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Multiple Sclerosis Price of the Eva and Helmer Lehmann Foundation for Arek Kendirli
Neuroflame - New Research Group on Defense and Demise of inflamed neurons funded
November 2024 – Arek Kendirli (Kerschensteiner Lab) received the Multiple Sclerosis price of the Eva and Helmer Lehmann Foundation awarded by the German Neurological Society and the competence Network Multiple Sclerosis for...
October 2024 – The German Research Foundation (DFG) has funded a new research group that investigates the cellular and molecular pathways that regulate the fate of neurons in the inflamed CNS. The new research group “NeuroFlame”...
Publications
LMU researchers demonstrate that certain immune cells already play an important role in the early stages of multiple sclerosis
Fluorogenic chemical probes for wash-free imaging of cell membrane damage in ferroptosis, necrosis and axon injury
September 2024 – Here the Gerdes lab together with the Beltran lab analyzed CD8 T cells from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of monozygotic twins, where one twin had MS and the other showed no signs or subclinical signs of neuroinflammation (SCNI). The Study demonstrates that CD8 T ...
April 2024 – Membrane damage is key step in the pathological cascade that leads to neuronal death or axon degeneration. Here, the Kerschensteiner lab worked together with a research team headed by Oliver Thorn-Seshold at the LMU Department of Pharmacy to develop new modular ....