. Fenselau share their insights on #aging, #neurodegeneration, and metabolic health (in German).
exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io/52-neue-epis...
@mpiage.bsky.social
exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io/52-neue-epis...
@mpiage.bsky.social
Hunger und Depression - Was unser Gehirn damit zu tun hat
Unser Gehirn steuert und beeinflusst Prozesse und Krankheiten in mehr oder weniger höherem Maße, das ist seit Jahren bekannt. Unter diesem Aspekt wird die Forschung am CECAD zu zwei Krankheiten näher ...
exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io
December 6, 2024 at 10:17 AM
🎙️ New PODCAST alert! What is the #brain's role in #hunger and #depression? 🧠💭🍔 Listen in as CECAD Prof. Jessen and Dr. Fenselau share their insights on #aging, #neurodegeneration, and metabolic health (in German).
exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io/52-neue-epis...
@mpiage.bsky.social
exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io/52-neue-epis...
@mpiage.bsky.social
🔬🧬🧠 Der Tag ist da – the doors are open, herzlich willkommen - welcome! Komm vorbei und erlebe es selbst: Forschung für alle! #ScienceForEveryone ✨
#TagderoffenenTür #CECAD #Alternsforschung #Köln #WissenschaftErleben #ForschungFürAlle #OpenDay @mpiage.bsky.social @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social
#TagderoffenenTür #CECAD #Alternsforschung #Köln #WissenschaftErleben #ForschungFürAlle #OpenDay @mpiage.bsky.social @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🔬🧬🧠 Der Tag ist da – the doors are open, herzlich willkommen - welcome! Komm vorbei und erlebe es selbst: Forschung für alle! #ScienceForEveryone ✨
#TagderoffenenTür #CECAD #Alternsforschung #Köln #WissenschaftErleben #ForschungFürAlle #OpenDay @mpiage.bsky.social @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social
#TagderoffenenTür #CECAD #Alternsforschung #Köln #WissenschaftErleben #ForschungFürAlle #OpenDay @mpiage.bsky.social @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social
🍳⚡ From #food to #fuel! CECAD Cologne researchers from the Hoppe Lab reveal how the amino acid leucine boosts cellular energy, opening new paths for treating metabolic diseases. 🔬
➡️ uni.koeln/Z4XK8
#CECAD #Metabolism #Science
➡️ uni.koeln/Z4XK8
#CECAD #Metabolism #Science
From food to fuel: How leucine enhances mitochondrial energy production
Researchers from the University of Cologne discovered how a specific dietary amino acid increases cellular energy, opening new possibilities for treating metabolic diseases / publication in “Nature Ce...
uni.koeln
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🍳⚡ From #food to #fuel! CECAD Cologne researchers from the Hoppe Lab reveal how the amino acid leucine boosts cellular energy, opening new paths for treating metabolic diseases. 🔬
➡️ uni.koeln/Z4XK8
#CECAD #Metabolism #Science
➡️ uni.koeln/Z4XK8
#CECAD #Metabolism #Science
📣#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
📆 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
April 1, 2026 at 8:23 AM
📣#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
📆 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
RESEARCH | L Casanueva Reimon, SM Steculorum et al. (CECAD)
Non-nutritive sensory components of high-fat diet, such as bacon flavor, are sufficient to impair metabolic health in mice 🧪
Non-nutritive sensory components of high-fat diet, such as bacon flavor, are sufficient to impair metabolic health in mice 🧪
Fat sensory cues in early life program central response to food and obesity - Nature Metabolism
Non-nutritive sensory components of high-fat diet, such as bacon flavour, are sufficient to impair metabolic health in offspring in mice.
dlvr.it
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
RESEARCH | L Casanueva Reimon, SM Steculorum et al. (CECAD)
Non-nutritive sensory components of high-fat diet, such as bacon flavor, are sufficient to impair metabolic health in mice 🧪
Non-nutritive sensory components of high-fat diet, such as bacon flavor, are sufficient to impair metabolic health in mice 🧪
🎊 A heartfelt congratulations to our incredible CGA partner, the CECAD Excellence Cluster @cecad.bsky.social, for earning yet another prestigious funding period!👏👏👏👏👏
Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
May 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🎊 A heartfelt congratulations to our incredible CGA partner, the CECAD Excellence Cluster @cecad.bsky.social, for earning yet another prestigious funding period!👏👏👏👏👏