CECAD - Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research

📢 Update on Open Call for White Space: Mini Symposium on September 2nd
We offer white space for up to 3 junior research groups in the CECAD Research Center.
📅 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.
🎯If you want to participate, please let us know by August 9th at the latest, including a short outline of your research. Your full white space proposal documents have to be submitted by August 29th.
Find more about the requirements and the application process on our homepage https://uni.koeln/LT8ZZ
Please share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested.
Universität zu Köln Uniklinik Köln

🚀 CECAD is

A three-year doctoral position is available in the laboratory of Elena Rugarli. We are looking for a highly qualified and motivated doctoral student with a genuine interest to pursue a scientific career within our team.

💡 Find more about the job and application here: 🔗https://uni.koeln/YPVM9

🔬 Find out more about the Rugarli Lab here: 🔗 http://ukoeln.de/V5VLA

🎯Application Deadline: August 31, 2026

Please share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested. We are looking forward to your application.
Universität zu Köln

jobportal.uni-koeln.de

📢Open Call: We offer white space for up to 3 junior research groups in the CECAD Research Center

Requirements:
✅ Independent funding of your research group by a competitive program
✅Your field of research focuses on aging or addresses questions or methods which clearly support and further develop the research program of CECAD

What we offer:
🔬The laboratories in the CECAD Research Center offer basic equipment in a modern research facility with access to in-house core facilities including imaging, proteomics, lipidomics, bioinformatics, and in vivo research facility.

Find more about the requirements and the application process on our homepage https://uni.koeln/LT8ZZ

Please share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested.
Universität zu Köln

Girls For Innovation!
👩🔬 At CECAD, we are committed to empowering women and girls in science. That’s why we were delighted to welcome 14 high school students from the “Girls for Innovation” STEM scholarship program for girls, organized by the zdi Zentrum Köln - a program for girls passionate about computer science, the natural sciences, and/or technology.
The goal is to foster the interests, strengths, and individual career aspirations of girls. Through field trips—such as the one to the University of Cologne on June 16—the scholarship recipients learn about training and study opportunities and meet female role models in these fields. Of course, we at CECAD were delighted to be part of this.
🔍🧪 The young ladies showed great interest in our research work in our laboratories. They also visited the computer science and precision engineering departments at the University of Cologne.
We hope we were able to inspire some of you.
What inspired you to pursue a career in science?

© Photo: zdi Zentrum Köln

We are proud to participate again at the Soapbox Science Rheinland 2026 with three of our young scientists. Let's meet with our speakers! DR. ASYA MARTIROSYAN is a Postdoctoral Researcher at CECAD at Universität zu Köln . Come to our event on 4th July in Cologne and she will tell you the secret of the of bats.

Wir sind stolz darauf, erneut mit drei unserer jungen Wissenschaftlerinnen an der Soapbox Science Rheinland 2026 teilzunehmen. Lernen Sie unsere Vertreterinnen kennen! Dr. Asya Martirosyan ist Postdoktorandin am CECAD Köln und an der Universität zu Köln. Auf unserer -Veranstaltung am 4. Juli in Köln verrät Sie Ihnen das Geheimnis der von Fledermäusen.

„All diese chronischen Erkrankungen, von der Demenz bis zum Krebs, haben das Altern als ihre Ursache. Und wir müssen an der Ursache ansetzen, und deswegen ist es so wichtig am Altern anzusetzen, um präventiv zu sein und um die Krankheiten zu verhindern. Das ist unser Ziel: Gesundheit ins Alter zu bringen.“ 💡

🎧Hört hier das aktuelle Interview von Björn Schumacher im Bayerischen Rundfunk über den Longevity-Hype und was beim gesunden Altern wichtig wirklich wichtig ist.

🎧Listen to Björn Schumacher’s latest interview in German on Bayerischer Rundfunk about the craze and what really matters when it comes to healthy aging.

https://www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:ard:section:5565a646c49c6f1f/

zu Köln

Podcast: Longevity: Was sagt der Trend über die Gesellschaft aus? Prof. Björn Schumacher Der Alternsforscher Professor Björn Schumacher erklärt im Gespräch mit Klaus Schneider, was hinter dem Longevity Trend steckt und was das Altern hinauszögern kann.

🚨 Double Deadline Alert: Register and Submit by June 30!

We have important updates regarding the upcoming Annual Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference in Cologne.

✍️ Registration Deadline: June 30

Join us for the 15th Annual Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference and save your place as an attendee here 👉 uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php=

🚀 Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30

Great news: The deadline for abstract submission has also been extended. Please hand in your abstract for talk or poster here 🔗 https://uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php?folder_id=659&page_id=

We are looking forward to seeing you at the AHA Conference in Cologne 📅 October 11th - 14th, 2026

Also find hotel recommendation here https://hotelmap.com/MTZMM

Universität zu Köln

📢 Update: Deadline for Registration and Abstract Submission Extended

Great news: The deadline for abstract submission for the 1st Conference of the European Federation for Aging Research (EFAR) has been extended. Hand in your abstract for talk or poster here 👉 https://uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php?sub=98

🚀 Abstract Submission Deadline: June 30

Please note: Feedback on the submitted abstracts is planned for mid-July.
You can register to attend the conference with the registration deadline extended to the end of July.

🎯 Registration Deadline: July 31

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the EFAR Conference in Cologne 📅 October 14 - 16, 2026

Also find hotel recommendation here 🔗 https://hotelmap.com/MTZMM
Universität zu Köln

📣 **Great News! Deadline Extended! Don't Miss Your Chance** 📣
Good news for those who missed out our last call: The deadline for abstract submissions for the AHA- and EFAR-conference in October has been extended.

📅 New Deadline: June 15th, 2026

Take advantage of this extra time to refine your research and submit your abstract for:

15th Annual Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference 📅 October 11th - 14th, 2026 🔗https://uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php?folder_id=659&page_id=

1st Conference of the European Federation for Aging Research (EFAR) 📅 October 14th - 16th, 2026 🔗https://uni-koeln.converia.de/frontend/index.php?sub=98

Universität zu Köln

📢 Es sind noch Plätze frei! Melden Sie sich jetzt an!
🔍Das Longevity-Konzept – Mythos und Wirklichkeit
Die steigende Lebenserwartung gehört zu den größten Erfolgen der modernen Medizin. Doch mit ihr wächst auch die Frage: Wie gewinnen wir nicht nur Jahre, sondern gesunde Lebenszeit?
Prof. Cristina Polidori gibt einen evidenzbasierten Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Alternsforschung: Eine Einordnung zwischen medizinischer Realität und berechtigter Hoffnung.
Datum: Montag, 08.06.2026 ⏰ Uhrzeit: 18.15 Uhr 📍 Ort: Hörsaal I des MTI-Hörsaalgebäudes
18.15 Uhr im Hörsaal I des MTI-Hörsaalgebäudes
Alle Vorträge der Medizinischen Gesellschaft sind öffentlich. Eintritt frei. zu Köln