Research Group “ProtectMove” to receive funding by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
5. July 2016
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News
Launch of MDSGene
20. June 2016
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Announcement of MDSGene
11. May 2016
Investigators from LIGA and the Institute of Neurogenetics today announced their upcoming launch of MDSGene, the Movement Disorders Society Genetics database. MDSGene aims to provide a comprehensive, systematic overview of published data on movement disorder patients reported to carry causative gene mutations. The official launch of the resource will happen during the 20th Congress of the International Movement Disorders Society which takes place in Berlin between June 19-23. After AlzGene, ALSGene, and PDGene, MDSGene (which will become available at www.mdsgene.org) represents the fourth genetics database developed by the LIGA team. The launch announcement was published as an editorial by members of the MDSGene team in the journal Movement Disorders.
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Media coverage (Nature)
11. May 2016
News feature in the journal Nature on the study by Okbay et al. in Nature.
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Study on 400,000 individuals finds genes for educational attainment
11. May 2016
This study is the second effort coordinated by the Social Science Genetics Association Consortium (SSGAC) to which LIGA contributed data from the Berlin Aging Study II. This newest analysis employed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach in 300,000 persons searching for genetic determinants of educational achievement, the largest-ever genetics study in the social sciences. A total of 74 loci were revealed to show genome-wide significant association with years of schooling. The identified loci were enriched for genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. The study was published in the journal Nature.
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Media coverage (Welt am Sonntag)
8. May 2016
News story in Welt am Sonntag from May 8th 2016 on the status of longevity research, including an interview with LIGA head Lars Bertram and LIGA collaborator Denis Gerstorf.
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Article (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
4. May 2016
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Media coverage (Forbes)
22. April 2016
Media coverage in the journal Forbes on the paper by Okbay et al. in Nature Genetics.
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Media coverage (Wirtschaftswoche)
21. April 2016
Media coverage by Wirtschaftswoche on the paper by Okbay et al. in Nature Genetics.
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Press release (MPIB Berlin)
20. April 2016
Press release of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB) on a series of articles by investigators of the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) in the journal Gerontology. The LIGA team spearheaded the analyses of the study by Lill et al.
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Press release (DIW Berlin)
19. April 2016
Press release of the Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) on the paper by Okbay A et al. in Nature Genetics.
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