It was great to collaborate in this interesting project with data from LASA

Attending #weon2019 on #HealthyAging at UMCG. My presentation will be tomorrow in the #Genetics session. LASA

It all started with a blue pen.... Poulain Michael at Weon2019 talking about Blue Zones.

Kicking off the second day of Weon2019 with the masterclass of prof. Harold Snieder

Today at Ambo Anthos during the presentation of the book "Gewonnen jaren" from Prof. Dorly Deeg. A book that summarizes results on aging research mainly with data from LASA

A new adventure at the University of Manchester has just started. Looking forward to this collaboration! #Genetics #ageing Amsterdam Public Health research institute Amsterdam UMC UoM Biology, Medicine and Health

Today at Chetham's library, a priceless gem from 1653 #books #history #Manchester

Yesterday from #PeoplesVotesMarch in London

Attending the workshop "Teachable moments in disease prevention" Nowgen Centre Events

Great collaboration with colleagues of LASA. A paper lead by Najada Stringa showed ( 2279 subjects followed for 15 years) that #social protective factors were associated with lower #depression symptoms in older adults at different genetic risk #Aging bit.ly/34iRzqb

Great collaboration Garan Jones Luke Pilling

New study by Najada Stringa et al using data from LASA found that social factors (having a partner and a large network of relationships) are protective for depression in late life across persons at different level of genetic risk. ow.ly/cVSI50B04Fc

Some good news to end 2020: after 1.5 years and 7 exams I got my medical license (BIG registratie) in the Netherlands. Happy and proud!

Announcing our publication on #genetic analysis of clinical weakness in 250,000 older people identifying 15 loci highlighting autoimmune pathways & overlaps with osteoarthritis & cardiometabolic disease Nature Communications go.nature.com/2YoHDcA Exeter Med School Charge Tiger exeterageing 1/

I attended this course last year and would highly recommend it!

Perks of the pandemic: attending a great course you wanted to attend for years from the comfort of your home with some good italian coffee & cantuccini European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) #bertinoro2021

Op 1/6, 1/7 en 14/9 organiseert APH programma Aging & Later Life "Grey Power" online debatavonden voor ouderen, mantelzorgers & andere geïnteresseerden. Met belangrijke thema’s zoals #eenzaamheid, #vitaliteit, #veerkracht & #zingeving. Registratielink: forms.gle/5tp4r3rQdYP35r…

Morgenavond de 2e ‘Grey Power’ debat-avond voor ouderen/mantelzorgers en andere geïnteresseerden met drie aansprekende sprekers over het onderwerp #vallen. Moderatie door Julia van Weert I @[email protected]. Online en gratis bij te wonen! Inschrijven via docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

De Grey Power avond over #vallen & #zelfredzaamheid was een succes! Met veel dank aan Nathalie van de Velde, David Van Bodegom, Saskia Kloet, Ciska Griffioen en moderator Julia van Weert I @[email protected]. Next up: 14 sep thema #zingeving! Amsterdam UMC @LeydenAcademy LASA Ministerie van VWS ACHC Amsterdam Public Health research institute

📝 New LASA publication in Age_and_Ageing in which we show that polygenic risk scores of grip strength were not associated with #frailty and physical performance. Great work of Najada Stringa! #OpenAccess Amsterdam UMC Amsterdam Public Health research institute Yuri Milaneschi doi.org/10.1093/ageing…