Mr
Stéphane HAIK
Research Director
Chercheur
ED 394
11-03-2015
07-04-2017
Available to host a PhD student
1/ Prion mechanisms in brain proteinopathies: from strain targeting to therapeutic targets. 2/ Prion-like propagation in Alzheimer's disease.
Team
We have interest in dementia characterized by the accumulation of amyloid proteins and neurodegeneration.Modulation of A-beta secretion by cholesterol may have therapeutic implications. We are...
Biography/CV
Stéphane Haïk, MD, PhD is Research Director at INSERM. As a neurologist and neuroscientist, he has a long-time interest in prion diseases. “Prix de l’Internat/Paris -2000”, he received an “Inserm Avenir” Award in 2005. He is co-directing since 2009 a team that focuses on Alzheimer’s and prion diseases at the Salpêtrière. He is the coordinator of the French National Center of Reference for Unconventional Transmissible Agents. He is a referee for numerous international journals and National agencies.