MPAN - Mitochondrial Membrane Protein Associated Neurodegeneration.

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Here you can find current information about the NBIA variant MPAN.

Two MPAN project grants totaling $140,000 awarded.

Two MPAN project grants totaling $140,000 awarded.

Hoffnungsbaum e.V. In partnership with three sister organizations in Europe and the United States, has awarded two MPAN grants to advance research priorities in mitochondrial membrane protein-associated neurodegeneration (MPAN) ...

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Call for proposals on MPAN research open by May 2, 2022

Call for proposals on MPAN research open by May 2, 2022

Associazione Italiana Sindromi Neurodegenerative da Accumulo di Ferro (AISNAF, Italy), Hoffnungsbaum e.V. (HoBa, Germany), NBIA Disorders Association (NBIADA, USA), and Stichting Ijzersterk (The Netherlands) are soliciting the submission of research projects by...

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NBIA Symposium 2020 takes place online

 The 7th International Symposium on NBIA and Related Disorders will now be held virtually September 30 - October 3, 2020. Save the date for our virtual symposium! - Updates on new findings in NBIA diseases....

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7th International NBIA Symposium in Lausanne postponed!

7th International NBIA Symposium in Lausanne postponed!

Postponed to Fall 2021 due to Corona situationUnfortunately, the 7th NBIA International Symposium will not take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from October 1-3, 2020, and will be postponed to Fall 2021. For three days, scientists and physicians from...

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Hoffnungsbaum Information letter at the end of 2019

Hoffnungsbaum Information letter at the end of 2019

Hoffnungsbaum e.V. sent this winter for the last time a newsletter as a print edition, which is available here as a download: Hoffnungsbaum-Infobrief-Winter-2019 In the future, we will mainly be communicating via our New Website or via our...

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Benefit "Strong together for Maya" for MPAN research

Benefit "Strong together for Maya" for MPAN research

In Lauterbach, a large charity event was held on June 1, 2019. The fate of 12-year-old Maya, who has the NBIA variant MPAN, moves the whole village, many other people in the Saarland and beyond. They all want to support Maya and...

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