The MCTN is a platform for basic research-oriented, translational and clinical neuroscientists at Mannheim Medical Faculty in collaboration with @zi_mannheim.

Mannheim, Germany
Joined March 2024
Join @QuintanaLabHMS , Professor of Neurology at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (@BrighamWomens, @harvardmed) who will talk about "Regulation of CNS inflammation", Host: @michael_platten 👉November 28, 4pm at @unimedizinma, house 6, level 4, lecture hall 1
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🌟Congrats to our members Tobias Banaschewski @zi_mannheim, @platten_michael and former deputy director Rolf-Detlef Treede for being recognized as Highly Cited Researchers! 👏This achievement reflects their dedication and outstanding contributions to their respective fields.
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Universität Heidelberg with 15 “Highly Cited Researchers”: International evaluation names researchers whose publications have been most cited worldwide uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroo…
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👉Free livestream today at 5:15 PM CET: falling-walls.com/livestream…
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Can the immune system fight brain cancer? Join us at the #ScienceSummit24 on 9 November at 5:15 PM CET to hear Michael Platten present his groundbreaking work on brain tumour vaccines. 🧠✨ 🌐 Free livestream available: falling-walls.com/livestream…
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👏The MCTN congratulates Lucas Schirmer @schirmerlab @unimedizinma @MCTNeuroscience @UniHeidelberg, who received the Science Award of the German Society of Neurology at the DGN Congress currently taking place in Berlin. 👉lmy.de/xCdWv
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Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience retweeted
And, examining subcortica lesions identified niches such as perivascular spaces, the inflamed lesion rim, and the lesion core that are associated with the glial scar and a cilia-forming astrocyte subtype @Cels121 @PauBadiaM @saezlab @Schirmerlab nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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Our work with @schirmerlab in multiple sclerosis (MS) is out today in @NatureNeuro. We investigated lesion progression and cell-cell communication events in MS using snRNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics 🧠 See below ⬇️ nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
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Save the date: On November 28, @platten_michael will host Francisco J. Quintana (@QuintanaLabHMS) for a talk on "Regulation of CNS inflammation". Where? 👉@unimedizinma, house 6, level 4, lecture hall 1
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Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience retweeted
Be part of the future of medicine! Mark your calendar for 9 November to discover how innovative research is transforming brain cancer treatment with Michael Platten / @platten_michael 👉 bit.ly/3CaITXS #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit24
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Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience retweeted
Welcome & Goodbye: A huge thank you to our outgoing president, Susan Short, for her great dedication and leadership during her term over the past years! And a warm welcome to Michael Platten as the new president of #EANO. #EANO2024 #NeuroOncology
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Welcome to the team! Looking forward to many joint activities from basic research to patient care. @MCTNeuroscience.
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Join @BohacekLab, Professor @ETH_en who will talk about "The transition from acute to chronic stress: in search of the tipping point": Host:@SimWieg (@MCTN) 👉September 26 at 4 pm at @unimedizinma, House 6, Level 4, Lecture hall 1
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👏We congratulate @platten_michael (@DKFZ @unimedizinma @UniHeidelberg @MCTNeuroscience)
Presenting the Falling Walls #ScienceBreakthroughs of the Year 2024! 🏅Michael Platten🏅Saw Wai Hl🏅Guihua Yu🏅Rafael Prieto-Curiel🏅Tiange Wang🏅Inge Katrin Herrmann Catch them live on stage at the #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit24 on 9 November: bit.ly/3s4s74L
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Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience retweeted
What happens when you apply design principles from bottom-up synthetic biology to immunology? In Heidelberg and together with @FrischknechtLab @platten_michael & Oliver Fackler we compiled the prospects of bottom-up synthetic immunology @NatureNano rdcu.be/dR0r0
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Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience retweeted
Synthetic Immunology: Approaching a Turning Point in the Treatment and Prevention of Disease – Heidelberg researchers describe a new field of research to engineer precise immune responses from molecular constituents uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroo…
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Congrats 👏to clinician scientist @GrasslNiklas (@unimedizinma @Neuro_MA @Platten_lab), who studies the development of primary brain tumors.
Die @EKFStiftung vergibt an sechs besonders begabte junge Ärztinnen und Ärzte die Else Kröner Memorialstipendien in Höhe von je 250.000 Euro. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳 @GrasslNiklas , @DrHeinrichB, @DietrichLab u. a. ➡️ ekfs.de/aktuelles/presse/fre…
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Fingers crossed 🤞🍀for @platten_michael who is one of the @falling_walls finalists qualifying for the title of #ScienceBreakthrough of the Year in the Life Sciences category.
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Their groundbreaking research is now one step closer to being showcased at the #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit24, where they will compete for the prestigious title of #ScienceBreakthrough of the Year 2024 in their categories. 🌟 See all winners: bit.ly/3Xas2N7
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Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience retweeted
Hören Sie heute um 13 Uhr Lucas Schirmer in der #AkaMi zum Thema ⋆🔬🧪Entzündung im Nervensystem: Gene, Zellen und neue Therapien🥽⋆ Besuchen Sie uns in der #Peterskirche in dieser letzten Woche der Vorträge! @schirmerlab @UMM @UniHeidelberg Organisiert von @ResearchlifeSci
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Bei der akademischen Mittagspause von @ResearchLifesci ist MCTN-Forscher Prof. Dr. Lucas Schirmer (@schirmerlab) mit seinem Vortrag "Entzündung im Nervensystem: Gene, Zellen und neue Therapien" dabei. Am 17.07.24, 13:00-13:30 Uhr in der Peterskirche in Heidelberg.
Nächsten Montag beginnt die letzte Woche der Akademischen Mittagspause 2024! @majendrusch, Kai Melde, @schirmerlab, Katharina Clemm und @VarunVenkatara2 schließen die Veranstaltungsreihen mit spannenden Vorträgen ab! @UniHeidelberg @EMBLHeidelberg @uniklinik_hd @unimedizinma
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Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience retweeted
Heute spricht @MCTNeuroscience Forscherin ⋆🔬🧪Dr. Nina Bonekamp über "Mitochondriale DNA - das 'andere' Genom im Kampf gegen Krankheiten"🥽⋆ #AkaMi nur noch diese und nächste Woche um 13 Uhr in der #Peterskirche in #Heidelberg. Organisiert von @Researchlifesci
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