Damage cascades in neurological disorders: studies with imaging techniques

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: HPMT-CT-2001-00399

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2002

End date 31 December 2005

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Total cost € 180 000,00

EU contribution € 180 000,00

Coordinated by

HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET BERLIN
Germany

Objective

Fellowships (3,6,12 month) available for PhD and MDPhD students interested in studies on mechanisms involved in CNS damage and repair plasticity at the Graduate School of Medical Neurosciences at the University Hospital Charite, Humboldt University Berlin. The program is supported by the German Research Council DFG in the graduate college program (GRK 238) and focuses on "Damage processes in the Central Nervous System: Studies with imaging methods" Applicants should be enrolled in a PhD or MD/PhD Program and have a background in Biology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Psychology or Neurosciences with an interest in Medical Neurosciences. Diseases of interest: Disturbances of blood brain barrier (I.E. Blasig), stroke and ischemia (U. Dirnagl, A. Villringer, G. Kempermann), multiple sclerosis (W. Brück, F. Zipp), regulation of microglial functions (C. Eder, H. Kettenmann), inflammation (U. Hanisch, U. Dirnagl), apoptosis (H. Ikonomidou, F. Zipp), temporal lobe epilepsy (U. Heinemann, T.N. Lehmann), Alzheimer (W. Müller, R. Nitsch), neuronal plasticity (R.Grantyn U.Heinemann T.N. Lehmann and R. Nitsch) Techniques: Macroscopic (MRT, fMRT, near infrared spectroscopy) and microscopic imaging techniques (Intrinsic optical signals, fluorescence imaging, one and two photon confocal microscopy), tracing techniques, histological and electron microscopic techniques, molecular biology, immunology and electrophysiological techniques. Generation of monoclonal antibodies. Studies are done in humans including intraoperative monitoring, rats and mice, slices of human and animal tissue, slice cultures and dissociated cultures. Studies on genetically modified animals are included. Special courses in Patch clamp and imaging techniques, stroke models and culture techniques are offered during Januar-March. Lab rotations are possible. Initial housing can be provided. For information contact: Prof. Uwe Heinemann e-mail: [e-mail] Tel. # [phone] Fax # [phone]

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• natural sciences › biological sciences › neurobiology
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › neurology › epilepsy
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › neurology › dementia › alzheimer
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › neurology › multiple sclerosis
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › neurology › stroke

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Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

BUR - Bursaries, grants, fellowships

Coordinator

HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Schumannstrasse 20/21 ; 10117 BERLIN ; Germany
• Total cost: No data