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RESEARCHER INFORMATION
First Name:Christine
Last Name:Van Broeckhoven
Title:Department Director, Professor
Advanced Degrees:PhD DSc
Affiliation:VIB, University of Antwerp
Department:Department of Molecular Genetics
Street Address 1:University of Antwerp - CDE
Street Address 2:Universiteitsplein 1
City:Antwerpen
State/Province:Antwerpen
Zip/Postal Code:2610
Country/Territory:Belgium
Phone:+32 3 265 1001
Fax:+32 3 265 1012
Email Address: 
Disclosure:
(view policy)  		Member reports no financial or other potential conflicts of interest. [Last Modified: 27 December 2010]
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Clinical Interests:
Tauopathies, Alzheimer Disease, Prion Diseases, Parkinson Disease
Research Focus:
Molecular and Cell biology, Neurobiology, Epidemiology, Tau/Cytoskeleton, Genetics, A-beta PP/A-beta, Bioinformatics/Statistics, Neuropathology, Diagnosis, Animal Models
Work Sector(s):
Research institute
Web Sites:
Professional: http://www.vib.be/VIB/EN/
Lab: http://www.molgen.vib-ua.be
Researcher Bio
Since the early start of her research, Christine Van Broeckhoven has been involved in the human molecular genetics of complex diseases of central and peripheral nervous system. Today, she is best known for her pioneering research in neurodegenerative dementia's in which she made several major contribution e.g. pinpointing the amyloid precursor protein (APP) as a key protein in the Alzheimer disease process, and most recently the identification of a major role for the growth factor, progranulin, in frontotemporal neurodegeneration. She has been awarded several scientific prizes for her molecular genetics work like the Potamkin Prize in 1993 for her contribution to the identification of APP as a gene for Alzheimer’s disease. In 1995, she was awarded the 5-yearly Joseph Maisin Prize by the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research for her scientific oeuvre in Molecular Genetics. In 2006 she was awarded the International Award for Women in Science by L’Oréal/UNESCO. She is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences and the Arts of Belgium. In 2006, she was honored by the King of Belgium with the title of Grand Officer in the Order of Léopold, and in 2009 with the title of Chevalier dans la Légion d’Honneur by the President of France.

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