Course: Why Do We Age? The Molecular Mechanisms of Ageing

Some diseases of the human brain – known as neurodegenerative disorders – show an increase in the production of misfolded proteins and the formation of protein aggregates. These late-onset diseases …

The single-cell DNA template strand sequencing technique – Strand-seq for short – is a method to identify the original parental DNA template strands in daughter cells following cell division. Strand-seq …

In his previous two lecture series, Peter Lansdorp introduced you to some aspects of haematopoiesis and stem cell ageing with an emphasis on telomeres and telomerases. From the other lecturers …

The research topic of Floris Foijer is genomic instability in cells and in particularly he is interested in aneuploidy. What is aneuploidy? How may it be connected to cancer and …

Most of you are probably familiar with baker’s yeast from its applications in home-cooking, industrial food processing, brewing, and fermentation. But did you know that this micro-organism is also an …

The research topic of Liesbeth Veenhoff (Group Leader of the Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry at ERIBA) is the nuclear envelope and cellular ageing. This animation illustrates how the inner world …

A better understanding of the cellular processes that cause ageing is important from a scientific as well as a “healthy ageing” perspective. This is the research area of the European …