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Portrait of Dr. Aishwarya Iyer-Bierhoff (Photo: Anne Günther/University Jena)

Understanding the regulatory mechanism paves the way to enhance the effectiveness of anti-inflammatory therapies and to develop strategies to…

Portraits of Maria Ermolaeva, Dario Riccardo Valenzano and Claudia Waskow (Photos from left to right: Nadine Grimm, FLI, Arne Sattler)

The Leibniz Lab “Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future” connects excellent interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. The Leibniz…

Portrait of Alessandro Ori (Photo: Nadine Grimm)

International research team, led by FLI expert Alessandro Ori and Lino Ferreira (PhD) from the University of Coimbra, identifies protein Lactadherin…


Welcome to the Leibniz Institute on Aging (FLI)

The Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) is the first national research institute in Germany focusing on biomedical research on human aging, a multifactorial process controlled by environmental and genetic factors.

This website will provide you with an insight into our institute, the research we do and the faces behind FLI's science activities. We wish you an exciting and entertaining voyage of discovery into the world of aging research at FLI.