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 G?ttingen (2002)
? Director of the Clinic for Neurology, University Medical Center G?ttingen (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 G?ttingen
? Member of the Royal Academy of Physicians, London, UK
? President of the German Neuroscientific Society
Publications:
? Prof .Mathias B?hr has published more than 450 articles and is Editor in Chief of the journal Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.