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Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Simone Mader!
Sabine Liebscher becomes new Director of Institute of Systems Neuroscience at Medical University of Innsbruck
September 2025: We congratulate our former Junior group leader on her appointment as Professor and Director of the new Department of Translational Immunology at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. A special focus will be placed on the intersection of neuroimmunology and rheumatology.
August 2025: Sabine Liebscher, former Emmy Noether group leader at our institute, has been appointed Director of the Institute of Systems Neuroscience at the Medical University Innsbruck. During her time at our Institute, Sabine’s research on the role of neural circuits in neurodegeneration has...
Lachnospiraceae from the ileum of MS twins trigger MS-like disease in germfree transgenic mice
T–B cell cooperation in ectopic lymphoid follicles propagates CNS autoimmunity
April 2025 – Changes in the intestinal microbiota have long been associated with development of MS, but which changes are relevant for the pathogenic process remains largely unclear. Under the guidance of Emeritus Professor Hartmut Wekerle, the Gerdes lab and the Peters lab collaborated...
April 2025 – Meningeal lymphoid follicles (eLFs) are detected in many people with severe MS but their function is unclear. Here, the Peters lab together with the Kawakami, Beltrán and Kerschensteiner labs investigated the cellular processes inside eLFs in a model system, and could show ...
