Molecular and biomedical bases of aging processes

Determinants, mechanism and implication for prevention, early diagnosis and therapy of age related diseases

financed by the Ministry for Science, Research and Art, Baden-Württemberg

Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), Heidelberg 

Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Junior Researchers:

• Dr. Marius Lemberg: Mechanism and function of intramembrane proteases in physiology and molecular aging
• Dr. Brian Luke: Non-coding RNA (TERRA) and Telomeres

Medical Faculty Mannheim

Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany

• Prof. Dr. Siegfried Labeit: Chronic skeletal muscle wasting and cardiac failure in the ageing population: The contribution of ubiquitin ligases and towards therapeutic intervention by their inhibition