CECAD Cologne

CECAD Cluster of Excellence, University of Cologne

In an aging society, the CECAD Cluster of Excellence explores the causes of aging processes and aging-associated disorders such as neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, strokes, kidney failure, chronic inflammation or cancer. The cluster’s vision is to understand the common causes of aging and define novel therapeutic approaches for the entire spectrum of aging-associated disorders. More than 400 international scientists from the University of Cologne, the University Hospital Cologne, the Max Planck Institutes for Biology of Ageing and for Metabolism Research as well as the Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) work in an interdisciplinary setting at CECAD. Together they are trying