Thomas Arendt#
| Membership Number: | 7011 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.uniklinikum-leipzig.de/einrichtungen/pfi |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4553-1625 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 - present Managing Director of the Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Universität Leipzig
- 2006 - 2012 Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research Leipzig (IZKF)
- 2004 - present Director of the Alzheimer Centre Leipzig
- 2003 - 2005 Member of the Dean´s office of the Medical Faculty, Universität Leipzig
- 1996 - present Full Professor for Neuroanatomy and Head of Department, University of Leipzig
- 1987 - 1996 Research Group Leader, Paul Flechsig Inst. of Brain Research, Univ. Leipzig
Fields of Scholarship
- Metabolism, hypometabolism, cryobiology and hibernation
- Apoptosis and cell cycle
- Extracellular Matrix
- Dementia and neurodegenerative disorders
- Alzheimer´s disease
- Cytoskeleton, microtubule-associated protein tau
- Biomarker
Honours and Awards
- 2004 Alois Alzheimer Award of the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University Frankfurt
- 1995 Award of the German Brain League
- 1986 Welcome Trust Fellowship
- 1985 Rudolf-Virchow-Award
- 1984 Award of the German Society for Experimental Medicine
- 1976 Lessing Award
