This year’s “Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize”, which is endowed with 60,000 euros, goes to the Munich biochemist and Alzheimer’s researcher Christian Haass.

The risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease increases with age. DZNE researcher Susanne Wegmann has uncovered a possible cause for this: Molecules involved in the disease, termed tau-proteins, spread more easily in the aging brain.

More than 3,000 visitors came to the DZNE's Open Day on the Venusberg in Bonn.

Six Helmholtz Centres - including the DZNE - will jointly research how patient data can be processed safely and efficiently. More information (German).

DZNE researchers have studied the regenerative capacity of zebrafish brain in single cell resolution with the aim of developing novel strategies against Alzheimer’s. Their findings are published in “Cell Reports”.

Researchers at the DZNE and the University of Bonn discover a key role of the protein HPGD

The DZNE in Magdeburg is launching a city-wide information campaign.

The DZNE celebrated its tenth anniversary with a ceremonial act.

About half a million euros approved for research into the ‘powerhouses’ of cells.

DZNE scientists have been able to alleviate motor disorders in mice that resemble those seen in Parkinson’s patients.