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The Institute of Neurogenetics is pleased to announce that Dr. Joanne Trinh has been awarded the Heisenberg Professorship in Neurogenomics by the German Research Foundation (DFG). After successful negotiations, she will officially take on the professorship starting February 2025. Congratulations to Professor Trinh on this significant achievement!

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Lara Lange has been awarded the Walter Benjamin Program scholarship. The Walter Benjamin scholarship supports academics in the qualification phase following their doctorate, enabling them to independently pursue innovative research projects at a location of their choice.

Foto: Guido Kollmeier / Uni Lübeck PD Dr. med. Max Borsche from the Institute of Neurogenetics and the Department of Neurology has been honored with the Renate-Maaß Research Award for his outstanding scientific contribution: “Specific Characteristics of Hereditary Forms of Parkinson’s Disease.” We extend our sincere congratulations to Dr. Borsche on this well-deserved recognition.

Fotos: Guido Kollmeier / Uni Lübeck Dr. med. Maria Lueg from the Institute of Neurogenetics has been recognized with the Otto-Roth Prize in the Medicine category for her outstanding doctoral thesis: “Cerebellar Ataxia with Neuropathy and Bilateral Vestibular Areflexia Syndrome (CANVAS): Molecular Genetic Characterization of a Novel Repeat Disorder.” We extend our sincere congratulations to

Dr. Max Borsche delivered his Inaugural Lecture entitled “Vom Gen zur Bewegungsstörung – Aktuelle Erkenntnisse und zukünftige Herausforderungen der klinischen Neurogenetik” on February 19, 2024. The lecture addressed recent challenges in neurogenetics using the example of Dr. Borsche’s research on monogenic Parkinson’s disease, including clinical, genetic, diagnostic, and pathophysiological aspects. The lecture concluded with an

On May 28th, Theresa Lüth successfully defended her PhD thesis, earning the distinction of summa cum laude. Supervised by Dr. Joanne Trinh, her work was entitled “Mitochondrial Genetics and Environmental Exposure as Modifiers of Monogenic Parkinson’s Disease”. Congratulations to Dr. Lüth!

We are excited to announce the start of a new seminar series titled “Data Analysis and Bioinformatics” at the Institute of Neurogenetics. This series, led by Dr. Theresa Lüth, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute, is designed to support researchers in the field of genetics with both foundational and advanced topics in data analysis

On October 17-18, 2024, the Conference on “Dystonia Pathogenesis: An Integrative Approach” took place in Frankfurt, Germany. Organized and co-chaired by Katja Lohmann, PhD and Michael Zech, MD, and sponsored by the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, it brought together 20 experts from Europe and the US, specializing in various aspects of dystonia research. Further representing

Since April, Linn Welzel has been pursuing her medical doctorate in the research group of Prof. Dr. Katja Lohmann. Her research delves into the genetic causes of dystonias, a group of neurological disorders that lead to involuntary muscle contractions and abnormal movements. Linn’s dedication and talent have been recognized with the prestigious Lübeck Excellence in

We say goodbye to Pin-Jui Kung, a PhD student from National Taiwan University, who recently completed her research sabbatical within the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2). Her work focused on Parkinson’s disease biomarkers, particularly studying small non-coding RNAs and plasma proteins. We are delighted to congratulate Pin-Jui on the successful defense of her thesis back