A worm to understand the diseases 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 …
Course: Why Do We Age? The Molecular Mechanisms of Ageing
Animation of single-cell DNA template strand sequencing (Strand-seq)
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 …
Stem cells – fountain of youth
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 …
Aneuploidy: Cell division slipped out of gear
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 …
Baker’s yeast as a model organism
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 …
Cellular ageing
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 …
ERIBA – European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing
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 …
These articles are from the online course:
Why Do We Age? The Molecular Mechanisms of Ageing
