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We are looking for an intern to support the central project Z01 under the lead of Dr. Pooja Gupta. The focus of this intership will be setting up a user interface for our research data. So if you are keen on joining our team, please read this job advertisement: Ausschreibung_HiWi_Database-UI_...

In case you missed the theater performance "Kleine Schritte - Ein Leben mit Parkinson", you now have the chance to watch it on the big screen! The performance was captured and is now airing in small cinemas all around Germany. The premier of the movie was on January 16th, 2026 in Schlosstheater...

We’ve been researching, discovering new things, and learning together for quite some time now — all with the goal of advancing gut-brain axis research. But along the way, we’ve also had a lot of fun! The videos show how much joy and energy went into our teamwork. Thanks to the DFG, we’re also able ...

As part of this international awareness day, we created science communication pieces that shine a light on different aspects of the immune system — through posters, games, and interactive tools. Here’s what we contributed: 🧬 Isis created a poster on Parkinson’s Disease (PD), exploring the po...

Prof. Dr. Friederike Zunke, a project leader in GB.com, and her colleague PD Dr. Philipp Arnold have made major strides in understanding Parkinson’s disease. Mutations in the enzyme β-glucocerebrosidase (GCase) are known to increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease twentyfold and also cause Gauch...

Elizaveta Gerasimova was awarded with the Top 15 Digital Oral Presentation Award at the ECCO25 congress in Berlin, Germany. The presentation was titled DOP068: Vedolizumab counteracts Parkinson’s disease-related brain pathology driven by gut-primed IBD T cells, you can also find out more about Eliza...

Great work form Elizaveta Gerasimova on a novel co-culture model of T cells and midbrain organoids. Congratulations, dear Elizaveta!

Prof. Beate Winner, one of the lead scientist for the GB.com consortium participated in Palacios' podcast hosted by Gabriel Palacios. The podcast highlight the gut-brain axis concept and its importance. You can listen to it on Youtube 🔴 (https://lnkd.in/euvXySKK) or Spotify 🟢(https://lnkd.in/ezqQKA...

Our clinical research group benefits greatly from the DFG’s equal opportunity support, which helps us combine professional responsibilities with family life. It’s not just our doctoral researchers who benefit – our leadership team does too. This short video offers a glimpse into how our spokespers...