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 […]
On the 21st of December, 2021, Dr. Daniel Alvarez Fischer gave an inaugural lecture (Antrittsvorlesung) entitled: “(Tier-)Modelle neuropsychiatrischer Erkrankungen und praktische Implikationen“.
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.
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Prof. Dr. Christine Klein (Foto: © DGN/Tedeskino)
Prof. Christine Klein has been elected as new member of the Leopoldina Read More »
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
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
Shela Algodon graduated with a master’s degree from the University of the Philippines. Her previous work involved single nucleotide polymorphisms in the tumor suppressor long noncoding RNA MEG3 and their possible contributions in the susceptibility of an individual to colorectal cancer. She is currently undertaking a doctoral program at the University of Lubeck and studying
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X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder caused by a founder retrotransposon insertion, in which a polymorphic hexanucleotide repeat accounts for ~50% of age at onset variability. Employing a genome-wide association study to identify additional factors modifying age at onset, we establish that three independent loci are significantly associated with age at onset. The
