The Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, examines tissues from patients with diseases of the CNS, PNS and skeletal muscle for diagnostic, research, and teaching purposes. These tissues include the material removed during neurosurgical procedures such as brain tumour surgery. In addition, we examine nerve, muscle and skin biopsies, cerebrospinal fluid and autopsy tissues. We use histological, immunohistochemical, electron microscopical, biochemical, cell biological and molecular genetic methods. These methods are also applied to investigate neurological diseases in animal and cell culture models. Degenerative diseases of the CNS, PNS, and skeletal muscle as well as neuro-regeneration are the major fields of research in the institute. The institute has a special focus on the investigation of diseases of peripheral nerves and skeletal muscle. The director of the institute is heading the German Reference Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases of the German Society of Neuropathology and Neuroanatomy (DGNN). The institute is a member of the German Reference Centre of Diseases of the Central Nervous System (Brain Net), of the German ALS/MND Network, of the German Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Network (CMT-Net) and of the German Muscular Dystrophy Network (MD-Net).
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Weis
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Report on the European Basic Course in Neuropathology, September 24 – 27, 2024, Aachen, Germany
The 8th Euro-CNS basic course in neuropathology attracted 40 participants, varyin from pathology, neurology, or neurosurgery, who had come to get more insight in the field of neuropathology. They came…
Studie des Instituts für Humangenetik und Genommedizin identifiziert TRiC-Proteinkomplex als Ursache für Gehirnfehlbildungen und Epilepsien
Gehirnfehlbildungen sind häufig und können Ursache von neurologischen Funktionsstörungen und Krampfanfällen sein. Das Team des Instituts für Humangenetik und Genommedizin an der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen…
Der 8. Europäische Grundkurs Neuropathologie findet vom 24. bis 27. September 2024 in Aachen statt
Über den Grundkurs Der Grundkurs in Neuropathologie richtet sich an diejenigen, die nicht in den Genuss einer strukturierten neuropathologischen Ausbildung für und in ihrer beruflichen…
Neuromuscular Joint Meeting Announcement
The 5th Joint Meeting of the Belgian-Dutch Neuromuscular Study Club and of the German Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases of the German Society of Neuropathology and Neuroanatomy (DGNN) is…
Nachruf auf Univ.-Prof. Dr. J. Michael Schröder (1937-2023)
Wir trauern um Herrn Professor J. Michael Schröder, den Gründungsdirektor des Instituts für Neuropathologie, RWTH Aachen. In seiner 23-jährigen Amtszeit führte er das Institut vor allem durch seine…
Wir bieten: Masterarbeit zum Thema „Modellierung neurologischer Erkrankungen im Zebrafischmodell“
Das Institut für Neuropathologie der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen diagnostiziert und erforscht Krankheiten des Nervensystems und der Skelettmuskulatur. Es untersucht das bei neurochirurgischen Operationen…
DFG-funded joint project on atlastinopathies launched
Together with Dr. Christoph Kaeter, Leibniz Institute on Ageing - Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ingo Kurth, Institute for Human Genetics and Genomic Medicine, the Institute of…
DFG-funding for spinning disc confocal microscope received
The Institute of Neuropathology (Jun.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Juliane Bremer and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Joachim Weis) together with the Institute for Human Genetics and Genomic Medicine (Univ.-Prof. Dr. I. Kurth) and…
Ankündigung Frühjahrstagung des Referenzzentrums für Neuromuskuläre Krankheiten
