The Fitzgerald lab focuses on the mitochondrial biology of Parkinson's disease. Located at The Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research. @uni_tue

Tübingen, Germany
Joined July 2022
Congratulations to Prof. Thomas Gasser for this well-deserved achievement. @HIHTuebingen, @DZNE_en, @uni_tue
Congratulations to Thomas Gasser, Ellen Sidransky and Andrew Singleton, who win the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering key genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease. breakthroughprize.org/News/8… @NIHAging @NIH @genome_gov @DZNE_en @uni_tue
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Join our research group in Tübingen, Germany! Open PhD position on #mitophagy from October 2023! DFG graduate school MOMbrane by @uni_tue and @WeizmannScience Check out the project and apply by email: mombrane.de/projects/p11-pro… @WAutophagy #autophagy #mitochondria
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Required reading: @jbeck_PhD & colleagues "provide genetic information for professionals to use in their communication to patients & families who have experienced #Parkinsons"; Includes up-to-date info on PD variants, inheritance patterns, & ethical issues nature.com/articles/s41531-0…
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a very interesting documentary summary thread - Putting up with Parkinson's. We highly recommend.
Jeremy Paxman says his doctor noticed he had Parkinson’s while watching him on University Challenge 👁️📺 [THREAD] 🧵
If you guys received any strange activity/messages/tweets from our account in the past week, its because our account was hacked. Sorry :(
We've started a new Google group dedicated to Brain organoids. Check it out and join us! We want to create an open community to discuss methods, technical difficulties, and uses of organoids: groups.google.com/forum/#!fo…
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🏆🏆🏆We have the winners of the #EGEOrganoid 🧠🧫 quiz powered by @Fitzy_Lab 1. @AndrewJBarnhart 2 @katherinebassil 3. Alice A. Chinaia Congratulations 🍾
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who thought spooky frozen brains could be so delicious 😋the perfect brain in a dish model! #brainfood #minibrains #science
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We had a very thoughtful scientific discussion with a panel of experts who care about the ethical, legal and social aspects working with cerebral brain organoids. Taking steps forward towards safer science! #minibrains #Organoids #Parkinsons
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