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The Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN) at Heidelberg University provides a platform for basic research-oriented, translational and clinical neuroscientists from the Medical Faculty Mannheim to work closely with the Central Institute for Mental Health, the life science research institutions of the University Heidelberg and with the non-university research institutions in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area.
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Neurologist and MCTN director Michael Platten and psychiatrist and CEO Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg from the Central Institute of Mental Health are listed among the world's most cited scientists in the category “cross field”. read more …
Physicians and cancer researchers from Heidelberg and Mannheim have now treated adult patients with advanced midline gliomas, difficult-to-treat brain tumors, with a peptide vaccine for the first time. The vaccine mimicked a mutational change in a histone protein typical of this type of cancer. The vaccine proved to be safe and induced the desired immune responses directed against the brain tumor. read more …
Two Collaborative Research Centers “Understanding and targeting resistance in glioblastoma” (CRC 1389), and “From nociception to chronic pain: structure-function properties of neural pathways and their reorganization” (CRC 1158) and the CRC/Transregio “Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake – From Trajectories to Mechanisms to Interventions” (CRC/TRR 265) in which MCTN members from the Medical Faculty of Mannheim and the Central Institute of Mental Health are involved have successfully qualified for a further funding period. read more …
In an international collaborative study, scientists from the Department of Neurology have now identified potassium channels along the nerve fibers in the CNS as potential targets to arm vulnerable neurons against the inflammatory demyelination that occurs in the course of multiple sclerosis. read more …
Fused Fiber Photometry (FFP) - a flexible, versatile and cost-effective system for recording neuronal activity
Scientists from the Department of Neurophysiology have developed a flexible and versatile system that allows the study of brain function in many ways. The fused fiber photometry (FFP) system couples multicolor photometry with optogenetics. read more …
T cell-independent eradication of experimental glioma
Glioblastoma, an aggressive primary brain tumor type, is considered an immunologically "cold" tumor with sparse infiltration by adaptive immune cells. Immunosuppressive tumor-associated myeloid cells are drivers of tumor progression. Targeting and reprogramming intratumoral myeloid cells induces tumor regression in experimental glioma without requiring adaptive immunity. read more …
Hertie foundation extends the "Hertie Network of Excellence in Clinical Neuroscience" funding program
The network brings together six top sites of clinical brain research and offers career prospects for excellent young researchers. read more ...
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Mannheim Center for
Translational Neuroscience
Medical Faculty Mannheim Heidelberg University
Theodor Kutzer-Ufer 1-3
68167 Mannheim
Phone +49 621 383-8066
mctn@medma.uni-heidelberg.de
SCIENTIFIC REPORT
CORE MEMBERS
Prof. Dr. Michael Platten
(Director)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
(Co-Director)
Prof. Dr. Simon Wiegert
(Co-Director)
ALUMNI
Prof. Dr. Rolf-Detlef Treede
(former MCTN Co-Director)
Prof. Dr. Martin Bohus