Press releases

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Computing center.

International Conference on AI and Neuroscience in September

“Nature”-Conference “AI, Neuroscience and Hardware” focuses on exchange between biology and IT technology.

Symbolic image gait analysis

Rare motor disorder: International study investigates living situation of people with Friedreich’s Ataxia

A special app is used to evaluate the impact of the disease on the everyday life of patients and their families.

Functioning of Antibodies in Autoimmune Encephalitis Deciphered

DZNE researchers report in the journal "Cell".

Brain tissue under the microscope.

DZNE and Intravacc awarded EU funding to develop vaccine against genetic ALS variant

The vaccine is targeting the most common genetic ALS variant.

Person sitting in front of monitor in MRI.

More Brain Lesions in Senior Women than in Men of the Same Age

Rhineland Study: The Extent of Abnormalities in the Brain’s White Matter Grows Significantly After Menopause.

Picture shows Patrick Öckl and a scientist in the lab.

Dementia: Blood Levels Could Point to Early Loss of Neuronal Connections

Researchers from DZNE have identified a protein in the blood that may indicate the degradation of neural connections years before the onset of dementia symptoms.

Picture shows state-of-the-art laboratory technology: so-called sequencers.

COVID-19: New Insights Into the Processes of Recovery After Severe Disease

Novel Data Analysis Method Helps Uncover Hidden Disease Mechanisms.

The MRI.

Dementia: Combination of “Feelings” and Measurements Suggest Alzheimer’s in the Early Stage

New evidence on subjective impairments in cognitive performance

Michel Goedert

“Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize” Honors Research on Brain Diseases

Neuroscientist Michel Goedert from Cambridge, UK, has received the "Hartwig Piepenbrock DZNE Prize", which is endowed with 60,000 euros.

Alzheimer's: Amyloid and Tau Are a Perilous Couple

DZNE study provides new insights into pathological phenomena of Alzheimer‘s disease.