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The Institute of Neurogenetics and the Movement Disorder Society of the Philippines (MDSP) recently (September 19-21, 2018) organized an X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism workshop in Luebeck. Topics covered in the workshop included clinical assessment, therapeutic strategies, and functional and molecular neurogenetics. The MDSP also hosted an XDP awareness drive for the Filipino communities in Luebeck and Hamburg.

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The scholarship is given to advanced international students from developing countries to help them reintegrate to their home countries after their graduate studies in Germany. Charles is currently doing research on genetic modifiers of disease penetrance and expressivity in X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism under the supervision of PD Dr. Ana Westenberger.

Our PhD student Victor Krajka spends two research weeks at Prof. Reinhard Köster’s lab (https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/zoology/forschung/cellularmolecularneurobiology/index.html) to investigate the impact of mutations in beta tubulin 4A (TUBB4A) on oligodendrocyte development and their function in Zebrafish. The example photos and videos below, show a brain of a 6-day old zebrafish larva.In green are cells positive for Olig2, which is a marker for motoneurons and oligodendrocytes. Nuclei are stained with

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Once every year, about 30 Nobel Laureates convene in Lindau, Germany, to meet the next generation of leading scientists. Around 600 students and post-docs from all over the world gather together for a week and get the chance to meet and discuss with the Laureates during lunches, walks and talks. Here, Melissa Vos is having

The Institute of Neurogenetics has been chosen by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) as one of five academic centers to host the fourth class of The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders. Launched in 2014, MJFF’s Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders annually awards funding to five international academic