5.–7. Mai 2026
Waldhotel Berghof Luisenthal
Europe/Berlin Zeitzone

Program

Agenda

Poster session schedules are posted below the agenda 


Schedule for Poster Session 1

Poster Number

Poster Presenter (Name Surname)

Poster Title

Poster Session No.#

Research Group (or Facility)

1

Feiyi Lei

Discovering the chemical space of bioactive modified nucleotides

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Correia-Melo

2

Shreya Tripathi

Mapping Chaperone-Huntingtin interaction in iPSC derived neurons

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Kirstein

3

Yuting Li

Ultraviolet B modulates mitochondria to mimic dietary restriction

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Ermolaeva

4

Mara Sannai

Animal Transgenesis Facility (ATF)

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Core Facility

5

Priti Devi

Host–Microbiome Interactions Across Aging: From Immune Control to Microbiome-Driven Effects

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Valenzano

6

Peter Hemmerich

The Core Facility Imaging at FLI

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Core Facility

7

Zihan Liu

not available

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Rudolph

8

Torsten Kroll

Core Facility Functional Genomics

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Core Facility

9

Michael Reuter

Developing a Translational PDX Mouse Model:  A Preclinical Platform for Schwannomatosis Research

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Morrison

10

Alina Ryabova

Effect of diet on the microbiome and lifespan of the turquoise killifish.

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Valenzano

11

Carolin Albertz

Characterization of cellular senescence in the short-lived killifish Nothobranchius furzeri

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Englert

12

Kunal Gharat

Quantitative analysis of DNAJB1–Hsc70 interactions with HTTEx1 variants and fibril polymorphs

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Kirstein

13

Beate Hoppe

Maintaining Genetic Diversity:  A Continuous Breeding Approach for Nothobranchius furzeri

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Animal Facility

14

Tina Lehmann

Unraveling the Functional Role of SP5 in Senescence

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

von Eyss

15

Luisa Ricciardi

Lztr1-dependend mitochondrial dysfunction

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Morrison

16

Anastasiia Shcherbakova

Gut-Brain Axis: Host-Microbiome metabolic interactions under stress

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Correia-Melo

17

Debie Martinez-Cubides

Characterization of the age-dependent development of gut leakiness in N. furzeri

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Englert

18

William Durso

Linking ER morphology to lysosomal transport, mitochondrial structure, and calcium homeostasis in ATL3-associated neuropathy

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Kaether

19

Setenay Gupse Özcan

Tumor Suppressor RFX7 is a Potential Regulator for Differentiation Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Hoffmann

20

Prerana Shrikant Chaudhari

SEAL: Strengthening Endothelial Adherence and Leakage Prevention

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Ermolaeva

21

Flávio Costa

Dissecting Gut Microbiome Dynamics with Synthetic Communities in Aging Killifish

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Valenzano

22

Juliet Steinecke

Chaperone-mediated regulation of phase transition of mutant HTT

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Kirstein

23

Annekatrin Richter

How gdf6Y determines the male sex in the turquoise killifish

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Englert

24

Ulas Isildak

Repurposing host WGS data to study leaky gut

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Dönertaş

25

Johanna Schleep

Lipid Nanoparticles for NF2-SWN Therapy: Exploring an mRNA-Based Gene Supplementation Strategy

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Morrison

26

Hannah Märkert

Synaptic Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Amyloid-β Expressing C. elegans

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Kirstein

27

Ines Moreira

Generation of a gdf6X/gdf6Y double reporter line to elucidate when and how the killifish sex is determined

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Englert

28

Nino Geisler

Investigating the impact of developmental perturbation of epigenetic regulators on metabolic pathways and hematopoietic populations

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Kirstein

29

Katrin Schubert

Core Facility Flow Cytometry

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Core Facility

30

Sophia Fischer

Metabolic Characterization of LZTR1 knockout in immortalised human Schwann cells

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Morrison

31

Vanesa Pelcastre-Neri

Neuroimmune and Gut-Derived Signals Shaping γδ T Cell Responses in Ischemic Stroke

