Metabolic reprogramming during aging
Dr. Britta Spanier
Aging is a dynamic process that comprises tissue-specific modulation of gene expression and metabolic status. We are combining genetic model organisms (Caenorhabditis elegans, Mus musculus) with in vitro analysis in human cells to chart the role of nuclear hormone receptors (NHR) as transcriptional and metabolic regulators in aging and longevity.
Alumni
PhD students
- Zhanhua Xing
Master students
- Anna Kvindt (Nutrition and Biomedicine, 2021)
- Marion Rothner (Nutrition and Biomedicine, 2020)
Bachelor students
- Johanna Pisek (Biology, 2023)
- Caroline Rex (Nutritional Science, 2023)
- Isabella Häußler (Nutritional Science, 2022) **Internal Award: Beste Bachelorarbeit 2022
- Lea Ortmann (Nutritional Science, 2022)
- Anna Schwarz (Nutritional Science, 2021)
- Juliane Kupfer (Nutritional Science, 2019)