"I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Prof. Karl-Heinz Wagner and the entire AG Wagner team for their support, especially the 'NutriAging – core study group': Bernhard Franzke, Patrick Zöhrer, Sandra Unterberger, Rudolph Aschauer, Prof. Wessner, and Prof. Muchova. Of course, I am incredibly thankful to my exceptional colleagues Laura Bragagna, Lina Maqboul, and especially to Reynalda Cordova, who provided such a support during the final preparations of my PhD defense.

Thanks to the cooperation partners of the ABCD-Covid-study for the great collaboration, especially Brenda Laky, Rainer Thell, and also Ammar Tahir. I couldn't be more thrilled to continue my research career in this department, where I'll have the opportunity to conduct more exciting human intervention trials in new projects."

Best of luck in this exciting new chapter of your academic journey!