Archive
Symposia: Synaptic Signals
A joint research project on synaptic signal transmission will be initialized with a one-day symposium entitled "Synaptic Signals" on October 21st in Bonn. The aim of the project is to gain a better understanding of ...more
Workshop: Dementia care research – scientific evidence, current issues and future perspectives
The DZNE Rostock / Greifswald in cooperation with the DZNE Witten organizes an international workshop on dementa care research entitled "Dementia care research - scientific evidence, current issues and future ...more
May 20, 2011: Jazz and Science at DZNE
The DZNE is promoting a series of lectures and concerts to drive attention to the link between brain plasticity and high-end mental endeavours such as arts and music, which could positively influence the course of ...more
2. Annual meeting from DZNE-site Witten: Care strategies for people with dementia
Care strategies for people with dementia - attitudes, models, implementation. This is the title of the 2nd annual meeting (meeting language is German) of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) at the site in ...more
Conference on Ageing and Neurodegeneration
The conference "Ageing and Neurodegeneration" is co-organised by DZNE, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing. It brings together cutting edge scientific expertise to ...more
Public events
Public engagement is essential to communicate the impact, the beauty and the importance of scientific research. From its inception, DZNE has placed emphasis on dissemination of its research through public events. These include lectures, and public events.
17 March 2010 Berlin: New possibilities for carers and families
Presentations from Prof. Nicotera, Prof. Maier, Ms. Sabine Jansen, Prof. Jörg Schulz, Prof. Michael Hüll, Prof. Eckhard Mandelkow followed by public discussion on better health care for patients with cognitive impairments.
16-17 March 2010: DZNE-KNDD International Conference in Berlin
Programme:
Aggregation/Degeneration I
• Induction and spreading of of cerebral amyloidosis (Mathias Jucker)
• Prion-like properties of assembled tau protein (Michel Goedert)
• Beyond the prion principle (Adriano Aguzzi)
• Stepwise autoproteolysis of presenilin 1 is affected by familial Alzheimer’s disease mutations (Christian Haass)
Biomarker
• Studies of Abeta metabolism in mouse and man: Predicting Alzheimer’s disease and the ups and downs of Abeta (Dave Holtzman)
• Current status and perspective of clinical neuroproteomics of AD (Jens Wiltfang)
• Diagnosing AD before dementia (Philip Scheltens)
Genetic screeens and human genetics
• Alzheimer’s disease genetics: Current status and future perspectives (Lars Bertram)
• Genome-wide association studies in AD and associated phenotypes (Matthias Riemenschneider)
• Genome-wide associations implicate novel pathways to AD (Julie Williams)
• Genetics of human memory: From physiology to neurodegeneration (Andreas Papassotiropoulos)
Aggregation/Degeneration II
• Strategies to prevent neural network dysfunction in AD (Lennart Mucke)
• Drosophila RNAi library screens for genetic interactors in models of dementias (Jörg Schulz)
• FMRP-associated mircoRNAs regulate synaptic structure and function (Dieter Edbauer)
Gamma secretase modulation and other new therapies
• Substrate targeting of novel gamma-secretase modulators (Gerd Multhaup)
• Novel symptomatic therapies for Alzheimer’s disease (Jackie Hunter)
• Modulation of nuclear hormone receptor function as therapeutic strategy for AD (Michael Heneka)
Lipids and inflammation ind Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration
• Omega 3 fatty acids and neuroprotectin D1 signaling (Nicholas Bazan)
• Lipid anchoring of secretase inhibitors and modulators – “Our souls may reside in fat” (Boris Schmidt)
• Funcitonal link between cerebral lipid metabolism and AD etiology (Tobias Hartmann)
Population based studies
• Towards the prevention of dementia (Monique Breteler)
• Prediction of dementia in primary care patients: Relevance of early signs and symptoms (Frank Jessen)
• Future dementia care costs – a time bomb? (Anders Wimo)
• Dementia-related utilization and cost of medical services in Germany (Hendrik van den Bussche)
"Long Nights of Science" in Bonn
During the local science night in Bonn people will have the chance to see the world with the researcher’s eye in the so-called science tent, e.g. study nematodes under the microscope. These worms are used to understand the ageing process.
June 24th/25th 9:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m./1:00 a.m. Bonn
www.bonner-wissenschaftsnacht.de