Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD)
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Come to know our Team
Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD)
Explore our Latest Publications
Come to know our Team
Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD)
Come to know our Team
Come to know our Team

Welcome to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) – Director: Prof. Martin Dichgans

Alzheimer’s disease: novel 3D brain tissue model

10 Aug 2026

Dominik Paquet and his team developed a highly reproducible, iPSC-derived three-dimensional cortical brain tissue model (3BTM) containing neurons, astrocytes and microglia to investigate Alzheimer's…

Rolf Becker Prize for ISD Researchers Dominik Paquet and Angelika Dannert

9 Aug 2026

Dominik Paquet and Angelika Dannert, have received this year’s prestigious Rolf Becker Prize. Their award-winning publications focus on a three-dimensional model of the human blood-brain barrier…

LMU Medical Scientist of the Year 2026

17 Jul 2026

ISD researcher Naomi Vlegels, PhD, was nominated LMU Medical Scientist of the Year 2026. The award, which was given for her work “Brain-derived tau for monitoring brain injury in acute ischemic…

Diversity at the ISD

ISD’s Diversity Management is interlocked with LMU’s program on Diversity as well as programs installed by the DFG funded Excellence cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) of which the ISD is part, covering a range of aspects including: Gender equality, Diversity management, Being family friendly, Inclusion and participation, Cultural diversity, Healthy university.

The ISD hosts researchers from 41 countries apart from Germany

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