Patrik Brundin
Date of birth | 26 December 1961 |
Nationality | Swedish |
Neuronal Survival Unit |
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Phone | +46 46 222 05 29 (adm) |
Fax | +46 46 222 05 58 |
Professional Positions/Activities
2009-today | Co-founder of company ParkCell. |
2009-today | Coordinator of MIPROTRAN, ERA-Net Neuron – Swedish Research Council/EU. |
2009-today | Coordinator of the Basal Ganglia Disorders Linnaeus Consortium. |
2006-today | Coordinator of NeuroLund. |
2005-today | Coordinator of the Swedish Research Council Strong Research Environment on Brain neurodegeneration, plasticity and repair. |
2005-today | Coordinator of the Nordic Center of Excellence – Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases. |
2005-today | Steering committee of the EU-sponsored Network of Excellence NeuroNE (European consortium for research into neurodegenerative disorders). |
2005-today | Governing Board of EU sponsored integrated project PROMEMORIA. (From cell-cell recognition to memory formation. New strategies for the treatment of dysfunctional plasticity, learning and memory). |
2005-2007 | Head of Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University. |
2002-2004 | Co-ordinator of a Marie Curie Training Site called "Neuro-degeneration, cell rescue and brain repair", funded by the European Commission. |
2002-2005 | Partner in RTD project entitled "Biodegradable Controlled Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Brain Diseases", funded by the European Commission. |
2002 | 5 weeks visit as part of the Exchange Abroad Program (EAP) UCLA, USA. |
2001-2005 | Co-ordinator of Concerted Action entitled "Early Patho-genetic Markers of Slow Neurodegenerative Diseases", funded by the European Commission. |
2000-today | Professor in Neuroscience, Lund University, Sweden. |
2000 | Professor of Experimental Neuropathology, Copenhagen University, Denmark. |
1999-2000 | Permanent position as Associate professor of Neuro-science, Lund University, Sweden. |
1999 | Lecturer in Neuroscience, Lund University, Sweden. |
1998 | Lecturer in Experimental Medicine, Lund University, Sweden. |
1996-2008 | Dissertation of eleven PhD students. |
1995-1998 | Swedish Medical Research Council, research position. |
1995 | Founder of the Section for Neuronal Survival, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Lund University, Sweden. |
1994 | License to practice medicine ("läkarlegitimation"). |
1994 | Neurology, clinical training (3 months). |
1993-1994 | Head of an independent research subgroup at the Restorative Neurology Unit, Lund University Hospital, Sweden. |
1993 | Medical Doctor (M.D.). |
1992-1994 | 80% clinical internship, 20% research associate. |
1991 | Co-founder of the Restorative Neurology Unit, Lund University Hospital, Sweden. |
1988-1990 | Post-doctoral position at the Dept of Medical Cell Research, Lund University, Sweden. |
1987-today | Participation in clinical trials with intracerebral grafts in, so far, 19 Parkinsonian patients. |
1981-today | Tutor and lecturer on courses in neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, histology, cell biology and biology of the locomotor organs. |
Awards and grants
2004 | The Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for outstanding research contributions in the field of neural transplantation and repair. |
2003 | Awarded the Medal of Honour from the Swedish Parkinson Association. |
2003 | Identified as one of the 0,5% most cited researchers within the neuroscience area during the last 20 years, by ISI (Institute for Scientific Information). |
2002 | Invited by the Swedish government to Swedish Bio-Mission, Japan. |
2001 | Presented with The Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award for research and academic leadership by the Swedish Junior Chamber. |
2001 | Awarded the Catedra Santiago Grisolía Chair Prize, Valencia, Spain. |
1999 | Awarded Dr Eric K. Fernström Foundation's Prize to Young Swedish Scientists. |
1999 | Harvard Macy Program for Leaders in Medical Education, Boston, USA. |
1994 | Awarded the Swedish Medical Research Council grant for young promising scientists. |
1994 | "New Investigator lecture award", Montreal Neurology Institute, Canada. |
1989 | Selected for the inaugural course at the International School of Neuroscience, Italy. |
1989 | Presented with the Oscar II award for best medical thesis in Lund 1988-1989. |
Boards and committes
2008-today | Research Council of Huntington's Disease Society. |
2006-2007 | Editorial board of J Neural Transm. |
2004-today | Elected as member of Academia Europea. |
2003-2004 | Head of the Committee for the Clinical/Basic Science Links program, IBRO. |
