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SyNergy members among the world’s most influential researchers

12 Nov 2025 | News | Award

The latest analysis of publications places three SyNergy members among the most successful in their chosen field. 

SyNergy Lab Week: "One of the highlights of my medical studies"

28 Oct 2025 | Event Recap

Medical students from LMU Munich visited the SyNergy lab in October to explore fundamental research on neurodegenerative diseases. Five students spent an entire week at the Neher/Haass Lab,…

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Mikael Simons Awarded Grant from the “Tauopathy Challenge Workshop 2025” Funding Program

18 Aug 2025 | News | Award

Our member Mikael Simons receives US$500,000 for a project to investigate disease mechanisms involving so-called tau proteins. The funding is part of the international program „Tauopathy Challenge…

Research Spotlight

Using PET-imaging to detect cortical synapse loss in multiple sclerosis

9 Oct 2025 | Research Spotlight

The standard method for diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which primarily identifies damage to the brain's white matter. However, synapse loss in gray matter is…

Podcast

57 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.