Centre for Transdisciplinary Neurosciences Universitätsmedizin Rostock About Research Activities & Events Career & Funding Photo Gallery Contact Welcome at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Neurosciences Rostock (CTNR) Resilience in Neurodegeneration - from the model to the patient to the population The Centre for Transdisciplinary Neurosciences Rostock (CTNR, Neurozentrum Rostock) bundles the local scientific activities of neurosciences to improve the visibility and outcomes of the University Medical Centre in the field. The centre represents one of the three main scientific areas (Forschungsschwerpunkte) at the University Medical Centre Rostock. NEWS Archive 5th CTNR Members' Meeting December 2021 07 December 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 Fifth meeting of the CTNR members. Zentrum Innere Medizin Ernst-Heydemann-Str. 6 Hörsaal For CTNR members only: Registration for the event Successful 1st Virtual Neuroscience Workshop Lund – Rostock October 2021 The initiative of a United Neuroscience Campus Lund - Rostock (UNC) was starting with the first virtual scientific workshop on “Key questions and methods in the field of neurodegenerative diseases in Lund and Rostock”, on October 20, 2021, 2 pm – 7 pm. The goals were to get in contact with researchers from Rostock and Lund, to present and get to know the scientific key questions and methods of both scientific locations. The information will lay the basis for future collaborations and projects. The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Lund, Prof. Kristina Åkesson and the Dean of the University Medical Centre Rostock, Prof. Emil Reisinger welcomed the participants. The project leader Prof. Alexander Storch (CTNR Speaker) and Prof. Per Odin (Neurology Lund) introduced the initiative. The workshop programme consisted of experimental and clinical key speakers who presented their scientific questions in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. 62 participants from both countries took part online, with six lectures from Rostock and eight from Lund. Programme and Abstracts The CTNR welcomes new member October 2021 Dr. Henrik Rudolf is a scientist at the Institute for Biostatistics and Informatics in Medicine and Ageing Research. His reserach areas are statistical methods in clinical trials, multi-state models and stepped-wedge designs. He also offers a statsitical consultation service for students, doctoral candidates and research assistants. More information. 2. Call: CTNR Medical Scientist Programme October 2021 The CTNR Neuro Medical Scientist Programme includes the financial support of positions for (non-physician) medical scientists/doctoral candidates with a focus on neurosciences. The financial support is used to give young scientists the opportunity to apply for third-party funds (“Anschubfinanzierung”) or to complete the doctorate (“Überbrückungsfinanzierung”). Deadline 2. Call: 15 November 2021 More information Successful networking at the first CTNR Summer School September 2021 The first CTNR Summer School, on 02 - 04 September 2021, was a successsful platform for the get-to-know and networking of senior and young scientists from Rostock in the field of Neurosciences. Some researchers of CTNR working groups were trained in neuroanatomy by a two-day long preparation course in Rostock. Following, 38 leader and junior scientists presented together in tandems the current state-of-the-art, their methodologies, applications and on-site technologies on the Summer School location at the hotel in Gremmelin. Special (virtual) keynote speaker was Dimitri Michael Kullmann FRS FMedSci MAE. He is a professor of neurology at the UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London. The Summer School provided networking tools by oral and poster presentations, discussions and a scientific network activity in the evening. The best poster was awarded by a project funding amount of 1,000 € to Sarah Joost and Katerina Manzhula from the Insititute of Anatomy for their project about "Exploring an undescribed border structure of the choroid plexus: From three-dimensional macroscopy to ultrastructure". Photo gallery The CTNR welcomes new member August 2021 Dr. Marina Boccardi is the Head of the Implementation Neuroscience group, DZNE-Rostock/Greifswald. Her research areas are methodological studies aimed to improve the translation and implementation of neuroscience findings in clinical practice. More information. Novel therapy tested in the world's first patients with chorea acanthocytosis July 2021 An international consortium led by CTNR member Prof. Andreas Hermann, Head of the Section for Translational Neurodegeneration “Albrecht Kossel”, was able to identify a key mechanism for the development of the disease with the help of European funding (E-Rare). Transferring it to patient care is a task of the Clinician Scientist Dr. Kevin Peikert (photo). More information. MASTER THESIS PROJECTS at Lund University Medical Faculty June 2021 The CTNR is currently implementing a new international cooperation with the Lund University (Sweden) - the United Neuroscience