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Rolf Becker Prize for SyNergy Scientists

11 Aug 2026 | Award

Prof. Dominik Paquet (SyNergy Member) and Dr. Angelika Dannert from the ISD have received this year’s precious Rolf Becker Prize. Their award-winning publications focus on a three-dimensional model…

Future Skills September 22, 2026 – co-organized by SyNergy

30 Jul 2026 | News

SyNergy is part of the Life Science Campus network (www.lifescience-munich.de ). The network members organise biennially events which may be of overarching interest for life science researchers.

SyNergy co-organized “Neuroscience in Germany” at FENS in Barcelona from July 6-10.

17 Jul 2026 | Event Recap

For the first time a shared booth merging several German Networks in Neuroscience has been coordinated: Neurocenters in Germany (www.neurocenters-germany.de , initiated and organized by SyNergy and…

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A reproducible 3D human brain tissue model with mature microglia to investigate Alzheimer's disease

10 Aug 2026 | Research Spotlight

SyNergy Member Dominik Paquet and his team developed a highly reproducible, iPSC-derived three-dimensional cortical brain tissue model (3BTM) containing neurons, astrocytes and microglia. The model…

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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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