Dr. Stefan Lichtenthaler
Professor
Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen)
Germany
Biography
Stefan Lichtenthaler studied chemistry at the Universities of Karlsruhe, Montpellier (France) and Heidelberg. He then completed his doctorate at the Center for Molecular Biology at the University of Heidelberg. After a postdoctoral stay at Harvard University (USA), he was appointed Junior Research Group Leader at the LMU and habilitated there for biochemistry. In 2009 he became head of department at the newly founded German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). Since 2012 he has the chair of Neuroproteomics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the DZNE.
Research Interest
Neurodegeneration - Proteases - Neuroproteomics
Publications
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Function, therapeutic potential and cell biology of BACE proteases: current status and future prospects. Vassar R, Kuhn PH, Haass C, Kennedy ME, Rajendran L, Wong PC, Lichtenthaler SF (2014). J Neurochem 130, 4-28.
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iRhoms in the brain - a new frontier? Lichtenthaler SF, O'Hara BF, Blobel CP (2015). Cell Cycle 14, 3003-3004.
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The alpha secretase ADAM10: A metalloprotease with multiple functions in the brain. Juicy P, Lichtenthaler SF (2015). Prog Neurobiol 135, 1-20.