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Winek

32

Danila Voronov

Shared molecular signatures between diapause and aging in killifish Nothobranchius furzeri suggest diapause II embryos undergo aging

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Cellerino

33

Saskia Muth

Regulation of neuron-specific proteolytic capacity in C. elegans upon aging

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Kirstein

34

Debdas Paul

Predictive Models in Aging: Generalization, Bias Mitigation, and Interpretability

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Cellerino

35

Tushar Patel

DNAm aging clock, re-calculated

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Hoffmann

36

canceled by participant 

canceled by participant 

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

 

37

Siqi Liu

Spatial Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in a Hexagonal Grid Model

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Valenzano

38

Stephanie Treibmann

Decoding the aging metabolome with MS-based metabolomics

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Correia-Melo

39

Abhishek Patel

Generation of a macrophage reporter line in turquoise killifish

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

de Bakker

40

Drishti Jain

Interplay of metabolism and proteostasis using iNeuron models of Parkinson’s disease

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Correia-Melo

41

Yidong Wang

Role of Skeletal Muscle Foxa1 in Regulating the Response to Dietary Restriction in Mice

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Rudolph

42

Elina Wiechens

Diff2Peaks: A Differential Peak Caller

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Hoffmann

43

Paulius Grigaravicius

TDP-43 mislocalization and phosphorylation screens on iNeurons reveal TDP-43 regulatory network

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Valenzano

44

Louis Nabineau

Tnfαip2-mediated stem cell differentiation and blood cell production

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Rudolph

45

Pedro Stumpo

Characterization of age-related changes in shelterin component expression and telomere length in N. furzeri

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Englert

46

Max Pleyer

Identification of Senescent Cells in the Hematopoietic System

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Waskow

47

Karol Szafranski

Core Facility Life Science Computing

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

Core Facility

48

Anastasija Kovačević

Role of rRNA genes in N. furzeri aging

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Englert

49

Leonhard Kuhlmann

Mitigating brain aging by supressing pyroglutamate-related inflammation

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 4-5pm

de Bakker

50

Lena Rathnow

Decoding site-specific p53 function in chromatin

Poster Session 1 (May 5), 5-6pm

Hoffmann

Schedule for Poster Session 2

Poster Number

Poster Presenter (Name Surname)

Poster Title

Poster Session No.#

Research Group (or Facility)

51

Junjie Guan

not available

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Winek

52

Ruchitha Gangaiah Byrohalli

The role of Genetic Introgression in Aging

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Valenzano

53

Julia Fröbel

Kit-mutant human immune system mouse models  and how we are currently using them

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Waskow

54

Pia Naujack

The Protective Influence of  Chemical Chaperones on Proteins

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Kirstein

55

burak kizil

not available

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Winek

56

Vanessa Gumz

Interplay between Sleep Loss and Proteostasis in C. elegans

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Kirstein

57

Elif Yasar

Impact of Early-Life Metabolic Memory on Aging and Response to Late-Life Dietary Restriction

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Rudolph

58

Georg Bossenz

Characterising Caj1 - a yeast JDP involved in mitochondrial protein homeostasis

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Kirstein

59

canceled by participant

canceled by participant

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

 

60

Christian Gallrein

not available

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Kirstein

61

Mihaela Anitei

An ER-endolysosome contact site defect drives MEDS syndrome neuropathology.

