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Erturk Lab

AI Atlas Reveals Hidden Whole-Body-Damage Caused by Obesity

22 May 2026 | News

A team led by SyNergy Member Ali Ertürk, Director of the Institute for Biological Intelligence (iBIO) at Helmholtz Munich and Professor at the LMU has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)…

Jo Failer: “I simply forget. My living legacy"

8 May 2026 | Event Recap

This reading is more than a book presentation. It is an invitation to see dementia from a different perspective. An event hosted by the SyNergy Cluster, Desideria, and the Alzheimer Gesellschaft…

Promising cell model for dementia research

6 May 2026 | Press Release

Researchers at LMU have developed a human cell model that replicates key mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases – with potential for novel therapies.

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Research Spotlight

MouseMapper Reveals Obesity’s Whole-Body Impact

27 May 2026 | Research Spotlight

Many diseases affect the whole body, but studying these changes at cellular resolution has remained difficult. We developed MouseMapper, a deep-learning framework that maps nerves, immune cells,…

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70 Clusters of Excellence, 1 podcast. This episode of “Exzellent erklärt - Spitzenforschung für alle” focuses on our research with Thomas Misgeld and Anna-Sophia Wahl. Topics include research into common neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis and stroke, the self-healing powers of the brain and the Cluster's interdisciplinary approach. Current advances in repair mechanisms, the importance of neuronal plasticity and the use of modern technologies such as AI for research are discussed.

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The Cluster of Excellence SyNergy (Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology) investigates how complex neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, stroke, or multiple sclerosis develop. Even though these diseases differ significantly in their clinical manifestations, overlapping mechanisms are involved in their development. Using systems neurology as a new interdisciplinary approach, researchers can better map the processes involved in neurovascular, neurodegenerative, and neuroimmunological diseases and develop approaches for novel therapies. The cluster has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) since 2012.

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