GRK 238:  Mechanisms of Damage in CNS Disease - Application of Imaging Techniques

• Subject Area: Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
• Term: from 1996 to 2004
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 271095

The aim of this research training group is a synthesis of basic research with clinical research in the domains of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Radiology and Psychiatry. The program accompanies and supports young researchers (medical students and also science graduates) during the progress of their thesis in order to improve their individual knowledge by offering interdisciplinary contacts and courses.The participants receive a sound training in different approaches towards the examination of mechanisms of damage in CNS disease. These include the use of the most up-to-date imaging techniques combined with electrophysiological and cell biological methods. Graduate students will finish the research project with a PhD/MD degree.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Participating Institution: Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP); im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.; Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC)
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Uwe Heinemann (†)
• Participating Researchers: Dr. Susanne Arnold; Privatdozent Dr. Ingolf Blasig; Professor Dr. Ulrich Dirnagl; Privatdozentin Dr. Claudia Eder; Professorin Dr. Rosemarie Grantyn; Privatdozent Dr. Uwe Hanisch; Professorin Dr. Hrissanthi Ikonomidou; Professor Dr. Gerd Kempermann; Professor Dr. Helmut Kettenmann; Professor Dr. W.R. Lanksch; Dr. Thomas-Nicolas Lehmann; Privatdozent Dr. W. Müller; Professor Dr. Robert Nitsch; Professor Dr. Arno Villringer; Professorin Dr. Frauke Zipp