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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


Mon, 02/02/2015 | CRC scientists Nicholas Schwab and Johanna Breuer win Helmut-Bauer Young-Scientist Prize for MS research

Congratulations to the CRC Scientists Nicholas Schwab and Johanna Breuer from the Neurological Clinic of the University Hospital Münster who were awarded the Helmut-Bauer Young-Scientist Prize for MS Research. They each received €2500 for their work on the effects of UVB radiation on the onset and development of multiple sclerosis, which was published in Annals of Neurology.

Breuer J*, Schwab N*, Schneider-Hohendorf T, Marziniak M, Mohan H, Bhatia U, Gross CC, Clausen BE, Weishaupt C, Luger TA, Meuth SG, Loser K and Wiendl H (2014). Ultraviolet B light attenuates the systemic immune response in central nervous system autoimmunity. Ann Neuro/. 2014 May; 75(5):739-58.

A detailed press release in German can be found on the University of Göttingen webpage as well as a previous post here in English describing the research.