Campus (UNC) Lund – Rostock – with experts from the Swedish Neuroscience community like Per Odin (Neurology), Angela Cenci Nilsson (Basal Ganglia Pathophysiology) and Oskar Hansson (Clinical Memory Research). The cooperation starts with a connection between the CTNR and the MultiPark (Multidisciplinary research focused on Parkinson´s disease). The overarching strategic goals of the United Neuroscience Campus Lund - Rostock initiative are the promotion of young researchers, internationalisation, increasing the visibility of the community, and stimulating international collaborative research projects and publications. The planned measures are student/doctoral exchange programmes, bilateral events and special supports. Prof. Angela Cenci Nilsson is now kick-starting the Lund-Rostock exchange already from this autumn by the offer to host some master students from Rostock in the field of neuropharmacology and neuroscience. More information about research and application. Handover of funding: from left Julian Barlen, health policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group, Science Minister Bettina Martin, Prof. Michael Kölch, Director of the Clinic for Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy in Childhood and Adolescence, Prof. Jan Däbritz, Director of the Clinic for Children and Adolescents, Madeleine Sengbusch, voluntary initiator of the pain medicine service. Offer for children and adolescents with pain June 2021 Rostock University Medical Center will receive EUR 300,000 as start-up funding from the strategy fund to set up a range of pain medicine for children and adolescents. A comprehensive care chain from outpatient to partial inpatient to inpatient care for young patients and their families is planned among others by CTNR member Prof. Michael Kölch. More information. CRC "ELAINE" - Renewal proposal approved June 2021 The reviewers and members of the Senate and Approval Committee for Collaborative Research Centers (SFB) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) approved a second funding period of the Collaborative Research Center 1270 "Electrically Active Implants" – ELAINE. The CRC team, with the participation of CTNR members as PIs of the subprojects C03, C04 and IRTG can continue their research for four more years. More information. CTNR members achieves a milestone in the research of rare neuromuscular diseases May 2021 Scientists discover an important enzyme for therapy controls / New findings enable more individual therapy Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an inherited disease that leads to progressive muscle wasting. It occurs relatively frequently among the rare diseases. About two percent of the population carries the predisposition. There is no cure, but recently very effective therapies and therefore the possibility that only mild symptoms will occur with early treatment. CTNR member Prof. Andreas Hermann und PD Dr. Christoph Kamm have now found a biomarker, i.e. a measurable biological parameter, which shows the extent of muscle wasting, in a study together with colleagues from Dresden and other university clinics. More information. CTNR member leads Germany-wide study on corona vaccines May 2021 Vaccination tolerance in patients with multiple sclerosis is being researched for the first time A nationwide study by the German Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Rostock University Medical Center will examine how the Covid-19 vaccination affects the course of MS in patients over the next few months. CTNR member Prof. Dr. Uwe Zettl heads the nationwide study on the tolerability of the Covid 19 vaccination in MS patients. More information. DFG is funding longitudinal cohort study at the Psychiatry May 2021 Source: Rostocker Längsschnittstudie "The role of pandemic and individual vulnerability in longitudinal cohorts across the life span: refined models of neurosociobehavioral pathways into substance (ab)use?" Individual decisions for risky behavior, such as substance consumption, are influenced by neurobehavioral microstates, including impulsivity or maladaptive stress reactivity. These decisions have, yet, also been attributed to socioaffective cues - from macrosocial norms and opportunities, including access routes or private space, to mesosocial factors, including closeness to consuming peers or amount of familial stress. The German Research Foundation (DFG) approved a consortium application under the leadership of Kiel Professor of Medical Psychology and Sociology Frauke Nees, which combines several German longitudinal studies. The Rostock longitudinal study is the oldest of the participating studies, because it started 50 years ago with the birth of around 300 Rostock children. A video on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Rostock longitudinal study can be found here. The study has been carried out by the CTNR member PD Dr. Olaf Reis, manages and combines data from very different areas of life. The total application amount is over 1 Mio € for three years, about a third of it are going to the Rostock project. Publication at Ärzteblatt MV May 2021 Our