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Nuclear Protein Atlas Uncovers Disease-Regulating MAP

12 Jun 2026 | News

SyNergy Member Magdalena Götz and her team have created a comprehensive map of proteins located in the cell nucleus and identified an unexpected microtubule-associated protein (MAP) that plays a key…

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Science Slam: One Planet – Many Questions

9 Jun 2026 | News

At this Science Slam, researchers step out of their comfort zone and into the spotlight to present their work in the most vivid, accessible, and entertaining way possible. SyNergy Scientist Taisiia…

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)…

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Nuclear MAP1B Links Cytoskeleton and Cell Fate

12 Jun 2026 | Research Spotlight

SyNergy Member Magdalena Götz and her team mapped the nuclear and cytoplasmic proteomes of neural stem cells and discovered that many cytoskeletal proteins are present in the nucleus. They identified…

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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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