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We are delighted to welcome Visiting Professor Mabel Catalán Díaz, an esteemed Chilean pharmacologist, as she joins us at the Institute of Neurogenetics in Lübeck. With her expertise in pharmacology, obesity research, drug discovery, and mitochondrial pharmacology, Professor Catalán Díaz brings invaluable knowledge and strong research background to our institution. As an Assistant Professor at […]

The abstract submitted by PD Dr. Ana Westenberger to the 6th World Parkinson Congress (WPC 2023) entitled “Genetic findings of the Rostock International Parkinson’s Disease (ROPAD) Study was recognized as a leading abstract. Thus, the WPC 2023 Program Committee invited Ana Westenberger to participate in a Hot Topics session to talk about this important work

Research Unit FOR2488 (on reduced penetrance in hereditary movement disorders) is about to enter into its final year. Thus, we thought it would be of great importance to transition our insights and new ideas to the next level by drafting a proposal for a Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich, SFB) for consideration by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

We are happy to welcome Dr. Cholpon Shambetova, a distinguished specialist in movement disorders from Kyrgyzstan, to the Institute of Neurogenetics. Dr. Shambetova is renowned as one of Central Asia’s pioneering figures in the realm of movement disorders. Her academic journey includes earning an MD and completing a neurology residency at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University,

We are pleased to announce the recent addition of Dr. Maria Leila Doquenia to the professional staff of the Institute of Neurogenetics in Lübeck. Dr. Doquenia is a proficient practitioner of adult neurology, bringing a rich blend of academic accomplishment and clinical experience to our institution. Dr. Doquenia’s academic journey commenced with the achievement of

We are extending a very warm welcome to Dr. Andona Milovanovic, a neurology resident from Belgrade, Serbia who just joined the Institute of Neurogenetics for a 5-month-long research visit.  Dr. Milovanovic works at the Neurology Clinic, University Clinical Center of Serbia in the field of neurodegenerative diseases with the team led by Prof. Dr. Vladimir

Jost joined the institute as an intern for five months. He worked in the fly laboratory where he contributed to the characterization of a new Drosophila model for fatty acid hydroxylase-associated neurodegeneration (FAHN) recently published in Front Cell Dev Biol. Jost has now moved on to begin his medical studies. We wish him all the

Alexander Balck from the Institute of Neurogenetics and Department of Neurology received >340.000€ from the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (https://www.ekfs.de/) to conduct a longitudinal investigation of epigenetic Modifiers of Parkinson’s disease in the DeNoPa cohort (https://www.denopa.de/).

Each year, Clarivate™ recognizes the world’s most influential researchers ─ the chosen few who have been cited most often by their peers over the past decade. As of 2022, less than 7,000, or about 0.1% of the world’s researchers in 21 research areas and across multiple disciplines, have received this exclusive honor. Professor. Dr. Christine

Congratulations to Dr. med Jannik Prasuhn, who received the Thiemann Foundation fellowship, the so-called “Parkinson Fellowship” aims in this respect to fill a gap in the research of neurodegenerative diseases and has been awarded annually since 2015. The foundation has already supported several highly qualified award recipients, fascinating research endeavors, and educational publications, and it