![]() Our guests stayed for several days, a time filled with interesting presentations, brainstorming sessions and stimulating discussions. The support of the Research School PLUS allowed us to invite three internationally leading scientists to a symposium that we hosted at the RUB. Together we experienced Sao Paulo and tried nearly all the Brazilian sweets available. I lived in an international guesthouse and met people from all over the world. As I am looking for autoantibodies against special brain cells, which could be used as diagnosic tool for Parkinson's disease, I learned how to prepare human brain tissue samples for my studies. ![]() ![]() During March and April 2014 I got the opportunity to work in the laboratory of the Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group, which is part of Brazil's most famous Medical School, located at the University of Sao Paulo. My PhD project is focused on the development of the immune system during aging and should clarify, if there exists a connection between neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and the formation of special antibodies, which are directed against agents that are naturally occuring in the body, so called autoantibodies. ![]()
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