Career
| 2004-2017 | Co-Head of the Department of Pathology, University Hospital Zurich |
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| since 1998 | Professor of the Faculties of Medicine and Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zurich |
| since 1997 | Full Professor of Neuropathology and Director of the Institute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich |
| since 1995 | Director of the National Reference Center for Prion Diseases |
| 1993-1997 | Attending Physician and private lecturer in pathology and neuropathology, University of Zurich |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Society of Neuropathology (President: 1998-2002)
- EMBO Member (European Molecular Biology Organization)
- Royal College of Pathology (MRCPath)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP)
- German Society for Neuropathology
- International Society of Neurovirology (Member of the Board of Directors)
- International Society of Neuropathology
- SEAC (Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee, UK)
- Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS)
- Research for Life Association
- Italian Society of Virology: Honorary member
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Research focus
- Neurodegeneration
- Immunological and molecular basis of the pathogenesis of prion diseases
- Neurotoxicity
- Organotypic brain slice cultures
- Generation of transgenic and knock-out mouse models
- High-throughput screenings