ISSN: 2578-6490
Professor
Neuroscience
Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research
University of Leipzig, Germany
Tel: +49-341-97-25-721
Professor Dr. Th. Arendt is Professor of Neuroscience and runs the Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research which is a Research Institute of Leipzig University with about 50 staff members. Thomas Arendt is also in charge as Director of the Alzheimer Centre Leipzig and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research Leipzig. He has a 30 years record in R&D of therapeutic and diagnostic strategies of neurodegenerative dis¬orders and has made several seminal contributions to therapeutic concepts of Alzheimer´s disease, including stem cell therapy and modulating tumor suppressor genes. He published his work in top-ranked journals, including Cell, Nature, J.Cell Biol., J. Neurosci. and holds several patents for CNS diagnostics and treatment with some of them out-licensed to biotech companies in the US. Over the last 30 years, his research has continously been funded by the German Research Foundation, German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, European Commission, NIH and others. He has received several prestigious honors including the Rudolf-Virchow-Award and the Alois Alzheimer Award of the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universität, Frankfurt. In the early eighties of the 20th century, he was involved in identifying the degeneration of the cholin¬ergic system in Alzheimer´s disease laying the basis for todays´ only available treatment. He is one of the pioniers of the “cell-cycle theory” of Alzheimer´s disease which he developed further towards a diagnostic and therapeutic concept.
