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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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New paper out: Heterogeneous plasticity of amygdala interneurons in associative learning and extinction: Favila, Natalia; Capece Marsico, Jessica; Pacheco, Catarina M.; et al.
Nature Communications Vol. 16, no. 1, p. 9926
Nature Communications Vol. 16, no. 1, p. 9926
Heterogeneous plasticity of amygdala interneurons in associative learning and extinction
Favila, Natalia; Capece Marsico, Jessica; Pacheco, Catarina M.; et al.
Nature Communications Vol. 16, no. 1, p. 9926
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November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New paper out: Heterogeneous plasticity of amygdala interneurons in associative learning and extinction: Favila, Natalia; Capece Marsico, Jessica; Pacheco, Catarina M.; et al.
Nature Communications Vol. 16, no. 1, p. 9926
Nature Communications Vol. 16, no. 1, p. 9926
🥂 Congrats to Marie Homeyer (RG Harald Prüß) on receiving the Felgenhauer Research Award 2025! Her dissertation at DZNE and Charité provides important insights for further development of autoantibody-specific NMDAR-CAAR T-cell therapy and offers valuable insights for current immunotherapy research.
Congratulations to Marie Alice Homeyer on winning the Felgenhauer Research Award 2025! With her dissertation at @dzne.science and #Charité Berlin, she made an essential contribution to the development of autoantibody-specific NMDAR-CAAR T-cell therapy. #dgnkongress2025 #neuroskyence 📷Claudius Pflug
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🥂 Congrats to Marie Homeyer (RG Harald Prüß) on receiving the Felgenhauer Research Award 2025! Her dissertation at DZNE and Charité provides important insights for further development of autoantibody-specific NMDAR-CAAR T-cell therapy and offers valuable insights for current immunotherapy research.
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🎉🏅We congratulate 🌟Zeynep Dokuzluoglu🌟 (German Center for #Neurodegenerative Diseases, #DZNE, Dresden) on winning the FEBS Letters #PosterPrize at the EMBO/EMBL Symposium on #organoids, held in Heidelberg, Germany!
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November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🎉🏅We congratulate 🌟Zeynep Dokuzluoglu🌟 (German Center for #Neurodegenerative Diseases, #DZNE, Dresden) on winning the FEBS Letters #PosterPrize at the EMBO/EMBL Symposium on #organoids, held in Heidelberg, Germany!
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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
They are listed as Highly Cited Researchers 2025 by @clarivate.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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
They are listed as Highly Cited Researchers 2025 by @clarivate.com
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Out now: Favila, Capece Marsico et al. 2025, Nature Communications: Using longitudinal deep-brain imaging, we report that amygdala interneurons exhibit complex and heterogeneous plasticity during associative learning, at both the single-cell and population level.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heterogeneous plasticity of amygdala interneurons in associative learning and extinction - Nature Communications
In this study, the authors uncover how diverse inhibitory interneurons in the amygdala flexibly contribute to fear and safety learning, revealing a key role for inhibition in emotional memory and adap...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Out now: Favila, Capece Marsico et al. 2025, Nature Communications: Using longitudinal deep-brain imaging, we report that amygdala interneurons exhibit complex and heterogeneous plasticity during associative learning, at both the single-cell and population level.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Latest from the lab: Laura Haetzel finds that excitatory transmission from auditory thalamus to tail of striatum is accompanied by a sparse inhibitory projection. This allows for state-dependent control of striatal output.
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Inhibitory inputs from thalamus promote resilient spiking in tail of striatum
Neuroscience; Sensory neuroscience
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November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Latest from the lab: Laura Haetzel finds that excitatory transmission from auditory thalamus to tail of striatum is accompanied by a sparse inhibitory projection. This allows for state-dependent control of striatal output.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Congratulations to Dr Dr Ahmad Aziz, who has been appointed to a joint professorship at the @unibonn.bsky.social and the DZNE! The appointment was made within the framework of the “Jülich Model”, which enables joint professorial appointments across institutions.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Congratulations to Dr Dr Ahmad Aziz, who has been appointed to a joint professorship at the @unibonn.bsky.social and the DZNE! The appointment was made within the framework of the “Jülich Model”, which enables joint professorial appointments across institutions.
