Biography & Research:
Johannes Berger is Professor for Pathobiology of the Nervous System at the Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna. He was formerly associate Professor for Molecular Biology at the Institute of Neurology, University of Vienna. He performed his PhD at the Sandoz Research Institute (now Novartis), Department of Antiretroviral Therapy for training in molecular biology and biochemistry. Since 2006 he is coordinator of the PhD program neuroscience at the Medical University Vienna. His current research activities concentrate on the role of peroxiosmes in the nervous system for health and disease. A main focus pertain lipid alterations during aging and in Alzheimer’s disease. The possible molecular mechanisms of ether-lipids such as plasminogen are of particular interest.