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Auszeichnung für LOCOTACT-Forscher Prof. Peter Kühnen
Prof. Dr. Peter Kühnen (Charité, Berlin) ist für seine Studien zur Normalisierung des Körpergewichtes mit dem renommierten Paul-Martini-Preis ausgezeichnet worden - Wir gratulieren herzlich!
Lars Möller at 2020 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology
P10 and P18 PI Lars Möller was invited to give a talk at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology (SGED) which took place as a virtual conference on 12-13 November, 2020.
In the plenary lecture on November 13th, 2020, he live discussed "How Do Thyroid Hormones Act and Why Would it Be Important to Know It?"- a topic of high relevance for all our LOCOTACT members!
The CRC/TR296 kick-off meeting took place via Zoom
- Approval of bylaws by CRC/TR296 member assembly
- Election of steering commitee members
- Current status of Z-projects
DFG prolongs funding of research group "ProtectMove" with LOCOTACT PI Frank Kaiser as deputy spokesperson
The research group "ProtectMove - Reduced penetrance of movement disorders" located at University of Lübeck is being funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for another three years.
LOCOTACT PI Frank Kaiser is the deputy spokesperson of this FOR 2488 and delighted about the extend funding: "The results obtained from ProtectMove will not only lead to a better understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying disease development and progression, but will also offer new avenues for the prevention and treatment of these disorders."
Eleven of the project leaders come from Lübeck, four from the affiliated institute of the University of Bolzano, three from Kiel, two from Luxembourg, including the bridge professor of the research group Anne Gruenewald, and one from Essen.
We wish the research group a lot of success with their projects!
Paradigmenwechsel in der Schilddrüsen-Forschung könnte Therapie von Schlaganfall und Herzinfarkt voranbringen
LOCOTACT PI Kleinschnitz: spokesperson of FOR 2879 "ImmunoStroke"
The FOR 2879 "ImmunoStroke" research project, based at the universities of Duisburg-Essen, Munich, Hamburg and Münster, will receive a total of 4.5 million euros over the next three years to investigate the role of the immune system in the late phase after a stroke.
LOCOTACT PI Christoph Kleinschnitz is spokesperson of the FOR2879. Together with LOCOTACT PI Friederike Langhauser they investigate how the kallikrein-kinin system-mediated thrombo-inflammation impairs long-term recovery after stroke at morphological, cellular, and network levels.
We wish them a lot of success with their research in FOR2829.
