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.