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Kaether

62

Annekatrin Richter

The Experimental and Transgenesis Unit Fish

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

 

63

Kamilla Tereshchenko

Systematic identification of gut bacterial metabolites modulating human iPSC-derived neuronal function in vitro

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Correia-Melo

64

Prasoon Pandey

Quantifying Age-Dependent Loss of Regulatory Capacity in DNAm

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Dönertaş

65

Advitiya Khandelwal

Understanding the role of YAP/TAZ as factors that buffer aging phenotypes

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

von Eyss

66

Irene Gravili

Transcriptomic clock in the short-lived African Killifish predicts mortality, transcriptomic ground zero in embryonic life, and aging during diapause

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Cellerino

67

Christoph Au

Investigating the Role of the Transcription Factor SP5 in Cellular Senescence

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

von Eyss

68

Daria-Maria Mihalachi

Investigating the Role of NRXN3 and UNC5B in Mediating Neuronal Defects caused by IER3IP1 mutations

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Kaether

69

Tayyaba Alvi

Exploring causal links between the gut microbiome and host diseases

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Dönertaş

70

Samuel Kean

Genomic architecture of tail colour in N. furzeri

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Valenzano

71

Sudarson Baskaran

Decoding Actin’s Role in Aging Brains: Pathways to Alzheimer’s Pathology

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Kirstein

72

Martin Bens

Core Facility Next Generation Sequencing

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Core Facility

73

Melike Bayar

Turning poison into insight: arsenic as a tool for investigating amyloid beta toxicity

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Ermolaeva

74

Charlotte Ohl

The role of LZTR1 at the nerve-organ interface and its effects on metabolic regulation

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Morrison

75

Sevginur Akdas

Modulation of brain cell physiology by cell-cell chemical interactions

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Correia-Melo

76

Simon Kessler

Analysing the role of DNAJB2a oligomerization for its chaperone function towards mutant Huntingtin

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Kirstein

77

Sonja Schätzlein

not available

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Core Facility

78

Hanna Mörl

Investigating the role of epigenetics in development and aging of the short-lived killifish

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Englert

79

Silvia Cattelan

How male reproductive aging scales from individuals to species in African annual killifishes

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Valenzano

80

Laiba Babar

Cytoplasmic role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

von Eyss

81

Catarina António

Analysis of distorted ER morphology by the mutation of differing ER shaping proteins

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Kaether

82

Sanjana Junnarkar

Studying myosin lifespan and its modulators in C. elegans

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Kirstein

83

Celina Junker

Same Protein, different outcomes - YAP/TAZ in malignant and non-malignant cells

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

von Eyss

84

Emilio Cirri

The FLI Proteomics Core Facility

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Core Facility

85

Deepthi Guturu

Understanding the role of Msrb3 during early developmental stages

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Rudolph

86

Jing Lu

From Stochastic Prediction to Explainable Biology

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Dönertaş

87

Bhasman Goswami

The Impact of Pathological Stress on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function and Lineage Bias

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Waskow

88

Hellen Ahrens

Animal Facility Mouse

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Animal Facility

89

Aishwarya V. Bhosale

Senescence gene expression profiles are shaped by the metabolic environment.

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Correia-Melo

90

Qian Wang

The potential of functional components in coffee for metabolic regulation

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Rudolph

91

Cagla Dönmez

Elucidation of Biological Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging on the Epigenomic Level

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

von Eyss

92

Tobias Sperka

Research Infrastructure: Core Facilities and Core Services

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Core Facility

93

Marco Jessen

Extracellular matrix reprogramming by the YAP/TAZ– TGF-β2 axis drives immune exclusion in CCA

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

von Eyss

94

Anjalika Malik

Vitamin A free diet rescues age-related decline of fat metabolism in mouse liver

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Rudolph

95

Johannes Rickert

Ameliorating the distorted ER morphology phenotype caused by the mutated ER membrane shaping protein ATLASTIN 3

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Kaether

96

Luigi Moncata

The impact of the chemical environment on hematopoietic stem cell aging

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Correia-Melo

97

Atakan Ayden

Changes in Enhancer Activity in Aged Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Hoffmann

98

Georgia Daraki

Schwann cell-specific loss of LZTR1 impairs lipid metabolism and  activates ERK signalling, driving neuropathic pain and nerve  hypertrophy.

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 2.30-3.30pm

Morrison

99

Bilal Mustafa

From Data to Decision: An Intelligent Platform for Automated Statistical Analysis and Interpretation

Poster Session 2 (May 6), 1.30-2.30pm

Core Facility