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                                              test page II Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) – Director: Prof. Martin Dichgans

                                              ESO Scientific Award 2025 for Arthur Liesz

                                              June 2025 – Arthur Liesz received the prestigious ESO Scientific Excellence Award for his contributions to the understanding of stroke and neurovascular disease. The award was delivered in the Presidential Session at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2025) in Helsinki. Arthur Liesz’ research focuses on brain-immune interactions after acute brain injuries >>

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                                              Register now! October 15-17: 9th ICAA Conference in Munich

                                              10 Jul 2024

                                              ISD is co-organizing the 9th Interational Conference on Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy located at the Kardinal Wendel Haus next to the English Garden in Munich. Experts in the field will present the…

                                              Innate immune memory after stroke mediates secondary comorbidities. 

                                              22 Jul 2024

                                              ISD researchers hypothesized in a newly published study that the high rate of comorbidities that develop after a stroke could have a common immunological cause. A Myeloid innate immune memory was…

                                              Rational correction of disease-causing mutations in HTRA1

                                              17 Jul 2024

                                              Rare mutations in HTRA1 cause cerebral vasculopathy and stroke. Using in vitro, in silico and in vivo analyses, the Dichgans lab in collaboration with colleagues from Duisburg established…

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                                              Research Groups

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                                              Dichgans Lab

                                              Translational Research – Martin Dichgans

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                                              Bernhagen Lab

                                              Vascular Biology – Jürgen Bernhagen

                                              Simons Lab

                                              Biology of Glia and Neuro­inflammation – Mikael Simon

                                              Liesz Lab

                                              Stroke-Immunology –  Arthur Liesz

                                              Ewers Lab

                                              Brain Imaging and Biomarker – Michael Ewers

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                                              Paquet Lab

                                              Neurodegeneration and Vascular Dysfunction – Dominik Paquet

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                                              Plesnila Lab

                                              Experimental Stroke Research – Nikolaus Plesnila

                                              Erturk Lab

                                              Acute Brain Injury – Ali Erturk

                                              Wahl Lab

                                              Neuronal Repair and Rewiring – Anna-Sophia Wahl 

                                              Düring Lab

                                              Vascular Cognitive Impairment – Marco Düring

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                                              Gokce Lab

                                              Systems Neuroscience –  Ozgun Gokce

                                              Junior Research Groups

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                                              Benakis Lab

                                              Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis – Corinne Benakis

                                              Franzmeier Lab

                                              Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging  – Nicolai Franzmeier

                                              Georgakis Lab

                                              Epidemiology and Bioinformatics – Marios Georgakis

                                              Jäkel Lab

                                              Jäkel Lab

                                              Oligodendrocyte Pathology – Sarah Jäkel

                                              Machine learning and data science 

                                              Spitzer Lab

                                              Machine learning and data science – Hannah Spitzer

                                              Tiedt

                                              Tiedt Lab

                                              Molecular Biomarkers – Steffen Tiedt

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                                              The ISD hosts researchers from 25 countries apart from Germany

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                                              Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD)
                                              University Hospital, LMU Munich

                                              Director: Prof. Dr. med. Martin Dichgans

                                              Feodor-Lynen-Straße 17
                                              81377 Munich, Germany

                                              Phone: +49 (0)89 4400 46019
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