BMC Diversity Symposium 2024

    Diversity Symposium at the BMC Munich

    Last week, the BMC Diversity Initiative held its first-ever diversity symposium, featuring three inspiring speakers who shared their career journeys and the challenges they’ve overcome to

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    Fig. 9: Proposed mechanisms by which TFEB governs B-lymphoid fate decisions.

    TFEB governs B-lymphoid fate decisions.

    TFEB activation hallmarks antigenic experience of B lymphocytes and directs germinal center fate decisions Antigenic stimulation triggers TFEB to move into the nucleus, where it can

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    Oligodendroglial glucose starvation leads to a gradual myelin loss.

    Oligodendroglial fatty acid metabolism as a central nervous system energy reserve

    A recent study published in Nature Neuroscience reveals that oligodendrocytes, the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS), play a crucial role in energy metabolism

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    ERC Starting Grant for Anna-Sophia Wahl

    Congratulations to Anna-Sophia Wahl for obtaining a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant! From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Newsroom:”In the ARISE (Activate Repair In StrokE) project, Anna-Sophia Wahl wants

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    Florence Bareyre

    Congratulations Professor Bareyre!

    After her outstanding contributions to research and teaching, our project leader Florence Bareyre has been awarded an adjunct professorship.

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    NeuroCamp 2024

    TRR 274 Soft Skill Workshop at NeuroCamp Munich 2024

    NeuroCamp Munich is a 2-week summer school where students in the (pen-)ultimate year of high school can experience what it is like to be a neuroscientist.

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    Multi-cellular response

    TRR 274 Lecture Series – Winter Semester 2024/25

    Lecture Series

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    neuronal reprogramming

    Key mechanisms identified for improving astrocyte-to-neuron reprogramming

    Researchers from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) made significant progress in unraveling novel mechanisms of glia-to-neuron conversion. By using novel methods in epigenome profiling,

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    Age-related myelin damage

    Amyloidosis triggers age-related oligodendrocyte and myelin damage

    Age-related myelin damage leads to white matter inflammation, but its impact on chronic neurodegenerative diseases remains unclear. A recent study reveals that amyloidosis alone can cause

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    FENS 2024

    Network of German Neurocenters @ FENS 2024

    Visit the stand of the Network of German Neurocenters at FENS from 25 – 29 June in Vienna, Austria http://www.neurocenters-germany.de/

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    Brain Day 2024

    TRR 274 at Munich Brain Day 2024

    The TRR 274 was present once again at the second edition of the Munich Brain Day. The event aimed at bringing the neuroscientist community in Munich

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    Careers Day 2024

    Careers Day 2024

    As part of public outreach of the TRR 274, The Institute of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Research (IMSF, headed by Prof. Alexander Flügel) explained how immune

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