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Digital Science Communication Cafe

Kiara Freitag / © Paul Mohr
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In September 2021 we continue digitally with fresh coffee and very exciting research! The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin once again invites you to the Digital Science Communication Cafe. This month in German. Get ready to get exciting insights from scientists into their work while drinking coffee in front of the screens in a relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is invited to ask questions and contribute to the conversation.

Our guest Kiara Freitag is a PhD student in the Department of Neuropathology at Charité Berlin and part of the German Centre for Neurodegeneration (DZNE). She has always had an interest in diseases of the brain and during her bachelor thesis she dealt with the nerve cell disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. After that, she devoted herself to Alzheimer's disease.

Now she is researching in her doctoral thesis what influence nutrition has on our Alzheimer's risk in old age. Alzheimer's disease is one of the most widespread dementias worldwide. Many people know someone with dementia, but unfortunately we have very few ways to help with the disease. This is also because we do not yet understand all the causes of Alzheimer's disease. We ask ourselves: What happens when someone gets Alzheimer's? For this, we look in particular at our immune system and inflammatory reactions in the brain. Why do some people get Alzheimer's and others don't? Can the cause be a viral infection in childhood? Or is the cause a poor diet? Does our diet have an influence on inflammatory reactions in the brain and can we perhaps change our Alzheimer's risk in this way - so what would we have to eat in order not to forget in old age? Embark on an exciting journey through our brain and learn how these questions are researched in neurobiology in the laboratory.

Event information

  • Topic: Alzheimer's - What actually happens when someone develops Alzheimer's?
  • with Kiara Freitag, PhD student in the Department of Neuropathology at Charité Berlin and part of the German Centre for Neurodegeneration (DZNE) 
  • Moderation: Franziska Sattler
  • Participation via Zoom and YouTube 
  • Event in German

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