Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Bähr, Director of the Clinic for Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen

Clinical/Scientific Focus:

• Neurodegeneration and regeneration

• Preclinical models of neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's; stroke; multiple sclerosis)

Professional Experience:

• Founded Research Institute for Multiple Sclerosis Research in Göttingen (2002)

• Director of the Clinic for Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen (since 2001)

• Senior physician and deputy to Prof. Dichgan's coordinator of an EU biotech research program (1997/1998)

• Junior Research Group Neurobiology of the Ministry of Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg (1995)

Awards

• Attempto Prize for young scientists from the field of neurosciences, University Association Tübingen

• Junior Research Prize from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg

• Heinrich Pette Prize, German Society for Neurology

Honorary posts:

• Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

• Member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen

• Member of the Royal Academy of Physicians, London, UK

• President of the German Neuroscientific Society

Publications:

• Prof .Mathias Bähr has published more than 450 articles and is Editor in Chief of the journal Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.