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Bjoern Schumacher

Professor for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease at the University of Cologne

The doubling of life expectancy over the past 150 years can arguably be considered one of the greatest accomplishments of modern civilization. Old age, however, comes at the cost of debilitating aging-associated diseases including cancer, dementia, cardiovascular diseases, and type 2 diabetes. As aging comprises the main risk factor for those diseases, preventive therapies must target the aging process itself as the root cause. Aging is one of the most complex biological processes as it impacts nearly any aspect of our physiology. As a biologist interested in unrevealing the mechanisms of aging, I am focusing on genome damage as causal factor for the aging process. I am directing the Institute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease at the CECAD Research Center of the University of Cologne. Together with my team of scientist we have gained new insight into how the aging organism responds to the increasing damage to the genome of its cells. We are aiming to comprehensively exploring the mechanisms of aging and to thus derive the future therapies that will allow the prevention of aging-associated diseases. 

Visit website: http://schumacher.cecad-labs.uni-koeln.de/Home.66.0.html

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See also: Academia University of Cologne - University in Cologne, Germany.

Details last updated 24-Apr-2021

Bjoern Schumacher is also referenced in the following:

ARDD 2021 - 8th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting

31-Aug-2021 to 03-Sep-2021

Online event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organized by University of Copenhagen chaired by Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, Daniela Bakula and Alex Zhavoronkov, and with many speakers.

ARDD 2023 - 10th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting

28-Aug-2023 to 01-Sep-2023

Event about latest progress in the molecular, cellular and organismal basis of aging organized by University of Copenhagen

Dr. Bjorn Schumacher | DNA Damage & Aging, p53 & Cancer, DNA Repair in Germ Cells

Live Longer World podcast #14 with Dr. Bjorn Schumacher as a speaker

DREAM Inhibition Enhances All DNA Repair Pathways - Björn Schumacher at Longevity Summit Dublin 2024

Björn Schumacher delivered a keynote on how DREAM inhibition enhances all DNA repair pathways

Global Healthspan Summit 2023

29-Nov-2023 to 30-Nov-2023

Longevity summit organised by Hevolution Foundation (Riyadh,Saudi Arabia)

Longevity Nation

26-Mar-2023 to 27-Mar-2023

Conference Enhancing Research, Development and Education for Healthy Longevity organized by Vetek Association

Longevity Nation 2024

28-Oct-2024

Conference Enhancing Research, Development and Education for Healthy Longevity organized by Vetek Association (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Longevity Summit Dublin 2024

13-Jun-2024 to 16-Jun-2024

Event gathering Global Longevity and Rejuvenation community in Dublin by LEV Foundation (Dublin, Ireland)

Turn Around Aging Conference

08-Mar-2024

Conference focused on healthy longevity (Munich, Germany)

Bjoern Schumacher News

Aging measured by randomness in cells, study finds

Aging measured by randomness in cells, study finds

CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research - 09-May-2024

Random cellular chaos offers new hope for anti-ageing interventions