In a research project of the Svendsen Laboratory at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute in Los Angeles, scientists have discovered that juvenile Parkinson's disease can be caused by genetic disruption of lysosomal cell cleaning. At the same time, they provided a new in vitro model for such Parkinson's diseases. The researchers have published their findings in Nature Medicine.

Berlin is considered the capital of start-ups. Also from the universities come numerous business start-ups. What economic importance do science-based Spin-offs in the Berlin Metropolitan Region? To illustrate this, eight Berlin-based and two universities from Potsdam are currently conducting a systematic survey on business start-up activities from science.

The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) supports students and young scientists with outstanding work in the field of alternative approaches for attending a high-profile scientific event.

In this interactive course at a beginning Master’s level, the students will learn the best practices of advanced in vitro models, regulatory aspects, (stem) cell biology and technologies for testing medicine and/or substance safety testing as well as how the results can be validated, translated and implemented into human medicine.