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Frank Bradke
Born(1969-10-16)16 October 1969
West Berlin, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma mater
AwardsGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsNeurobiology
Academic advisorsMarc Tessier-Lavigne (post doc)
Websitewww.dzne.de/en/research/research-areas/fundamental-research/research-groups/bradke

Frank Bradke (born 16 October 1969 in Berlin) is a German neurobiologist who works on the physiological regeneration of nerve cells in the central nervous system. In 2016, he was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his "pioneering research in the field of regenerative neurobiology."[1] He is currently a Group Leader at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.[2] He is a member of the Editorial Board for Current Biology.[3]

Early life and education

Frank Bradke was born on 16 October 1969 in what was then West Berlin. From 1989 to 1995, Bradke attended a special program in which he was simultaneous enrolled as a student at the Free University of Berlin and the University College London in which he received a Diplom in Biochemistry from the German university and a Bachelor of Science in Anatomy and Developmental Biology from the British university. He was later a doctoral student at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg and award a Ph.D. in Biology in 1999. After receiving his doctorate, Bradke moved to the United States in 2000 to work as a postdoctoral fellow under Marc Tessier-Lavigne, first at University of California, San Francisco and later at Stanford University.[4][5]

Career

In 2003, Bradke return to Germany to work at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried. In 2011, Bradke moved to the University of Bonn.[4]

References

  1. ^ "DFG, German Research Foundation - Leibniz Prizes 2016: DFG Honours Ten Researchers". www.dfg.de.
  2. ^ Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit, DZNE Abt. fuer Presse- und. "DZNE Bradke, Frank > Research areas/focus". www.dzne.de.
  3. ^ "Editorial Board: Current Biology". www.cell.com.
  4. ^ a b "Frank Bradke CV" (PDF). Roger de Spoelberch Foundation.
  5. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
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