Tobias M. Böckers is the head of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (German: Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, (DZNE)) Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Ulm.[1] The focus of his work is translational protein biochemistry as it applies to neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.[2]

He was born in Rheda-Wiedenbrück on 2 August 1964. In 1991, he was awarded an M.D. by the University of Münster, where he also completed postdoctoral work in anatomy and molecular neurobiology in 1998.[3]

He was President of the Anatomische Gesellschaft from 2010 to 2014. In 2019, he became a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[3]

References

  1. "Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Tobias Böckers". University of Ulm. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. "Research areas/focus". DZNE (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  3. 1 2 "Prof. Dr. Tobias M. Böckers - Curriculum Vitae". DZNE (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-03.

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