Faculty List

Kate Attfield - Conference Co-Chair

University of Oxford and Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, UK

Dr Kate Attfield is a Junior PI working with Professor Lars Fugger as part of the Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation.… READ MORE
Burkhard Becher

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Professor and Co-Chair of the Inst. of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich. Burkhard Becher studied Biology at the University of Cologne in Germany… READ MORE
Lucy Bird

Nature Reviews Immunology Journal, UK

Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Immunology Lucy Bird’s interest in immunology arose from her undergraduate degree in Cellular and Molecular Pathology… READ MORE
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen

Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Lotte Bjerre Knudsen is Chief Scientific Advisor for the Research and Early Development organisation of the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.… READ MORE
Heather Brown

The Lancet Neurology

Heather Brown has been a Senior Editor at The Lancet Neurology since 2008. She studied Biomedical Sciences at the University of Sheffield… READ MORE
Philip L De Jager

Columbia University Medical Center, USA

Professor of Neurology in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s disease and the Aging Brain and the Columbia Precision… READ MORE
Sir Marc Feldmann

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, UK

After completing Medicine at University of Melbourne I was a PhD student with Sir Gus Nossal at Walter and Eliza… READ MORE
Simon Fillatreau

University of Paris and Institut Necker Enfants Malades, France

Simon Fillatreau is Professor of Immunology at the Medical Faculty from the University of Paris, where is also AXA Professor… READ MORE
Manuel Friese

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Professor of Neuroimmunology and Director of the Institute of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis (INIMS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. Manuel… READ MORE
Lars Fugger - Conference Co-Chair

University of Oxford and Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, UK

Professor of Neuroimmunology at the University of Oxford and head of the Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation. Professor Fugger has been… READ MORE
Barbara Gisevius

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Since 2021 Postdoc at the Neuroimmunology, research laboratory of the Department of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital Bochum, University hospital of the… READ MORE
Ralf Gold

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Prof. Dr. Gold, Ralf, Ruhr-University Bochum Faculty of Medicine, Chair of Neurology St. Josef-Hospital, Gudrunstr. 56, 44791 Bochum, Germany Education:… READ MORE
Yael Hacohen

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK

Yael Hacohen is a paediatric neurology consultant at great Ormond street Hospital and a lecturer in UCL department of neuroinflammation,… READ MORE
Michael Heneka

Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, Luxembourg

Professor and Cooperation Unit Leader, Director of the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Gerontopsychiatry at the University of Bonn, Germany. Michael… READ MORE
Inge Huitinga

 The Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB)

Inge Huitinga studied Medical Biology and obtained her PhD degree in 1992 on research of multiple sclerosis (MS) cum laude… READ MORE
Max Kaufmann

University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf, Germany

As a strong believer in the transformational power of digitalisation, Max Kaufmann investigates molecular disease mechanisms of multiple sclerosis using… READ MORE
Jonathan Kipnis

Washington University School of Medicine, USA

Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D. BJC Investigator Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Immunology Professor of Neurology,… READ MORE
Tobias Lanz

Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Tobias Lanz is a principal investigator at the VA Palo Alto Research Foundation and an academic research scientist at Stanford… READ MORE
Paul Matthews

Imperial College London, UK

Edmond and Lily Safra Chair and Head of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Sciences, Imperial College, London Paul… READ MORE
Veronique Miron

University of Edinburgh Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences & MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, UK

Dr Veronique Miron is a Senior Lecturer and Medical Research Funded Senior Research Fellow at The University of Edinburgh, in the… READ MORE
Jacqueline Palace
University of Oxford, UK
Consultant Neurologist and Associate Professor of Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK. Dr Jackie Palace is a… READ MORE
Marco Prinz

University of Freiburg, Germany

Professor of Neuropathology and Chair of the Institute of Neuropathology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Dr. Prinz obtained his… READ MORE
Francisco Quintana

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA

Francisco J. Quintana, PhD is a Professor of Neurology at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, at Brigham and… READ MORE
Mikael Simons

Technical University Munich, Germany

Scientific and clinical career 1997 – 99 Residency in Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen (Director: Prof. Dichgans) 08/99… READ MORE