Björn Schumacher
@schumacherbj
I'm a scientist 👨⚕️, author 📕and chair for genome stability in aging and disease at the University of Cologne
✅Featuring our cover on Stochasticity in Aging at @NatureAging designed by the amazing @maayanvisuals. Read our groundbreaking article nature.com/nataging Aging clocks based on accumulating stochastic variation. Huge congrats to @Meyer_DH @CECAD_ @UKKoeln @UniCologne
Want to work with leading researchers? Research Laboratory Manager, UCD Bio and Envir. Science, Temp: UCD - Research – Biological Sciences universityvacancies.com/university-col… Closing date 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 14/07/2025
Statt immer höherer Kosten brauchen wir neues Denken. Krankheiten verhindern statt sie therapieren zu müssen. Wie? Hier das Diskussionspapier der @Leopoldina für eine neue Medizin in einer alternden Gesellschaft leopoldina.org/publikationen/…
Neun Krankenkassen erhöhen ihre Zusatzbeiträge, deshalb fordert die Interessenvertretung der gesetzlichen Kranken- und Pflegekassen (GKV) Strukturreformen im Gesundheitswesen: „Das wird nicht enden, wenn die Politik keine Lösung bietet“, so Vorstandsvorsitzender Oliver Blatt.
dna damage and mtor in kidney, something for everyone👇
🔥🔥🔥Check out our latest paper on the kidney, wonderful collaboration with Fabian Braun & Christine Kruschat. Read now: JCI Insight - Loss of genome maintenance is linked to mTOR complex 1 signaling and accelerates podocyte damage insight.jci.org/articles/view/…
🔥🔥🔥Check out our latest paper on the kidney, wonderful collaboration with Fabian Braun & Christine Kruschat. Read now: JCI Insight - Loss of genome maintenance is linked to mTOR complex 1 signaling and accelerates podocyte damage insight.jci.org/articles/view/…
One week left until the abstract submission deadline. Excellent line-up of speakers discussing diverse topics on aging and longevity and 20+ slots for short talks selected from the abstracts. Don't miss your chance to join us in Jena in September!
Interested in healthy aging - from fundamental mechanisms to advanced interventions? Join us September 24-26 for the Groningen-Jena Aging Meeting, featuring talks by leading experts and 20+ short talk slots selected from abstracts. Early bird registration ends on 30.06.25
Register now for the 7th German-French DNA Repair Meeting, which will take place at the Campus Pierre et Marie Curie of Sorbonne University in Paris, France, from 5–7 November 2025. premc.org/dnarepair2025/…
📢 Neues Leopoldina-Papier fordert Paradigmenwechsel! Wegweisendes Diskussionspapier 📌 Wir begrüßen diesen Meilenstein ausdrücklich – aber es braucht nun politischen Mut, regulatorische Reformen und soziale Gerechtigkeit bei der Umsetzung. #Right2Health #Right2Longevity
Germany calls for medicine to treat aging, not just disease #longevity #longevityeconomy longevity.technology/news/germany-c…
Gesundes Altern ermöglichen: Leopoldina-Diskussionspapier empfiehlt Umdenken in Forschung und Medizin/ nachrichten.idw-online.de/pressrelease/8…
Enabling healthy ageing: @Leopoldina discussion paper recommends shift in focus in research and medicine. We are proposing a Health-Extending Medicine in an Aging Society and define Prospects for Medical Research and Practice leopoldina.org/en/press-1/pre…
Gesundes Altern ermöglichen: Leopoldina-Diskussionspapier empfiehlt Umdenken in Forschung und Medizin. Hier sind die Ergebnisse unserer Diskussionen bei der @Leopoldina für eine neue Medizin in einer alternden Gesellschaft. Lebenslange Gesundheit und Prävention ist erreichbar.
Umdenken in #Alternsmedizin: Ein heute erschienenes Leopoldina-Diskussionspapier empfiehlt in Forschung u. klinischer Praxis den Prozess des Alterns in den Fokus zu nehmen. Statt altersbedingte Krankheiten zu behandeln, sollten bereits deren Risiken gesenkt werden.…
Targeting DNA damage in ageing: towards supercharging DNA repair nature.com/articles/s4157… via @NatRevDrugDisc
Loved organizing #EESAgeing again with Björn Schumacher, Agnel Sfeir and George Garinis: Many thanks to EMBL/EMBO, sponsors, and all the speakers, poster presenters and other participants for making this a very interesting, useful and fun event. Hope everyone got home well!
Targeting DNA damage in ageing: towards supercharging DNA repair nature.com/articles/s4157… (read free: rdcu.be/eqQ7R) 🧬🖥️🧪
Targeting DNA damage in ageing: towards supercharging DNA repair nature.com/articles/s4157… This new Review discusses approaches to pharmacologically mitigate the adverse effects of DNA damage to prevent mutation-driven cancers and mitigate age-related degenerative diseases