🎉 Registration is OPEN! Join us at the DuSRA Annual Meeting 2025 🗺️ Location: Amsterdam UMC (O|2 auditorium) ⏰ Date: 10–11 November 2025 Two days of cutting-edge ageing research, inspiring keynotes, and great networking opportunities, including our conference dinner, the perfect chance to connect with colleagues in the field. ✨ Don’t miss this opportunity! [...]
🎉 Registration is OPEN! Join us at the DuSRA Annual Meeting 2025 🗺️ Location: Amsterdam UMC (O|2 auditorium) ⏰ Date: 10–11 November 2025 Two days of cutting-edge ageing research, inspiring keynotes, and great networking opportunities, including our conference dinner, the perfect chance to connect with colleagues in the field. ✨ Don’t miss this opportunity! [...]
📢 Save the Date! The Dutch Society for Research on Aging (DuSRA) Annual Meeting is coming up! 📍 Location: Amsterdam UMC- O2 auditorium 📅 Dates: November 10-11, 2025 Join us for two days of cutting-edge research, inspiring discussions, and networking with experts in the field of aging science. Organizing Committee: Riekelt Houtkooper, Reinier Boon, [...]
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Björn Schumacher is the keynote speaker for the DuSRA Annual Meeting! Professor Schumacher is a leading expert in genome stability and aging research. As the Director of the Institute for Genome Stability in Aging and Diseases at the University of Cologne, his groundbreaking work explores [...]
We are thrilled to announce our second keynote speaker: Prof. Jolanda van der Velden! Prof. van der Velden is a leading expert in cardiac physiology and Chair of the Department of Physiology and the Department of Experimental Cardiology at Amsterdam UMC. Her research focuses on how sarcomere protein mutations contribute to inherited [...]
We are thrilled to announce our second keynote speaker: Prof. Jolanda van der Velden! Prof. van der Velden is a leading expert in cardiac physiology and Chair of the Department of Physiology and the Department of Experimental Cardiology at Amsterdam UMC. Her research focuses on how sarcomere protein mutations contribute to inherited [...]
Pol Grootswagers published a paper "Meal Protein Quality Score: A novel tool to evaluate protein quantity and quality of meals" in Current Developments in Nutrition in August 2024. Background The recent shift towards increased plant-based protein consumption has necessitated the development of new tools to evaluate the quality and quantity of protein in meals, [...]
Pol Grootswagers published a paper “Discovering the direct relations between nutrients and epigenetic ageing” in The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging in September 2024. “In our recent study, we explored the direct relationships between nutrient intake and epigenetic ageing using data from 3,969 postmenopausal women participating in the Women’s Health Initiative. We utilized [...]
Fatih Bogaards published a paper "Secondary integrated analysis of multi-tissue transcriptomic responses to a combined lifestyle intervention in older adults from the GOTO nonrandomized trial" in Nature Communication in August 2024. Molecular effects of lifestyle interventions are typically studied in a single tissue. Here, we perform a secondary analysis on the sex-specific effects of [...]
Jordi Morwani-Mangnarni published a paper “Physical activity and fiber intake beneficial for muscle mass and strength preservation during aging: A Comprehensive Cross-Sectional Study in the UK Biobank cohort” in Experimental Gerontology in August 2024. “Aging triggers intricate physiological changes, particularly in whole-body fat-free mass (FFM) and handgrip strength, [...]
