The New Director of Population Health Sciences at the DZNE Investigates

Bonn, December 2nd, 2011. On Monday, 28th of November, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) held its first “Industry Day.” The event aimed to showcase the work of the recently founded DZNE and discuss potential areas of cooperation with…

Prof. Oliver Brüstle and his team use neurons to study disease etiology

DZNE scientists and their US colleagues have received US$1.5 million in funding to research learning and memory using computer models

Bonn, Oct 27th, 2011. Scientists from Bonn have discovered a possible mechanism of Alzheimer disease For a nerve cell to function properly, each protein must be in the right place. The tau protein, for example, has to be located in the axons - the long…

Scientists identify an RNA molecule as a potential target for new Alzheimer's therapies

Scientists from the DZNE and University of Bonn have discovered that a modification of the protein amyloid beta causes it to aggregate and form plaques – a typical feature of Alzheimer's disease

Bonn/Tübingen, September15th 2011. Dr. Michela Deleidi, a scientist in Prof. Thomas Gasser’s research group at the DZNE site Tübingen and the Hertie Institute for Brain Research, received a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers. With the…