Short Description Max Planck director decoding dietary restriction & mTOR in flies.
Description Dame Linda Partridge co‑founded the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne and holds a chair at University College London. Her Drosophila studies mapped nutrient‑sensing pathways and identified rapamycin and TOR inhibitors as potent lifespan extenders. Partridge’s lab explores how protein:carbohydrate ratios modulate signaling cascades driving reproduction and aging, informing human dietary guidelines. Knighted for services to science, she co‑chaired the European Longevity Initiative and mentors dozens of female scientists in geroscience.