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Dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of neurodegenerative diseases - from mechanisms to diagnosis, therapy, and prevention (such as AD, PD or ALS).

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Paper alert: How do learning and memory emerge in the brain? DZNE's @jangrundemann.bsky.social and colleagues have observed a key mechanism of neuronal adaptability in the living brain for the 1st time. Published in @natneuro.nature.com, the study reveals dynamic regulation of nerve cell signaling.
Neurons under a microscope. Their long processes – where signals originate and are relayed – glow brightly. DZNE researchers have examined changes in these transmission pathways. Source: DZNE / Julia Esser, Gründemann Lab
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Woohoo! Triple recognition for Martin Reuter (DZNE Bonn): @helmholtz.de funding secures the open-source brain MRI software FastSurfer, also awarded with the Helmholtz Software Sustainability Prize. In addition, DZNE Foundation bridge funding advances AI biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases.
Prof. Martin Reuter. Source: DZNE / Kurda
December 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Congrats dear Lucas Ribeiro! Lucas has taken up a prestigious position in his home country of Brazil. Alongside his work at DZNE Bonn, the immunologist and bioinformatician is now a Visiting Research Fellow at his alma mater, the Federal University of Minas Gerais.
Dr. Lucas Ribbeiro has taken up a prestigious position in his home country of Brazil, which he will coordinate alongside his work at DZNE’s Bonn site. Source: DZNE / Kurda
December 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Congrats! Frank Bradke received the “Drs. Ayeez and Shelena Lalji & Family ALS Endowed Award for Innovative Healing”, funded with US$ 40k. The award honors his research on the growth of nerve connections. It's presented by the Sean M. Healey and AMG Center for ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Prof. Frank Bradke. Source: DZNE / Frommann
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Baseline results from the international PROFA study highlight the patient-reported, psychosocial, and health-economic burden of Friedreich’s ataxia. 🧠 For details, read the paper in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe.

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December 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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🧠New study by scientists from DZNE and Harvard Medical School shows: More than one third of dementia cases in Germany could be prevented

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December 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Neurons that dampen electrical brain activity influence emotional memories more than expected.
DZNE's @sabinekrabbe.bsky.social and colleagues report in @nature.com Communications that these cells are key for how memories form - offering new clues to anxiety and PTSD.

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Image shows stained nerve cells under a microscope. Neurons viewed under the microscope. A special fluorescent marker reveals their activity, with brighter cells indicating higher levels of activity. Source: DZNE / Krabbe Lab
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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🏆 Congrats Lars Lannfelt! The Swedish #Alzheimer’s researcher, who paved the way for the drug #Lecanemab has received the "Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize". The award recognizes exceptional research on neurodegenerative diseases.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Congratulations to DZNE’s Martin Dichgans, Brit Mollenhauer, @joachimschultze.bsky.social and Mikael Simons for their notable scientific impact and ongoing contributions to advancing our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.

They are listed as Highly Cited Researchers 2025 by @clarivate.com
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November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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🏆Congrats! @cboeger.bsky.social, PhD student at DZNE, was honored with the „3rd annual Drs. Ayeez and Shelena Lalji & Family Student Scholar Award for Repair and Regenerative Mechanisms in ALS“, worth 5,000 US Dollars.

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October 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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🏆Congrats to Dr. Anna Aschenbrenner for the "Tobias Welte Prize” of the German Sepsis Society, which recognizes her research on the life-saving effects of the drug #dexamethasone in #COVID-19 patients.

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October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Under the theme “From Genes to Circuits and Behavior”, top neuroscientists - incl. Cori Bargmann, @edvardmoser.bsky.social, Rosa Paolicelli, Maude Baldwin & Zachary Knight - will meet at to explore how neural circuits drive behavior.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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DZNE is joining the Human Immunome Project (HIP) as a scientific partner and a member of the project’s European hub - together with @immunosens.bsky.social and the Germany-based "Swarm Learning Consortium".

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September 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Gratulerar! Award for groundbreaking AD research. Lars Lannfelt, one of the pioneers behind "Lecanemab", has been honored with the Hartwig-Piepenbrock-DZNE-Prize. He receives the award for his outstanding contributions to the development of new therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative diseases.
Portrait of Lars Lannfelt. Source: BioArctic
June 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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🥂 Dr. Maria Eugenia Bernis received the 2025 GNPI Science Prize! She showed caffeine can help protect newborn brains after oxygen deprivation. In a preclinical model, just 3 days of caffeine treatment significantly reduced brain damage and inflammation by modulating the AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Congratulations to Christian Haass (@haasslab.bsky.social)! He receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Eastern Finland for 30+ years of groundbreaking Alzheimer’s research on beta-amyloid proteins and new therapeutic approaches. 📸: UFE/Raija Törrönen & UFE/Niko Jouhkimainen
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June 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Woohoo!! A proud DZNE is part of three Clusters of Excellence: @neurocure.bsky.social (Berlin), @immunosens.bsky.social (Bonn), and @synergy-munich.bsky.social (Munich). These top research networks will receive 7 more years of funding from 2026. #ExcellenceStrategy #Neuroscience
May 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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April 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Today we celebrate International Mother Language Day @ DZNE. Language is more than communication—it’s identity, history, and connection. At our center, people from 60+ nations collaborate, bringing diverse backgrounds and tongues. For the record: Science thrives on diversity and exchange.
February 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Congrats to these two first authors from DZNE Munich on receiving the "Best Paper Award" from the DZNE foundation! @shreeyakedia.bsky.social was honored for her paper published in “Nature Neuroscience”. Marvin Reich, received the award for his paper published in “Science Translational Medicine”.
The illustrations shows a neuron and the inscription "Best Paper Award".
February 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Warm wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a New Year that’s full of creativity, inspiration, and achievement.
The DZNE season's greetings card reads: Season's greetings and good wishes for the New Year.
December 20, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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👏 Congrats! A DZNE research team around Prof. Martin Reuter has been awarded around one million US dollars, by NIH, for the development of an innovative, AI-based method to measure the “choroid plexus” three-dimensionally in human brain scans.

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Symbolic image of the human brain. Source: vita555 - stock.adobe.com
April 17, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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DZNE's Markus Zweckstetter has been awarded around 2.5 million euros. His studies will focus on so-called kinases, a special class of enzymes. From the 5 year project, he and his team aim to gain insights for the development of new drugs against Alzheimer's.

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Picture shows Prof. Markus Zweckstetter.
April 17, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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In order to support young researchers in the field of dementia research in Germany, the Frankfurt-based Hans and Ilse Breuer Foundation has awarded three doctoral scholarships to DZNE linked phd students. Read more 👉
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Symbolic image og lab work. Source: DZNE / Frommann
February 21, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Ideas need Diversity and Cooperation: That is why we take a clear stand against discrimination, racism and narrow-mindedness - and for an open, free society, for democracy and diversity.
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The picture shows an illustration of different people. On top is the following quote from the DZNE Executive Board: "Ideas need diversity and solidarity".
January 23, 2024 at 10:02 AM