Events

Dr. Rifat Hamoudi, Ph.D, C.Eng, C.Sci is a Professor in Molecular, Cellular and Computational Medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Sharjah, UAE. He is also an honorary faculty at the Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, UCL, UK. He is a multi and inter-disciplinary researcher with deep background and work experience …

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Rifat Hamoudi on his paper: “Enriched transcriptome analysis of laser capture microdissected populations of single cells to investigate intracellular heterogeneity in immunostained FFPE sections”. Read More »

This podcast highlights our most recent work published in PNAS that uncovered the role of ceramide accumulation in PINK1-dependent Parkinson’s disease. We found that ceramide accumulates to induce mitophagy and impair ß-oxidation. Reduction of mitophagy or elevation of ß-oxidatoin may be a novel therapeutic target in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Listen to the podcast

December 2nd-3rd, 2021 “Reduced penetrance in hereditary movement disorders: Elucidating mechanisms of endogenous disease protection”

December 2nd-3rd, 2021 “Reduced penetrance in hereditary movement disorders: Elucidating mechanisms of endogenous disease protection”

During our annual retreat FOR 2488 from September 16th to 18th, Prof. Thomas Gasser from the University of Tübingen honored us with his first keynote lecture after 1.5 years on “Genetic risk variants and Parkinson’s disease.”

Johannes Jernqvist Gaare studied at the University of Bergen (UiB) and graduated in medicine in 2012. From 2014 he has worked as a doctor at the Department of Neurology at Haukeland University Hospital (HUS). The doctoral work has taken place in the research group Neuromics at HUS and UiB.

Prof. Bastiaan R. Bloem, MD, PhD, FRCPE is the Director of the Radboudumc Center of Expertise for Parkinson & Movement Disorders and one of the leading clinicians and scientists in this field. He regularly receives the highest rankings as a speaker at international congresses.

The talk will take place in the Audimax, Seminar Room AM S2, on May 8th from 12 – 1 pm. H. A. (Buz) Jinnah is at Emory University in Atlanta where he is Professor of Neurology and Human Genetics. He has a clinical practice and research program devoted to all types dystonia, with a particularly …

Talk by Prof. Hyder (Buz) Jinnah, Emory University: “Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Neurological Disease”. Read More »

Date: 08.04.2019 – 09.04.2019