Ulf Dettmer
Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
Schools
- Harvard Medical School
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Biography
Harvard Medical School
Since Dr. Ulf Dettmer’s first undergrad internship, his research has been dedicated to understanding the cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis. His PhD work at the LMU Munich (Christian Haass Lab) focused on an Alzheimer’s-disease-related topic, his postdoctoral work at BWH/HMS (Dennis Selkoe lab) contributed to a new paradigm for Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathogenesis: native α-synuclein multimerization.
Dr. Dettmer’s lab explores new strategies for the treatment of PD and related synucleinopathies such as Dementia with Lewy bodies. These diseases are characterized by the aggregation of the protein α-synuclein, an abundant nerve cell component in the brain. With no disease-modifying drugs available, there is a great need for robust models that recapitulate how early changes in the normal maintenance of α-synuclein can lead to these aggregates.
Combining cell biology, biochemistry, microscopy, high-content imaging and screening approaches, Dr. Dettmer and his team want to: understand normal αS cell biology, characterize abnormal αS states, transform abnormal αS states into screenable phenotypes, and use the correction of abnormal states as a readout for drug discovery.
Companies
- Associate Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School (2021)
- Assistant Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School (2016)
- Associate Scientist Brigham and Women's Hospital (2016 — 2022)
- Freelance Writer Lucy Turpin Communications (2005 — 2022)
- Freelance Author Elsevier (2003 — 2022)
- Research Associate Brigham and Women's Hospital (2015 — 2016)
- Instructor Harvard Medical School (2015 — 2016)
- Research Fellow Harvard University (2010 — 2014)
- PhD student Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München (2006 — 2010)
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (2006 — 2010)
- Master of Science (M.Sc.) Technische Universität München (2001 — 2006)
- High School Diploma (Abitur) Wilhelmsgymnasium München (1992 — 2000)
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