Dr. Atay Vural has been awarded a stipend by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to spend time in the group of Prof. Edgar Meinl to conduct research into MOG-Ak, which is part of the work done in the CRC-TR128 B08 project. After Dr. Vural’s stay in Prof. Meinl’s group, he will return to his home country of Turkey, where he will employ the techniques learnt in Germany in further research projects.

Sarah Laurent und Franziska Thaler, scientists working on the B08 project of the CRC TR128, have been awarded the Helmut Bauer Prize 2015 for young researchers for their work on the survival, regulation and activation of B cells in multiple sclerosis (see publications below). More information on this prize can be found in this press release (in German).

Laurent et al. γ-Secretase directly sheds the survival receptor BCMA from plasma cells Nat Commun 2015 6:7333

Hoffmann et al. The immunoregulator soluble TACI is released by ADAM10 and reflects B cell activation in autoimmunity J Immunol 2015 194(2):542-52

 

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Thu, 15/09/2022
Photo gallery: Inflammation & Imaging Symposium in the MIC building
Muenster. From September 12th to 14th scientists from Muenster University and their international guests discussed the latest developments in research on inflammation and the imaging of the immune system at the 2nd Inflammation & Imaging Symposium. The annual event is jointly organised by several research networks from Münster, among them the CRC/TRR 128 “Multiple Sclerosis”. […]...more
Tue, 28/06/2022
CRC Retreat in Münster
Muenster. After a long pause, more than 90 participants of the CRC joined in Muenster Factory Hotel to update on the latest developments. We heard the most recent on a selection of the CRC projects and there was also plenty of time for fruitful discussion and socializing in the evening....more
Mon, 23/05/2022
EU Research Council awards Lydia Sorokin Advanced Grant
Münster – The biochemist and Principal investigator of the CRC 128 Prof. Dr. Lydia Sorokin has received the coveted “Advanced Grant” awarded by the European Research Council (ERC). The funding of ca. 2.3 million euros enables the realisation of outstanding research projects. Lydia Sorokin heads the Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry at Muenster University. […]...more