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The Institute of Neurogenetics is happy to welcome Semra Öykü Çolak from Acibadem University, Istanbul

Semra Öykü Çolak from Acibadem University, Istanbul, has joined the Institute of Neurogenetics for a two-month internship starting April 2022. Semra is a fifth-year medical student who aspires to be a neurologist in the future. She previously held an internship at Universitätsklinikum Jena and studied human cytogenetics. She is here to broaden her knowledge of …

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The Institute of Neurogenetics is happy to welcome visiting professor Prof. Dr. M. Leonor Bustamante.

We are delighted to welcome Professor M. Leonor Bustamante who is joining us as a Visiting Professor for this month. M. Leonor Bustamante, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Human Genetics Program, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad de Chile.  She works on Genetics of Neuropsychiatric disorders, where she together …

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FOR 2488’s Annual Retreat

FOR 2488’s Annual Retreat took place from September 16th-18th, 2021 in Lübeck, Germany. During the two-day event, participants gathered to exchange and discuss data and research ideas, as well as establish new collaborative initiatives.

Genotype–Phenotype Relations in Primary Familial Brain Calcification: Systematic MDSGene Review

This systematic MDSGene review covers individuals with confirmed genetic forms of primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) available in the literature. Data on 516 individuals, carrying heterozygous variants in SLC20A2 (61%), PDGFB (12%), XPR1 (16%), or PDGFRB (5%) or biallelic variants in MYORG (13%) or JAM2 (2%), were extracted from 93 articles. Nearly one-third of the …

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Karin Prien, Minister for Education, Science and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, visited the campus to learn about new findings about the ELISA study

During a pandemic, housing situation and understanding language can have a major impact on people’s health. Refugees living in shared housing are at higher health risk than people living in an apartment or house. In shared accommodations, many people live in close quarters and they often share sanitary facilities and kitchens. Researchers at the University …

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