CTNR Neuro Clinicien Scientist Dr. Felix Streckebach published an article about his intersting research project on "Bioresorbierbarer, intrakranieller Stent zur endovaskulären Therapie" in the current edition (May 2021) of the Ärzteblatt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. More information. CTNR Activity Report 2019 - 2020 May 2021 Download The report of the CTNR and its members' activities in 2019 and 2020 has been published and is now available online. After a successful evaluation in 2020 and the additional funding period for another four years we have the possibility to create ideas for new projects. In this sense, it is planned to establish a master’s course in "Translational Neuroscience", to implement a common Neuroscience Campus between Lund and Rostock as well as to apply for a DFG Research Training Group. In addition to this promotion of young talents, beside the Clinician Scientist program, a Medical Scientist program has also been launched to strengthen motivated researcher in the CTNR. We have also succeeded in creating a Lecture of Excellence in order to gather outstanding researchers in the field of neuroscience to Rostock. These are just a few highlights of the last two years. For a deeper look into the activities of the CNTR we would like to invite you to enjoy this brochure. The CTNR Board A nationwide supply network for ALS patients April 2021 The ALS center at Rostock University Medical Center is a central point of contact for those who are sick in the region. With the support of the European Social Fund and the state government, a project is now being implemented that aims to provide interdisciplinary networked care for all people with ALS in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MV). Principal investigator and CTNR member Prof. Andreas Hermann (right) and case manager Sophie Fischer (left) will ensure that patients and their families should be optimally cared for, and regional and supra-regional resources should be consistently improved and used. Up to 200 people currently suffer from the incurable disease in MV. More information. Children in the corona crisis: "Many have become more independent" Interview with Prof. Dr. med. Michael Kölch in DER SPIEGEL CTNR member Michael Kölch, Professor for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in an interview about the effects on the Corona generation and the learning strategies of children in DER SPIEGEL: SPIEGEL PLUS article. CTNR Online Lecture: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Haass (LMU, DZNE München) March 2021 Source: Prof. Haass Source: Prof. Haass On 18th March, 46 young and senior scientists of the neuroscience community in Rostock attended the CTNR online lecture of the oustanding researcher Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Haass (LMU, DZNE München). The lecture was about:“Microglial modulation of neurodegenerative diseases – innovative therapies or devilish gambling?” Christian Haass is Professor of Biochemistry and head of the Department of Metabolic Biochemistry at the Adolf-Butenandt Institute (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich). Since 2009, he is also the speaker of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders (DZNE) in Munich. He holds many excellent awards and is leader of outstanding projects, e.g. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Award (DFG), ERC advanced grant, DFG Reinhart Koselleck Project and is ranked as a highly cited researcher (Web of Science). He is i.a. elected member of the Leopoldina, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and member of the Society for Neuroscience. His Division of Biochemistry at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich is investigating the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Frontotemporal Dementia. A major focus includes the identification of target molecules, which can be modulated in future therapeutic approaches. The CTNR thanks Prof. Haass for the excellent and inspiring talk. CTNR Neuro Medical Scientists March 2021 Starting in April 2021, Janine Petters will be funded by the CTNR for six months as a Medical Scientist. Her research deals with the development and characterization of a patient-specific iPSC-derived cell model system for the copper storage disorder Wilson disease which mainly affects the liver and brain. As a CTNR Medical Scientist, Janine Petters tries to find potential drug candidates and aims to test these substances in her differentiated iPSC-derived liver cell model in order to correct the dysfunctional copper transporter ATP7B in iPSC-derived hepatocytes from Wilson disease patients. Review Board January 2021 With the kind support of a review board, the applicants were assessed as part of the CTNR Medical Scientist Programme. The CTNR Board would like to thank the experts for their cooperation: Prof. Dr. Lars Tönges (Department of Neurology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Priv.-Doz. Dr. Özgür Onur (Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne) Prof. Dr. med. 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