Björn SchumacherChair for Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease
Acting Director of the UKK Research Center at UKK

BS holds the Chair for Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease at the CECAD Research Centre in UKK. So far, BS was granted an ERC starting grant, has coordinated the FP7-PEOPLE-ITN “CodeAge” and participated in several ITN programmes. BS has supervised 5 PhD students with important publications. His work focuses on understanding how DNA damage drives ageing. His current group (6 PhD students and 8 postdocs) utilizes the C. elegans system to investigate the links between DNA damage and longevity. ORCID: 0000-0001-6097-5238

University Clinic Cologne (UKK)

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George A. GarinisCoordinator
Professor, University of Crete

GG is a Professor of Genetics at the department of Developmental and Functional Biology at FORTH and the University of Crete. GG is a member of two graduate programmes at the Department of Biology and at the Medical School of the University of Crete. GG is an EMBO Young Investigator and a recipient of ERC consolidator grant (DeFiNER 2014). GG has successfully coordinated an FP7-Marie Curie Training network (HealthAge-ITN 2012-2016) and a National research and training network on Ageing (GenAge) and has participated in several European Training networks e.g. Codeage, Marriage, Chromatin3D. GG has successfully supervised the thesis of 8 PhD students and has published several high-impact publications. He has earned two international patents and is regularly invited as a speaker in international workshops and conferences. ORCID: 0000-0002-3200-5004

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH)

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