Scientific Director, UK-Dementia Research Institute since Professor, Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven and VIB, Belgium Professor, Dementia Research, University College London, UK.
Bart De Strooper’s scientific work focuses on the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms that underlie Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. His major findings are the role of ADAM10 and presenilin/gamma-secretase in the proteolysis of the amyloid precursor protein and Notch, and he has worked on microRNA, mitochondria, and more recently on the role of the different brain cell types in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease.
He received his M.D. in 1985 and Ph.D. in 1991 from KU Leuven. He worked as postdoctoral researcher in the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, in the laboratory of Carlos Dotti.
In 2018, Bart De Strooper, together with John Hardy, Christian Haas and Michel Goedert, was awarded the Brain Prize for their groundbreaking research on the genetic and molecular basis of Alzheimer disease. Other awards include the Potamkin Award of the American Academy of Neurology in 2002 (USA). the 2003 Alois Alzheimer Award of the Deutscher Gesellschaft für Gerontopsychiatrie und psychotherapie (Germany), the Joseph Maisin Prize in 2005 for fundamental biomedical sciences, (FWO Flanders, Belgium), the 2008 Metlife Foundation Award
for medical research (USA) and the 2018 European Grand Prix for Research (France).
Steps to claim CME credits for BWH Neurology Grand Rounds 2020-2021:
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Text this code “VAZQOP” to 1-857-214-2277.
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Upcoming Schedule:
3/24/21 Frances Jensen
3/31/21 Eli Diamond
4/7/21 Longwood Neurology Grand Rounds - Geschwind Lecture- Giulio Tononi, Ph.D. - 11:30 AM
4/14/21 - Adina Roskies
4/21/21 - Eckhard Mandelkow
4/28/21 - Malu Tansey
