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Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology

Director: Oliver Brüstle

Scientists around Oliver Brüstle are employing embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and direct cell conversion technologies for studying the earliest steps in the molecular pathogenesis of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and for devising novel cell therapies.

Today, cell reprogramming and direct cell fate conversion enable standardized derivation of patient-specific brain and spinal cord cells from a few milliliters of blood or a small skin sample. The Brüstle team uses this unique patient-specific resource for in vitro disease modeling, drug development and personalized medicine including neural transplantation and autologous cell therapy. IRN researchers have been pioneering the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into various neural stem and progenitor cell types, which provide an important basis for standardization of our disease modeling and drug testing applications.

 

Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology

University of Bonn
LIFE & BRAIN Center
Venusberg-Campus 1
Building 76
D-53105 Bonn/Germany

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