How to measure your biological age and can we slow human ageing?
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Date: 25th of February 2026
Time: 04:00-06:00h p.m.
Venue: TUM Campus in the Olympic park, Hörsaal 1
Hosted by: Technical University of Munich (TUM) & the Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health (CVMH)
About the Symposium
Biomarkers of ageing are essential tools for human longevity trials, as they are needed to study whether an intervention slows human ageing. They also hold clinical promise because the biological age of a person or of an individual organ such as muscle, heart or brain is one of the strongest predictors of disease risk and mortality. This symposium brings together leading experts on ageing biomarkers and longevity research to discuss state-of-the-art methods to quantify biological and organ-specific ageing. We will also present first data from the TauAge clinical trial designed to find out whether taurine slows human ageing.
Participation & Registration
The symposium is open to researchers, clinicians, students, and members of the public interested in ageing, metabolism, and longevity science. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.
Registration link: https://collab.dvb.bayern/x/oCpugw
Location
Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Medicine and Health, TUM Campus in the Olympic parc, Hörsaal 1
Programme
Welcome & Opening Remarks (10 min)
Prof. Dr. Henning Wackerhage, TUM
Talk 1 (40 min including discussion)
Measuring Biological Age: Methods, Biomarkers, and Their Meaning
Speaker: Dr. Chiara Herzog (University of Innsbruck, King’s College London)
Biography. Dr. Chiara Herzog is a molecular epidemiologist and ageing researcher whose work focuses on the development and validation of multi-omic biological ageing clocks. She has contributed to advancing epigenetic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic ageing markers and has published widely on the clinical and translational potential of biological age measurements. She is an executive committee member of the Biomarkers of Aging Consortium.
Talk 2 (40 min including discussion)
Organ Ageing: How Old Are Your Brain, Heart, Muscles, and other Organs?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray (Stanford University)
Biography. Prof. Tony Wyss-Coray is a world-leading neuroscientist whose pioneering work has shaped modern concepts of brain ageing, blood-derived ageing signals, and systemic rejuvenation. His laboratory at Stanford has discovered plasma-borne factors that influence brain function, developed organ-specific ageing clocks, and opened new translational pathways in neurodegeneration and longevity therapeutics.
Talk 3 (30 min including discussion)
The TauAge Trial: First Human Data on Taurine Supplementation and Biological Ageing
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Hans Hauner (TUM) & Prof. Dr. Henning Wackerhage (TUM)
Biographies. Prof. Dr. emeritus Hans Hauner is an internationally recognised physician-scientist in nutrition, metabolism, and obesity research. As a former Director of the Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine, he has led numerous clinical trials investigating nutritional interventions and their metabolic and ageing-related effects. He co-leads the TauAge clinical trial.
Prof. Dr. Henning Wackerhage is a professor of exercise biology at TUM whose research integrates molecular exercise physiology, metabolomics, and interventions targeting human longevity. He is speaker of the DFG-funded HyperMet Research Unit FOR 5795 and co-leads the TauAge clinical trial investigating taurine as a potential longevity intervention.
Acknowledgements
The TauAge trial is supported by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation.
Programme flyer
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