In the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS) the development of the same individuals (born in 1959) has been followed from age 8 to 50. The follow-ups have been conducted at 6–8-year intervals. The next data collection…
Aging of the immune system: cellular and molecular mechanismsAging is associated with a functional decline of the immune system, which manifests as an increased morbidity and mortality to infectious diseases and cancer. We focus on the analysis of the function…
Estrogen Regulation of Muscle Apoptosis (ERMA-study) Female steroid hormone mediated regulation of apoptosis as a mechanism of muscle aging and sarcopeniaERMA-study investigates the estrogen and hormonal aging regulated apoptosis in skeletal muscle. Specifically this study focuses on estrogen- and miR-21-mediated…
Easy to use pharmaceutical packaging (HELP) Easy to use pharmaceutical packaging (HELP)Patients, mainly elderly men and women, often take several different medicines on a daily basis. It is a necessity both for consumers and health care workers to be able…
Workload, work ability and sickness absence in the food industryThe overall purpose is monitoring data to find out how the work load and the atmosphere of the work community affect work ability, presenteeism and sickness absence in one of the…
MANage – a research project on men and ageing MANage is a joint project of the School of Health Sciences and School of Social Sciences and Humanities. It investigates men’s ageing from the perspectives of individual experiences of physical ageing,…
Doctoral thesis (MYOAGE) Pöllänen E. Regulation of gene expression and steroidogenesis in skeletal muscle of postmenopausal women -with emphasis on the effects of hormone replacement and power training. Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Health, nr 169, Jyväskylä, University of…
Images of ageing Prevailing images of older people and old age as a phase of life construct attitudes towards older people by younger generations, but has also a role of how older people are thinking about themselves. Stereotypical ideas based…
Doctoral thesis (SAWEs) Kangas R. Aging and microRNA messaging: Associations with systemic estrogen levels and physical performance. Studies in sport, physical education and health nr 267, Jyväskylä, University of Jyväskylä. Dissertation. 2018. https://jyx.jyu.fi/dspace/handle/123456789/56753Pöllänen E. Regulation of gene expression and steroidogenesis…
The everyday life of older migrants This ethnogerontologic study examines how older migrants live their everyday life in Finland and what is the impact of intergenerational relationships and transnational networks to their daily life and integration to society. The research…