DZNE scientists shed light on the reasons why the TREM2 gene is so important for brain health. Their study is published in the journal “Nature Neuroscience” and has important implications for the development of new drugs.

Note on the paper by Silvia A. Purro et al. (Nature; 13 December, 2018)

DZNE and neotiv GmbH enter into a long-term collaboration

The Helmholtz Center for Information Security and the DZNE have now established the “Helmholtz Medical Security and Privacy Research Center”.

The sense of direction is one of the most important human abilities. From 27 to 29 November 2018, about 70 experts from Europe, Canada and the US will discuss in Magdeburg how this navigation system operates and how it alters in old age or due to dementia. …

The DZNE’s new building was officially inaugurated.

Save the date: international symposium in Magdeburg on spatial cognition.

DZNE scientists have developed a novel model system to study mechanisms of Alzheimer's in the lab. It is based on the use of human stem cells.

The University of Rome Tor Vergata awarded an honorary doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology to Annette Schavan for her vision of bringing university and non-university biomedical research together in a new national organisation – in the German Centres…

Targeting astrocytes (star-shaped, non-neuronal cells) might help to alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. DZNE scientists report on this in the „Journal of Experimental Medicine“.