Advances in healthy aging and age-related diseases

Joris Deelen, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Germany

Joris Deelen is a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Ageing in Germany. The primary aim of the research in Dr Deelen’s group is to study the effect of rare protein-altering genetic variants that they and their collaborators identified using whole-genome/exome sequencing data of long-lived individuals. To this end, they make use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system to generate transgenic cell lines and mice harboring the identified variants. They subsequently measure the in vitro (human and mouse cell lines) and in vivo (mice) effects of the genetic variants on the functioning of the genes in which they reside. The second aim of his research group is to integrate previously identified biomarkers of healthy aging, with the primary focus on metabolites, in novel studies initiated at the Cologne University Hospital to determine their efficacy in clinical settings.

Henne Holstege, UMC Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Henne Holstege majored in biochemistry at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. During her studies, she spent a year at Harvard University in Boston, where she investigated the molecular mechanisms of satiety. She did her PhD at the Netherlands Cancer Institute where she studied the somatic genetic aberrations associated with the development of breast cancer. After her PhD she applied her knowledge of molecular genetics to study the genetic factors underlying the increased risk of cognitive decline, but also those that increase the chance to maintain high levels of cognitive function while achieving extreme ages. Currently, Henne Holstege is an associate professor at the department of Human Genetics of the Amsterdam University Medical Center where she runs an independent research section: Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging. She is a staff-member of the Amsterdam Alzheimer Center and she is affiliated with the Delft Bioinformatics Lab of Technical University Delft.
 

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