PhD program in LifeScience with a focus on aging research. Our partners: CECAD, MPI AGE & MPI Metabolism. Posts by CGA coordination. Imprint: https://shorturl.at/xAGR1
Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research
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👨🎓We're happy to share that this week, Angela Johns from the CGA Class of 2021 and part of the Vilchez's lab @thevilchezlab.bsky.social, successfully defended her PhD thesis—yay! 🎉
Congratulations, Angela! We wish you all the best for your next exciting step 😀
🎓Reflecting on a wonderful graduate symposium: we shared some great moments with inspiring talks and opportunities to connect within our CGA community and beyond. Congrats to all our incredible students from the CGA class of 2022, and big thanks to the class of 2023 for organizing everything. 🎉🍾
CGA offers seminars, lectures, and workshops to build key skills for your PhD and beyond! From communication to data analysis and critical thinking, our curriculum helps our students develop the skills needed for the PhD and everything that comes after.
🎬 Watch our new short video to learn more!
🎉 Hip hip hooray! We are very happy to share that this year ended on a high note with another successful PhD defense. Aparna Kelkar from the CGA Class of 2022 and Gilles Storelli’s lab, successfully defended her PhD thesis today! 👨🎓 Huge congrats, Aparna! 🤗
👨🎓 We’re happy to congratulate Maxim Hützen from the CGA Class of 2022 for successfully defending his PhD thesis today—wohoo! 🎉 Maxim, we are so proud of everything you’ve achieved and we wish you all the best for your exciting next chapter! 😀
🌏 CGA Recruitment Week is just around the corner, and we’re looking forward to meeting the top 25 applicants from all over the world! But what actually happens during CGA Recruitment Week? And what other activities can our students enjoy once they’re part of the CGA? Find out more! 🎬
📣 Your PhD journey starts NOW! Join our #webinar on August 7 (1-3 PM CEST) & explore #PhD opportunities at Max Planck's IMPRS in NRW, Germany! 🇩🇪
Gain insights into groundbreaking research & register here: events.gwdg.de/e/PhDatMaxPl...
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🚨 Scholarship Alert! 🚨
🧬👩🏽🔬 Pursue your Master studies in Biology or Biochemistry in Cologne at @unicologne.bsky.social and get full funding with our CGA Master Fellowship programme.💰
📅 Apply by July 15!
🔗 Learn more: www.ageing-grad-school.de/master/maste...
🏆 Congratulations to our CGA alumni members Aishwarya Acharya @aishacharya.bsky.social and David Meyer @meyerdh.bsky.social on receiving the Klaus Liebrecht Award 2026 from the University of Cologne for their outstanding doctoral theses! 🎉 We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved success! 👏🧬
🧠 Nerve cells age differently
Researchers led by @bjornschumacher.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social have used C. elegans to prove for the first time that nerve cells age differently. Using an “aging clock” they were able to precisely determine the biological age of individual neurons👇 uni.koeln/FKJ35
