Verena Kohler<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a>:</p><p>Hello <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a>.</p><p>My name is Verena Kohler and I am a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FirstGen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstGen</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientist</span></a>, currently working as independent senior <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/postdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postdoc</span></a> at <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UniGraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniGraz</span></a> in Austria. </p><p>I am interested, how age influences <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/proteostasis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proteostasis</span></a>, the balance between protein production, folding and degradation, and how <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ageing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ageing</span></a> affects cellular <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> routes.<br>For that, I am using my favourite <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ModelOrganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelOrganism</span></a>, the baker’s <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/yeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yeast</span></a>, a lot of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FluorescenceMicroscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FluorescenceMicroscopy</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HighThroughput" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighThroughput</span></a> screens.</p><p>Let’s talk <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> !</p>