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Official Opening Ceremony
On May 21, 2015, the official opening of the new Center for Stroke and Dementia Research was celebrated with an official hand-over of the key. The Bavarian minister for education and research, Dr. Ludwig Spaenle, held the ceremonial address. In the subsequent panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Jeanne Rubner from the Bayerischer Rundfunk, representatives of the two universities of Munich and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) discussed with Prof. Martin Dichgans, head of the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) and Prof. Christian Haass, speaker of the DZNE Munich, the challenges in research, treatment, and prevention of stroke and neurodegeneration.