Category Archives: VascAge News

25% of people will suffer a stroke! Brain Awareness interview with Prof. Stefan Kiechl

The Brain Awareness Week from March 16-22 is the global campaign to foster public support for brain science. VASCage takes the opportunity to interview its Chief Scientific Officer Prof. Stefan Kiechl, who is Head of the Neurology Department at the Medical University Innsbruck.

Q: The goal of the Brain Awareness Week is to unite partners worldwide with the common theme that brain research is the hope Read More

Age-dependent arterial stiffening differs in sexes: Women highly at risk after menopause

New publication of VASCage researchers and VASCage partners in the high-ranking Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows that the ageing of arteries progresses differently in Chinese men and women over lifetime. The findings are highly relevant for drug targeting. The publication is the result of the very fruitful cooperation between VASCage, Medical University Innsbruck, King’s College London, Zhejiang University and the Third Xiangya Hospital of Changsha, the largest medical institution in central China. Read More

Program Board Meeting

VASCage – Research Centre on Vascular Ageing and Stroke invited its partners to the first program board meeting to discuss the strategy, new projects and trends in vascular ageing and stroke together with Stefan Kiechl, VASCage CSO, and Matthias Ullrich, VASCage CEO.

The partners engaged lively in group discussions on current needs, challenges and relevant topics for future cooperation.

Thanks for coming!

VASCage member of Cluster Life Sciences Tyrol

VASCage GmbH is now member of the Cluster Life Sciences Tyrol and makes use of the network to facilitate cooperation. 74 highly innovative companies, institutions and universities employing more than 23,000 people make use of the Cluster Life Sciences Tyrol. Cluster Manager Petra Stöckl: ‘We are very proud to welcome with VASCage an internationally recognised COMET centre in our network!‘

VASCage at International Research and Knowledge Exchange Meeting

Prevention of vascular ageing and stroke by early health intervention is an important research goal of VASCage. The international meeting „Addressing today’s Global Health Paradox“ in Innsbruck, initiated by Dr. Katharina Wirnitzer, University College of Teacher Education Tyrol, and Prof. Madan Thangavelu, Cambridge, UK, was a great opportunity for exchange, especially on the topics of nutrition, physical activity and targeted excercise. Read More

Interview Tiroler Tageszeitung with Michael Brainin

Prof. Michael Brainin, President of the World Stroke Organization, gave the keynote lecture at the VASCage kickoff meeting. The Tiroler Tageszeitung used the opportunity to interview him about stroke risk factors, treatment and prognosis. Read More

VASCage on air

Tina Winkler of Radio U1 Tirol conducted a radio interview with VASCage CSO Stefan Kiechl. Kiechl speaks about the general goals of VASCage, the risk factors for vascular ageing and stroke and about innovative rehabilitation projects. Read More

Lecture by Prof. Steve Horvath on the epigenetic clock of ageing

Prof. Steve Horvath of the University of California, Los Angeles, was invited by Jerome Mertens, Frank Edenhofer (both Institute of Molecular Biology, University Innsbruck) and VASCage CSO Stefan Kiechl to give a lecture on ’DNA methylation-based biomarkers and the epigenetic clock theory of ageing’ in Innsbruck. Read More