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Wed, 22/11/2023
Hybrid seminar on ‘The origins and consequences of multiple slerosis’
Munich. Prof. Lars Fugger from the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford will give a hybrid seminar on ‘The origins and consequences of multiple slerosis’ in the large auditorium at the TranslaTUM in MUNICH. The talk is organized by the TRR 355 and will be streamed via the TRR 355 seminar […]...more
Wed, 23/08/2023
Neurology Webinar on human brain T cells in health and multiple sclerosis
Muenster. The SFB 128 is happy welcome Joost J.F.M. Smolders, MD, PhD , head of MS Center ErasMS and Neuroimmunology Brain (NIB) Research Group at the Department of Immunology of the Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), as lecturer at the Muenster Neurology Webinar. His talk is entitled “Unique features of human brain T cells […]...more
Thu, 03/08/2023
New Date: Neurology Webinar – How much gut needs the brain
Muenster. In January 2024, Prof. Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, Head of the Interdisciplinary Autoimmune Clinic at the University Hospital of Basel, will visit Muenster to give insights into the microbiota-immune crosstalk in neuroonflammation. Her presentation – which ois part of the Muenster Neurology Webinar – will be live-streamed. Time: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Place: Online at zoom. […]...more


Thu, 22/01/2015 | CRC scientists discover new protection mechanism for nerve cells after they are damaged

CRC scientists from the University Medical Center Mainz, together with colleagues from the University of Virginia, have identified a new mechanism that mediates repair of nerve cells after damage to the central nervous system. Interleukin-4, a immune system secondary messenger produced by T cells, plays a key role here. The work has been published in a recent issue of the prestigious Journal of Clinical Investigation.

You can see the authors of the paper talk about there work in the following video.

A detailed press release (in German) can also be found here.