Why Bats Don’t Age and Why You Should Care!
Longevity Roadmap Podcast interview with Dr. Buck Joffrey and @emmateeling.bsky.social is now live about why bats are rewriting the rules of longevity science
youtu.be/Ktb3HJmemZ8?... via @YouTube
@erc.europa.eu
Final keynote #MeriadegLeGouil 10 yrs of evolution of Sarbecovirus in Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: dynamics, drivers & spillover rate in sympatric species
3 days of researchers sharing their research. These face to face meetings are so essential for consortium led projects, so much collaboration!
Final Chalk talks:
Host response to pathogens, stress & perturbations #FredTouzalin #OrlinAlcock #MridulaNandakumar & #GwenHurpy
Multi-omics, single cell, nanoseq, proteomics & clocks #FengZhu & #MeganPower
Day 3 - Immune/population - morning keynotes from:
#SebastianPuechmaille & #EricPetit - Pedigree reconstruction & genomic analyses to advance our understanding of ageing
#JoePrescott - Egyptian rousette bat immune responses to Marburg virus
Embedded in the heart of @unicologne.bsky.social at the amazing @cecad.bsky.social our event continues with keynote by #AleksandraTrifunovic on Mitochondrial stress responses: gatekeepers of cellular health, disease & longevity followed by chalk talks by #AsyaMartirosyan #AkshamalGamage & #JavierKoh
BatProtect programme continues with keynote from
#ThomasZwaka: Bat iPSCs & bat adaptations
Followed by Genome -validation & test hypothesis chalk talks from
#AnastasiaBaturina, #DavidMeyer, #WalterSandt & #ArielEraso
Day 2: bringing the consortium researchers & experts together is on the theme of Functional & comparative genomics
Keynote #StefanMundlos: Functional Genomics of Bat Limb Development
With Genome Chalk team talks #LucasCanesin, #YuryMalovichko, #AlejandroGonzales, #BernhardBein & #MicheleAlbertini
Afternoon session kicked off by #GeraldWilkinson: Comparative studies of bat aging using DNA methylation
Followed by Theme 2 chalk talks: DREAM & repair #ArturoBujarrabal-Dueso, #NajaEckert & #XuanjingLi
#SonjaVernes gave a keynote on Understanding bat adaptations by studying a captive bat colony
Part of our programme is Interactive Chalk talks and Theme 1 is on longitudinal sampling, biomarker & repair by #SebastienRiquier, #MaggieWeber, #IlzeSkujina & #MarekUvizl
BatProtect - 3 day programme kicked off by @bjornschumacher.bsky.social followed by keynote from #StevenAustad on Methuselah's Zoo: what nature can teach us about living longer, healthier lives
3 day programme has exciting blend of keynotes from leading experts, interactive chalk talks by BatProtect researchers from across the consortium and group discussions focusing on new methods, opportunities and future research planning.
Day 1 outline below - focuses on Longitudinal Omics/Metadata
Zoom and emails are great for international @erc.europa.eu synergy grants.
But you can't get away from the importance of face-to-face interactions, so the researchers from across the consortium are together in beautiful Cologne thanks to @cecad.bsky.social from 1 - 3 December 2025.
🧬🧬🧬Targeting Genome Stability to Mitigate Human Aging and Disease - read now our comprehensive review article written with Debbie Toiber how we can target the most fundamental mechanisms of aging and cancer. @annualreviews.bsky.social 🔗 go.shr.lc/3JohYMp
It's a great pleasure to introduce the RACE ERA Chair Initiative for Establishing a Research and Innovation Program of Excellence on Ageing and Longevity at the University of Crete with @garinis.bsky.social
Now out in print: Targeting DNA damage in ageing: towards supercharging DNA repair. New perspectives how we could tackle cancer and aging at their mechanistic root cause: I
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Do bats hold the secret to human longevity?
RAZOR’s Reya El-Salahi joins @emmateeling.bsky.social from @ucddublin.bsky.social, & French conservation group Bretagne-Vivante in Brittany as they study bats to uncover longevity secrets.
youtu.be/8HSpJbWqfBs?...
@erc.europa.eu
@horizoneu.bsky.social
New and exciting project publication
"Linking phenotype to genotype using comprehensive genomic comparisons"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@erc.europa.eu @bjornschumacher.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social @hillermich.bsky.social
Always great to meet with and discuss our research with the ERC President, Prof Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social
@erc.europa.eu @emmateeling.bsky.social @bjornschumacher.bsky.social
Check out this exciting publication from the BatProtect project, with many more to follow!
"Generating bat primary and immortalised cell-lines from wing biopsies"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@ucddublin.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social
Want to work with leading researchers?
Research Laboratory Manager, UCD Bio and Envir. Science, Temp: UCD - Research –
Biological Sciences
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
Closing date 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 14/07/2025
@bjornschumacher.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social
Research Laboratory Manager ERC BatProtect @ucddublin.bsky.social
Societal challenges #HealthyAgeing & #InfectiousDiseases resistance
Bats have extended health spans & amazing disease resistance
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
@bat1kgenomes.bsky.social
@bjornschumacher.bsky.social