2003-2005 | Steering committee of the Euro-HD Network. |
2002-2005 | Vice Chairman of SWEMODIS (Swedish Movement Disorder Society), Sweden. |
2002-2004 | Chairman of Phase III Executive Committe, Medical faculty of Lund University, Sweden. |
2002-2004 | Future Centre Network, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Sweden. |
2001 | Chairman of the Gordon conference entitled "CAG triplet repeat disorders", July 2001. |
2000 | Co-organiser of the international conference entitled "The role of mitochondria in apoptosis and neurodegeneration", June 2000. |
2000 | Organizing committee of the international one day sym-posium Stem Cells in the Future Treatment of Movement Disorders. |
1999-2000 | Chairman of the "Research Strategy 2000 group" at the Medical Faculty in Lund, Sweden. |
1999 | Organizing committee for international conferences entitled "CAG triplet repeat expansion in neurologic disease" and "The future of neural grafting in Parkinson's disease". |
1999-today | Editorial board of "Experimental Neurology". |
1998-today | Editorial board of "Neuroscience". |
1998-2002 | Section editor for neuroscience in "Cell Transplantation". |
1998-1999 | Chairman of the Medical Faculty Information Committee in Lund, Sweden. |
1997-2000 | Chairman of the "Experimental Work" Group in the EU-sponsored Concertation of the European strategies for intervention in Parkinson's disease with special emphasis on functional neurosurgery (NIPD). |
1997-1999 | Selection committee for the Lund Graduate School of Biomedical Research, Sweden. |
1997-1999 | Chairman of the Information (IT) committee at the Medical Faculty, Lund University, Sweden. |
1997-1999 | Chairman of the Neurobiology Club in Lund, Sweden. |
1997 | Project evaluation committee for the National Network in neuroscience, Sweden. |
1995-1998 | Chairman of the "research education group" at the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Lund University, Sweden. |
1994-today | Member of the editorial board of "Cell Transplantation". |
1994-2000 | President of NECTAR (Network for European CNS Transplantation and Restoration). |
1993-today | Advisor to The Myelin Project, USA. |
1990 | Member of the local organizing committee for the inter-national Fernström symposium on Intracerebral transplan-tation in movement disorders: experimental basis and clinical experiences. |
1990-today | Member of more than 25 thesis review committees. |
Scientific Evaluator
Faculty opponent at 16 PhD dissertations in Sweden, Denmark and Portugal. Member of over 30 thesis review committees. |
Grant evaluator for several agencies, e.g, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF; Knut and Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse; The Wellcome Trust, UK; The Medical Research Council, UK; The Parkinson Society, UK; European Science Foundation, European Research Council (ECR), Federation Por La Recherche sur le Cerveau, France; The Royal Society, UK; HighQ Foundation, USA; INSERM, France; La Fondation Française pour la Recherche sur l'Epilepsie, France; The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Biomedical Research Council (BMRC), Singapore; The New Zealand Neurological Foundation, New Zealand; The Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research, Spain; Swedish Parkinson Foundation; Swedish Brain Fund; Segerfalk Foundation, Sweden; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France; Project evaluation committee for the National Network in Neuroscience, Sweden; Alzheimer's Research Trust, UK; Huntington Society of Canada; SAB of Center for Molecular Physiology of the Brain, Göttingen, Germany; The Prinses Beatrix Fonds, The Netherlands; Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland; Telethon Foundation, Italy; Science Foundation Ireland, Ireland; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany; The biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK; Raine Medical Research Foundation, Australia; Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research, Spain. |
Scientific advisory board: Member of the SAB of the Department of Stem cell and therapy, at the World Class University Project, Seoul, Korea; Member of the SAB of the Center for Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CMPB), Göttingen, Germany and many others. |
Scientific presentations
Attended over 150 international and national conferences and, in addition, presented over 70 invited talks in institutes located in more than 16 countries. |
Selected publications
Since 1984 - more than 170 original articles and 70 reviews/book chapters published. Selected recent articles are listed here. |