Institute for Biomedical Aging Research

Created on Dec. 28, 2012, 9:56 p.m.
Language: en
Category: Aging, Research Center
Description:

Founded in 1847 and presently employing 600 people, the Austrian Academy of Sciences [http://www.oeaw.ac.at/english/home.html] is funded by the Federal Government. Its mission is to support all fields of science with and emphasis upon basic research.

The main research goal of the Institute for Biomedical Aging Research (IBA), which is located in Innsbruck, is better to understand the basic molecular aspects of the cellular aging process and the age-related diseases that limit the lifespan and quality of life of elderly people.

The IBA has the following specific Research goals:

1. to study processes at the molecular, cellular, and organismic level in order to better understand age-related changes and impairments;
2. to define measures to postpone/prevent age-related problems to improve the quality of life in old age.

See also [http://www.uibk.ac.at/public-relations/presse/archiv/2012/092101/].

URL: http://www.uibk.ac.at/iba/
Contact: barshopinstitute(at)uthscsa.edu
Contacts: Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein, Guenter Lepperdinger

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