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More 👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
📆Preview: @embo.org Global Lecture by DZNE scientist Frank Bradke on November 10 at National Brain Research Centre, India
📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NT0x3oWI8I
📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NT0x3oWI8I
EMBO Global Lecture Series in India
YouTube video by National Brain Research Centre
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November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📆Preview: @embo.org Global Lecture by DZNE scientist Frank Bradke on November 10 at National Brain Research Centre, India
📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NT0x3oWI8I
📺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NT0x3oWI8I
Study: Innovative home care model for #dementia demonstrates practical effectiveness and shows the potential of employing specially qualified nurses with extended roles
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Innovative Home Care Model for Dementia Demonstrates Practical
A groundbreaking clinical trial has brought new hope for the care of individuals living with dementia at home, highlighting the profound impact of specialized nursing roles tailored to this vulnerable
scienmag.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Study: Innovative home care model for #dementia demonstrates practical effectiveness and shows the potential of employing specially qualified nurses with extended roles
👉 scienmag.com/innovative-h...
👉 scienmag.com/innovative-h...
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📢 New Preprint 📢
After 3 years of work, I’m proud to present DRIPS (Domain Randomisation for Image-based PVS Segmentation), a new method for accurate & generalisable perivascular space (PVS) segmentation across diverse MRI contrasts and resolutions. @fau.de @dzne.science @svdresearch.bsky.social
After 3 years of work, I’m proud to present DRIPS (Domain Randomisation for Image-based PVS Segmentation), a new method for accurate & generalisable perivascular space (PVS) segmentation across diverse MRI contrasts and resolutions. @fau.de @dzne.science @svdresearch.bsky.social
DRIPS: Domain Randomisation for Image-based Perivascular spaces Segmentation https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.22.25337423v1
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
📢 New Preprint 📢
After 3 years of work, I’m proud to present DRIPS (Domain Randomisation for Image-based PVS Segmentation), a new method for accurate & generalisable perivascular space (PVS) segmentation across diverse MRI contrasts and resolutions. @fau.de @dzne.science @svdresearch.bsky.social
After 3 years of work, I’m proud to present DRIPS (Domain Randomisation for Image-based PVS Segmentation), a new method for accurate & generalisable perivascular space (PVS) segmentation across diverse MRI contrasts and resolutions. @fau.de @dzne.science @svdresearch.bsky.social
🏆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
🏆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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👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
🏆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
🏆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.
👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
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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.
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.
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 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.
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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I'm incredibly honoured and excited to share the great news, that I am awarded #Attempto-Preis 2025! 🎉🥳
This recognition is for our recently published paper, “Layer-specific changes in sensory cortex across the life span in mice and humans.” at #Nature Neuroscience. It truly is a career highlight.
This recognition is for our recently published paper, “Layer-specific changes in sensory cortex across the life span in mice and humans.” at #Nature Neuroscience. It truly is a career highlight.
October 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm incredibly honoured and excited to share the great news, that I am awarded #Attempto-Preis 2025! 🎉🥳
This recognition is for our recently published paper, “Layer-specific changes in sensory cortex across the life span in mice and humans.” at #Nature Neuroscience. It truly is a career highlight.
This recognition is for our recently published paper, “Layer-specific changes in sensory cortex across the life span in mice and humans.” at #Nature Neuroscience. It truly is a career highlight.
Recording of the recent panel discussion at the @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social on translation in biomedicine 🧠 with dementia researcher and DZNE scientist Emrah Düzel
📺 youtu.be/wiu8UxRMNnY
📺 youtu.be/wiu8UxRMNnY
Rethinking Early-Stage Biomedical Translation | GHL 03
YouTube video by World Health Summit
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October 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Recording of the recent panel discussion at the @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social on translation in biomedicine 🧠 with dementia researcher and DZNE scientist Emrah Düzel
📺 youtu.be/wiu8UxRMNnY
📺 youtu.be/wiu8UxRMNnY
Congratulations on this outstanding recognition! Prof. Anne-Katrin Pröbstel (DZNE/ UK Bonn) received the “WeAreNeuroimmunology” Mid-Career Award from ISNI for her research on B cells, antibodies, and gut microbiota in neuroinflammatory diseases.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Congratulations on this outstanding recognition! Prof. Anne-Katrin Pröbstel (DZNE/ UK Bonn) received the “WeAreNeuroimmunology” Mid-Career Award from ISNI for her research on B cells, antibodies, and gut microbiota in neuroinflammatory diseases.
👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
Congrats! Dr. Natalia Rodriguez-Muela (DZNE Dresden) and colleagues from @ibecbarcelona.eu are studying abnormal tau protein behavior in Alzheimer’s. Goal: insights for better therapies.
They are now funded by the @fpmaragall.bsky.social.
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They are now funded by the @fpmaragall.bsky.social.
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Targeting Tau
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October 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Congrats! Dr. Natalia Rodriguez-Muela (DZNE Dresden) and colleagues from @ibecbarcelona.eu are studying abnormal tau protein behavior in Alzheimer’s. Goal: insights for better therapies.
They are now funded by the @fpmaragall.bsky.social.
👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
They are now funded by the @fpmaragall.bsky.social.
👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
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Many thanks to @fpmaragall.bsky.social for this great opportunity! Together with Natalia Rodríguez Muela’s group at @dzne.science in Dresden, we’ll explore triggers and inhibitors of the earliest steps in Alzheimer’s disease progression.
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🧠 Ya tenemos los proyectos ganadores del #PMRP 2024, nuestro programa de becas para impulsar la investigación clínica y traslacional en #Alzheimer. 💚
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October 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Many thanks to @fpmaragall.bsky.social for this great opportunity! Together with Natalia Rodríguez Muela’s group at @dzne.science in Dresden, we’ll explore triggers and inhibitors of the earliest steps in Alzheimer’s disease progression.
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Susanne Wegmann on her joint professorship at DZNE and Charité!
Her research focuses on the Tau protein in neurodegenerative diseases - a strong boost for brain research in Berlin!
👉 www.dzne.de/en/news/pres...
Her research focuses on the Tau protein in neurodegenerative diseases - a strong boost for brain research in Berlin!
👉 www.dzne.de/en/news/pres...
Joint Professorship for Susanne Wegmann at DZNE and Charité
Boost for Brain Research in Berlin.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Susanne Wegmann on her joint professorship at DZNE and Charité!
Her research focuses on the Tau protein in neurodegenerative diseases - a strong boost for brain research in Berlin!
👉 www.dzne.de/en/news/pres...
Her research focuses on the Tau protein in neurodegenerative diseases - a strong boost for brain research in Berlin!
👉 www.dzne.de/en/news/pres...
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Join us for 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵-𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 in Tübingen, Germany.
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In Liberate AI, an interdisciplinary research project with @dzne.science and Universitätsklinikum Bonn, CISPA researchers are helping to design a transparent, explainable AI model that will support doctors in the treatment of acute stroke. Learn more here cispa.de/en/liberate-ai
From Black Box to Glass Box: AI Explainability in Stroke Treatment
Liberate AI, an interdisciplinary research project, aims to develop an AI model capable of supporting doctors in the treatment of ischemic stroke. Serving as a digital assistance system, the AI model ...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In Liberate AI, an interdisciplinary research project with @dzne.science and Universitätsklinikum Bonn, CISPA researchers are helping to design a transparent, explainable AI model that will support doctors in the treatment of acute stroke. Learn more here cispa.de/en/liberate-ai
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
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".
👉 www.dzne.de/en/im-fokus/...
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🧠 @thelancet.com series on #Alzheimer’s with contributions by DZNE scientists:
👉 www.thelancet.com/series-do/al...
👉 www.thelancet.com/series-do/al...
The Lancet Series on Alzheimer’s disease
The initial successes of anti-amyloid β monoclonal antibodies offer new perspectives for improving the clinical trajectory of Alzheimer’s disease for the first time since its identification in 1906.
www.thelancet.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🧠 @thelancet.com series on #Alzheimer’s with contributions by DZNE scientists:
👉 www.thelancet.com/series-do/al...
👉 www.thelancet.com/series-do/al...
🧠 Study in "Science Advances": Impaired spatial orientation found in older adults at risk for #Alzheimer’s disease
👉 @newsmedical.bsky.social: www.news-medical.net/news/2025090...
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Impaired spatial orientation found in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease
Individuals with an increased risk for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease can have impaired spatial orientation skills.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🧠 Study in "Science Advances": Impaired spatial orientation found in older adults at risk for #Alzheimer’s disease
👉 @newsmedical.bsky.social: www.news-medical.net/news/2025090...
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