Erik Boddeke, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Erik BODDEKE, M.D., Ph.D., is Dean of Research at the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) and professor of Medical Physiology/Neurophysiology at the department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems at the University of Groningen/University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands.
His current research is focused on transciptome- and epigenetic studies on neurodegenerative diseases. He finished his Ph.D. thesis at the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Amsterdam. During 1988-1996 he was the laboratory head and group leader Neuro-immunology at Sandoz, in Basle Switzerland. From 1996-1998 he was Vice Head of the Department of Neuro-genetics at Novartis Research in Basle Switzerland. In 1998 he became Professor of Physiology at the Medical Physiology department at the UMCG. As from 1998 untill today he is affiliated at the UMCG.