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Summer Internship 2025

Learn more about our Undergraduate Internship Programme and apply until December 10, 2024!

Basic research for healthy ageing

We are one of the world's leading institutes for ageing research. Our mission is to understand the natural ageing process and find out how to intervene in age-related diseases to mitigate or even prevent them.

Your Career With Us

Develop your career in a vibrant atmosphere

Let us introduce ourselves!

At the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, researchers are working to understand aging. Meet our scientists in the video and learn more about their research.

For an Open and Tolerant Society

Statement by the Max Planck Institutes in Cologne

Science

Research Laboratories

We aim to elucidate the molecular, physiological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying ageing.

Core Facilities

Our core facilities are a hallmark of our institute. They offer all researchers the opportunity to pursue their research questions with the latest techniques and state-of-the-art methods.

Publications

Publications by our scientists

mTOR on the Move

November 22, 2024

Location-specific functions and regulation of mTORC1 in cells

Joris Deelen and Koa Krüger are standing in front of the screen.

Is ageing in our genes?

October 09, 2024

Deelen Event Institute

Joris Deelen presents his research at 'Wissenschaft in Kölner Häusern'

GO-Bio initial funding for Helen Dauben

October 04, 2024

Grant Matic

From academia to industry: development of a new antibody

Job Offers

Undergraduate Internship - Summer 2025

October 10, 2024

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What We Offer

Comprehensive support for our international employees, individual career service and promotion of a healthy work-life balance.

Education

No matter what your goal is and on which step of the career ladder you are: As long as excellent research is part of your path and you want to support our vision, you are in the right place.

Flowering tree in front of blue sky and institute

Diversity

We strive to create an equal, diverse and inclusive environment for all employees.

Job offers

Events

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "Molybdenum biochemistry: From ultra-rare metabolic disorders to longevity and cardiovascular diseases"

Dec 3, 2024 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPI for Biology of Ageing, Room: Auditorium

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "From genetic discovery to new ideas for therapy: stress responses in development and disease"

Dec 5, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPI for Biology of Ageing, Room: Auditorium

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly missions of cel death in our bodies"

Dec 10, 2024 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPI for Biology of Ageing, Room: Auditorium

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "The role of mitochondria in cancer: from initiation to metastases"

Dec 17, 2024 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPI for Biology of Ageing, Room: Auditorium

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Cologne Seminars on Ageing "Insights from the Mammalian Methylation Consortium on Maximum Lifespan"

from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Steve Horvath

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "Molybdenum biochemistry: From ultra-rare metabolic disorders to longevity and cardiovascular diseases"

from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Günter Schwarz, FMNS / Institute of Biochemistry

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "From genetic discovery to new ideas for therapy: stress responses in development and disease"

from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Michael Rape

Summer Internship 2025

Basic research for healthy ageing

Your Career With Us

Let us introduce ourselves!

For an Open and Tolerant Society

Science

Research Laboratories

Core Facilities

Publications

News

mTOR on the Move

Is ageing in our genes?

GO-Bio initial funding for Helen Dauben

Career

Job Offers

Undergraduate Internship - Summer 2025

What We Offer

Education

Diversity

Events

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "Molybdenum biochemistry: From ultra-rare metabolic disorders to longevity and cardiovascular diseases"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "From genetic discovery to new ideas for therapy: stress responses in development and disease"

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly missions of cel death in our bodies"

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "The role of mitochondria in cancer: from initiation to metastases"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "Insights from the Mammalian Methylation Consortium on Maximum Lifespan"

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "Molybdenum biochemistry: From ultra-rare metabolic disorders to longevity and cardiovascular diseases"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "From genetic discovery to new ideas for therapy: stress responses in development and disease"

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly missions of cel death in our bodies"

Biomedical Seminars Cologne "The role of mitochondria in cancer: from initiation to metastases"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "Salamander insights into negligible senescence"

Cologne Seminars on Ageing "Talk title TBC"