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14th NCL Research Award

NCL / DZNE Meeting
Changes in our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

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CALL FOR THE 2nd NEURODEGENERATION RESEARCH AWARD

INTERESTING READS & UPDATE OF NCL LITERATURE

Update of the latest information on clinical trials and scientific publications on the different forms of NCL.

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Major meetings on NCL
(9th JNCL Young Investigator Symposium, NCL Global Patient Group Meeting, 18th International NCL Congress and 2d Symposium on Lipids in Brain Diseases)
The function of the CLN5 protein decoded

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EDUCATION

INTERESTING READS & UPDATE OF NCL LITERATURE

Update of the latest information on clinical trials and scientific publications on the different forms of NCL.

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13. NCL Research Award presented

Interesting Meetings and Conferences

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UPCOMING MEETINGS

Our JNCL Young Investigator Symposium takes place in Hamburg, Germany, September 24-25, 2023. It allows all participants to participate afterwards also in the intl. NCL Congress.
International NCL Congress, September 26 -30, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany. Note, we will not hold a separate national CLN3 meeting in Hamburg in 2023.
The 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuropediatrics will include a NCL session organized by the NCL Foundation. Date: November 16 - 18, 2023, Dortmund, Germany.

NEWS & PUBLICATIONS
Current publications on projects co-funded by the NCL Foundation:
“TRPML1 activation ameliorates lysosomal phenotypes in CLN3 deficient retinal pigment epithelial cells“; Daniela Wünkhaus et al., 2023 bioRxiv:
“Loss of the batten disease protein CLN3 leads to mis-trafficking of M6PR and defective autophagic-lysosomal reformation“; Alessia Calcagnì et al. 2023 Nature communications.
“Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Biomarker Discovery in CLN3“, An N. Dang Do, David E. Sleat, Forbes D. Porter et al. in J. Proteome Res. 2023.
“The Batten disease protein CLN3 is important for stress granules dynamics and translational activity“; Relton et al., J. Biol. Chem. 2023.

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Nature paper spearheaded by Monther Abu-Remaileh and his team- a milestone in NCL research!
19th National NCL Congress and 8th JNCL Young Investigator Meeting

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Prof. Christian Grimm (Munich, Germany) and his team analyze the neuronal lipid profile

FURTHER INTERESTING MEETINGS
The "Loire Valley Meeting" and the "Translational Research Conference for the Management of NCLs"

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