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Blood-based biomarkers help to estimate vulnerability of the elderly
LUMC | August 20 - 2019 | PRESSRELEASE Researchers on ageing led by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have identified a combination of biomarkers in the blood which could help estimate the vulnerability of elderly people consistently across five European countries, equally in men and women of all ages above 60 years. The scientists searched in the blood of 44,168 individuals for biomarkers that are indicative of a person’s remaining lifespan. A large proportion [...]
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Getting older is a process that is different from person to person, it incurs physical wear and tear. Over the past few years scientific research has shown that not all decline is inevitable. We can increasingly manipulate the signs of ageing and that is why a large team of doctors, biologists, diet experts and epidemiologists now embark on further research on the factors that critically contribute to ageing more healthily. DuSRA-VOILA is a collaboration [...]
Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 wordt voor de 15e keer het Nationaal Gerontologiecongres georganiseerd
In samenwerking met de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gerontologie: Kennisnetwerk Ouder Worden en Samenleving wordt op 01-11-2019 het 15e Nationaal Gerontologiecongres georganiseerd. SAMEN WORDEN WE OUDER Op vrijdag 1 november 2019 wordt voor de 15e keer het Nationaal Gerontologiecongres georganiseerd. Het 2-jaarlijkse Nationaal Gerontologiecongres is dé ontmoetingsplek voor iedereen die veroudering en de gezondheid en het welzijn van ouderen belangrijk vindt. U bent van harte uitgenodigd op het congres. U kunt een boeiend programma verwachten [...]
Transforming the future of ageing
In Europe and around the world, people are living longer than ever before. This is one of the greatest achievements of the past century, but it also brings challenges for European societies and the EU as a whole. We must adjust to an ageing and shrinking workforce, and find financially viable ways to deliver high-quality health and social care for all. There is an advice group of academia to the EU on scientific issues: [...]
Save The Date – Annual meeting DuSRA – November 29th 2019
On the 29th of November 2019 the DuSRA Annual meeting will take place. Soon you will find more information about the program and the registration.
The world-wide Metabolomics 2019 conference
The world-wide Metabolomics 2019 conference will take place in The World Forum in The Hague from June 23-27th 2019. Prior to the conference there will be 20 workshops offering a great learning opportunity for early career scientists. One of these workshops is a joint NIH-BBMRI workshop on metabolomics and epidemiology on June 22 in The Hague, the program will soon be released. Registration is now open (early bird registration with a significant discount is [...]
3rd Molecular Biology of Ageing Meeting – 10-12 October 2019
We are pleased to announce the 3rd Meeting on the Molecular Biology of Ageing that will take place from Thursday afternoon till Saturday Evening, October 10-12, 2019, in Groningen, The Netherlands. We cordially invite you to attend the meeting on the Molecular Biology of Ageing and submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation. This meeting brings together world-leading scientists to discuss the diverse research areas that are relevant for understanding the biology of [...]
NWO life sciences congress: Life2019
The first NWO life sciences conference called Life2019 will take place on Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 May 2019 at the Postillion Convention Centre, Bunnik. The theme of the congress is: communication in life. Life2019 is meant to connect researchers covering the broad spectrum of the Dutch Life Sciences, to explore boundaries, to lively discuss new or desirable developments in the field and to get inspired to start new interdisciplinary collaborations. Several internationally renowned [...]
Merry Christmas
The DuSRA-board wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas! We hope to see you all on our meeting in 2019.
Nature Conference – Ageing, Health & Rejuvenation – June 23-26, 2019
Venue: De Doelen International Congress Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Organizers: Jan Hoeijmakers (Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands), Jasperina Erades (Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands), Joris Pothof (Erasmus Medical Centre, The Netherlands), Judith Campisi (The Buck Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA), Thomas Rando (Stanford University, USA), Marie-Thérèse Heemels (Nature, UK), Michael Basson (Nature Medicine, USA), Kim Baumann (Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, UK) For more information or to be alerted when registration open [...]
