Fighting against neurological diseases such as dementia is one of the great challenges of our aging society. Genetic Professor Stephan Sigrist takes on this task: for the first time, the world-renowned expert has succeeded in observing the structure and function of synapses on the living object on a nanoscale. Together with his team, he also researches fundamental questions such as the development of the nervous system.
Photo: Stephan Sigrist
Short Vita
Since 2014
Einstein-Professor for Genetics at Freie Universität Berlin
Since 2009
Member of the Executive Board of NeuroCure, Cluster of Excellence
Since 2008
Professor for Genetics at the Institute of Biology at Freie Universität Berlin
2006 - 2008
Professor für Experimental Biomedicine and Bio-Imaging at Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum, Universität Würzburg
Einstein Questionnaire
"Please close your eyes for a moment and think about your research project. What do you see at first?" All questions & answers by Stephan Sigrist
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