February 01, 2013 | News

New Max Planck Odense Center has been opened

The new Max Planck Center opened officially on January 31, 2013. The center is dedicated to research on the biodemography of aging.

James W. Vaupel (Director of the MPIDR, Director of the Max-Planck Odense Center), Jens Oddershede (Rector of the University of Southern Denmark), Peter Gruss (President of the Max Planck Society), Michael Zenner (German Ambassador to Denmark), Uffe Toudal Pedersen (Permanent Secretary, Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education), Kaare Christensen (University of Southern Denmark, Max-Planck Odense Center), Donald E. Canfield (University of Southern Denmark, Max-Planck Odense Center) © Lars Skaaning

On January 31, 2013, the new Center was inaugurated at the University of Southern Denmark, accompanied by a scientific symposium.

The focus of the research conducted at the Max Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging will be on the causes and consequences of age-related changes in health, as well as on the growth in life expectancy.

There will be four main research areas at the new center: one will explore human longevity, another will focus on medical demography, a third will look at prognoses and strategies, and yet another will study evolutionary biodemography.