Patrick Aebischer
Professor
School of Life science
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research
Switzerland
Biography
Patrick Aebischer completed his training in Medicine (1980) and Neuroscience (1983) at the Universities of Geneva and Friborg in Switzerland. From 1984 to 1992 Patrick Aebischer worked at Brown University (USA) in the Department of Neurosciences and in the Department of Biomaterials and Artificial Bodies as Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor. In 1992, Patrick Aebischer was appointed Professor of the Autonomous Division of Surgical Research and the Center of Therapy of the Genetics (DARC) at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) in Lausanne.
Research Interest
Development of approaches to cell therapy; Gene transfer for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
Publications
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P Machler, MT Wyss, M Elsayed, J Stobart, R Gutierrez et al. (2016)In Vivo Evidence for a Lactate Gradient from Astrocytes to Neurons. Cell Metabolism, 23: 94-102.
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D Ryu, L Mouchiroud, PA Andreux, E Katsyuba, N Moullan et al. (2016) Urolithin A induces mitophagy and prolongs lifespan in C. elegans and increases muscle function in rodents=. Nat Med 22: 879-888.
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A Lathuiliere, V Laversenne, A Astolfo, E Kopetzki, H Jacobsen et al. (2016) A subcutaneous cellular implant for passive immunization against amyloid-beta reduces brain amyloid and tau pathologies, in Brain. 139: 1587-1604, .
