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August 2025Appointment of Prof Dr Wolfgang Wick as the new Editor-in-Chief of Neuro-Oncology Advances
July 2025The Eppendorf Award for Young European Researchers 2025 goes to Varun Venkataramani
June 2025PD Dr Klemens Ruprecht has been Head of the Neuroimmunology Section since 15 June 2025
May 2025Frank Winkler receives the "Brain Prize"
May 2025Our Patient Day takes place on the International Day of Clinical Trials (20 May)
May 2025The first international conference of the CRC UNITE Glioblastoma takes place on 14/15 May.
May 2025Varun Venkataramani receives the Hella Bühler Prize for his outstanding research work on the connection between nerve and tumour cells.
January 2025On 25 January 2025, the 10th MS Patient Day takes place at the Kopfklinik. You can find the invitation and programme here
June 20242nd prize of the Theodor Fliedner Medal 2024: Establishment and implementation of innovation spaces in acute care at the Head Clinic of Heidelberg University Hospital
May 2024Dr Christine Tunkl receives the Commitment Award from Federal Minister Schulze for the hospital partnership for stroke in Nepal. She describes her project here: Hospital partnerships in Nepal - Dr Christine Tunkl on stroke care - YouTube
April 2024The lectures in the Clinical Neuroscience Seminar for the summer semester 2024 start on 24 April
April 2024Registrations for the NEUROINTENSIV: HANDS-ON WORKSHOP, Wednesday 20 November - Friday 22 November 2024 in the Kopfklinik are now open.
February 2024The Bial Award for Biomedicine was presented to Frank Winkler and Varun Venkataramani
February 2024Publication in the journal "Nature Communications": A clinically applicable connectivity signature for glioblastomas contains the tumour network driver CHI3L1
November 2023A "European Centre for Neurooncology" funded by the Dietmar Hopp Foundation is established at the Heidelberg Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD). The new centre is headed by Professor Dr Wolfgang Wick.
June 2023The Heidelberg Research Centre for Neurooncology is funded by the EKFS for a further 3 years.
May 2023Funding for the CRC1389 UNITE Glioblastoma has been approved for a further 4 years.
January 2023Wolfgang Wick new chairman of the Science Council
November 2022SAVE THE DATE: HEIDELBERG CONFERENCE ON CANCER NEUROSCIENCE, JULY 18 & 19, 2023
August 2022

Publication in the scientific journal "Cell":

BRAIN TUMOUR CELLS CONQUER THE BRAIN AS NEURONAL FREE RIDERS

July 2022From 7 July, a monthly Journal Club "Qualitative Health Services Research" will be offered for (international) students and doctoral candidates, alternating between German and English. Contact persons for queries are Dr Loraine Busetto and Prof Dr Christoph Gumbinger. More information at Heidelberg University Hospital: Journal Club Qualitative Health Services Research (uni-heidelberg.de).
June 2022Neurosurgical and neurological intensive care medicine covers all common aspects of general intensive care medicine, but also numerous specialised areas. The compact course "Neurointensive: Hands-On Workshop" will take place on 22-24 June 2022 to give colleagues interested in neurointensive medicine an understanding of this specialist knowledge, especially in practical terms. An additional ultrasound module will also be offered on 25 June 2022. See flyer for further information.
March 2022Frank Winkler is winner of the German Cancer Award in the category "Translational Research"
October 2021The Heidelberg Neurology Clinic is listed among the 15 best specialised clinics worldwide: https://www.newsweek.com/worlds-best-specialized-hospitals-2021/neurology
June 2021Mr Priv.-Doz. Markus Weiler was appointed Associate Professor by the University of Heidelberg on 23 June 2021.
March 2021

Publication in the scientific journal "Nature":

VACCINATION AGAINST MUTATED PROTEIN TESTED IN BRAIN TUMOUR PATIENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME

March 2021The Neuromuscular Centre Rhine-Neckar (based in Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Ludwigshafen and Mannheim) was recertified for a further three years (2021-23)
March 2021PD Dr Markus Weiler is awarded the 2nd prize of the Felix-Jerusalem Research Prize for Neuromuscular Diseases 2021 of the German Society for Muscle Diseases (DGM) for his research work on "Multimodal biomarker development for 5q-associated spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)".
February 2021Investigations into biomarkers for early stages of dementia are funded by the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation
January 2021Prof Wolfgang Wick is appointed to the Science Council by Federal President Steinmaier
December 2020Varun Venkataramani successfully completes his PhD with Summa Cum Laude.
November 2020Patient Council of the Neurology Clinic wins third place in the "Patient Dialogue 2020 Award"
October 2020The Neurology Patient Council is nominated for the Patient Dialogue 2020 Award.
September 2020The patient council of our clinic introduces itself
July 2020Dr Erik Jung received the 2019 Andreas-Zimprich Prize, which is endowed with 2500 euros and is awarded for outstanding medical doctoral theses in the field of neuro-oncology. Erik Jung investigated how glioma cells communicate in tumour cell networks, how they mediate resistance to therapies and which key molecular mechanisms are involved in their formation.
April 2020The CRC 1389 UNITEGLIOBLASTOMA webpage is online.
March 2020Neurooncology is active on Twitter: @Neurooncology_HD
January 2020The 8th MS Patient Day took place on 25 January 2020. Presentations were given on topics including MS and vaccination, treatment options, MS and pregnancy and nutrition.
December 2019On 20 December 2019, PD Dr Silvia Schönenberger gave her inaugural lecture on the topic of "Peri-interventional management in stroke - a question of sedation?".
November 2019Heidelberg/Mannheim site selected for the Hertie Foundation's Network of Excellence.
October 2019Approval of funding from the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation for the establishment of the Heidelberg Research College for Neurooncology
October 2019On 2 October 2019, PD Dr Heike Jacobi gave her inaugural lecture on "More than just movement coordination - the underestimated cerebellum".
September 2019Publication in the journal "Nature": Nerve cells fire brain tumour cells to grow
May 2019Dr Franziska Ippen received the Young Investigator Award in the preclinical field at the annual meeting of the Neurooncological Working Group for her work "Targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway with the pan-Akt inhibitor GDC-0068 in PIK3CA-mutant breast cancer brain metastases".
May 2019The Collaborative Research Centre "Understanding and targeting resistance in glioblastoma" (CRC 1389) is newly established to understand and specifically combat resistance in glioblastoma - a serious and usually fatal disease in children and adults. Link to press release: www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/newsroom/erfolgreiche-sonderforschungsbereiche-der-medizinischen-fakultat-heidelberg/
April 2019On 19 April 2019, PD Dr Jan Purrucker gave his inaugural lecture on the topic ""Minor haemorrhage - major significance? Cerebral microhaemorrhages and their relevance".
January 2019Publication in the journal "Nature": Actively personalised vaccination trial for newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Nature.
December 2018Research Unit 2289 "Calcium homeostasis in neuroinflammation and degeneration: New targets for the therapy of multiple sclerosis?" is again supported by the German Research Foundation with 2.7 million euros.
November 2018Dr Lukas Bunse is awarded one of the five Ruprecht Karls Prizes 2018.
November 2018Dr Şevin Turcan, head of the Max Eder Junior Research Group "Neurooncology of Lower Grade Gliomas", has been awarded the Hella Bühler Prize 2018, endowed with 100,000 euros. Link press release: www.uni-heidelberg.de/presse/meldungen/2018/m20181203_besondere-auszeichnung-fuer-sevin-turcan.html

 

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