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Dr. Max Borsche delivered his Inaugural Lecture entitled “Vom Gen zur Bewegungsstörung – Aktuelle Erkenntnisse und zukünftige Herausforderungen der klinischen Neurogenetik” on February 19, 2024. The lecture addressed recent challenges in neurogenetics using the example of Dr. Borsche’s research on monogenic Parkinson’s disease, including clinical, genetic, diagnostic, and pathophysiological aspects. The lecture concluded with an […]

On May 28th, Theresa Lüth successfully defended her PhD thesis, earning the distinction of summa cum laude. Supervised by Dr. Joanne Trinh, her work was entitled “Mitochondrial Genetics and Environmental Exposure as Modifiers of Monogenic Parkinson’s Disease”. Congratulations to Dr. Lüth!

We are excited to announce the start of a new seminar series titled “Data Analysis and Bioinformatics” at the Institute of Neurogenetics. This series, led by Dr. Theresa Lüth, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute, is designed to support researchers in the field of genetics with both foundational and advanced topics in data analysis

On October 17-18, 2024, the Conference on “Dystonia Pathogenesis: An Integrative Approach” took place in Frankfurt, Germany. Organized and co-chaired by Katja Lohmann, PhD and Michael Zech, MD, and sponsored by the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, it brought together 20 experts from Europe and the US, specializing in various aspects of dystonia research. Further representing

Since April, Linn Welzel has been pursuing her medical doctorate in the research group of Prof. Dr. Katja Lohmann. Her research delves into the genetic causes of dystonias, a group of neurological disorders that lead to involuntary muscle contractions and abnormal movements. Linn’s dedication and talent have been recognized with the prestigious Lübeck Excellence in

We say goodbye to Pin-Jui Kung, a PhD student from National Taiwan University, who recently completed her research sabbatical within the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2). Her work focused on Parkinson’s disease biomarkers, particularly studying small non-coding RNAs and plasma proteins. We are delighted to congratulate Pin-Jui on the successful defense of her thesis back

Dr. Zih-Hua Fang, PhD, from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Lead of the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program’s (GP2) Monogenic Data Analysis Working Group, presented recent genetics findings and spent a one-week working visit at the Institute of Neurogenetics.

On July 4th Frida Mandik succesfully defended her PhD thesis in which she characterized fly models for neurodegenerative disorders. Congratulations Frida!

Our PhD student, Mirja Thomsen, has been awarded a Visiting Scientist Program Sponsorship from the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2). This sponsorship will support her three-month research visit at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, USA. During her time at NIA, Mirja will join the

From March to June 2024, Alicia Wenghöfer, BSc, Research Technologist, carried out an internship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland, USA, as part of the Global Parkinson´s Genetics Program GP2. Within her 3-month stay, Alicia learned new methods of processing human DNA samples and generating long-read sequencing data to better understand the