Speakers – Conference Faculty

Kate Attfield - Conference Co-Chair

University of Oxford and Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, UK

Dr Kate Attfield is a Junior PI working with Professor Lars Fugger as part of the Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation.… READ MORE

Burkhard Becher

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Professor and Co-Chair of the Inst. of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich. Burkhard Becher studied Biology at the University of Cologne in Germany… READ MORE

Lotte Bjerre Knudsen

Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Lotte Bjerre Knudsen is a Scientific Corporate Vice President in the research organisation of the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in… READ MORE

Olga Ciccarelli

University College London's (UCL) Institute of Neurology, UK

Professor of Neurology at University College London’s (UCL) Institute of Neurology, London, UK. Prof Olga Ciccarelli is Professor of Neurology… READ MORE

Philip L De Jager

Columbia University, New York, USA.

Professor of Neurology in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s disease and the Aging Brain and the Columbia Precision… READ MORE

Gabriele De Luca

University of Oxford, UK

Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Neurosciences Undergraduate Education, Nuffield Department of Clincal Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK. Prof Gabriele… READ MORE

Britta Engelhardt

University of Bern, Switzerland

Professor for Immunobiology, Director, Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland. Britta Engelhardt obtained a degree in Human Biology at… READ MORE

Hayley Evans

University of Oxford, and Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, UK

Postdoctoral Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, and Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, UK. Hayley Evans studied for… READ MORE

Manuel Friese

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Professor of Neuroimmunology and Director of the Institute of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis (INIMS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. Manuel Friese… READ MORE

Lars Fugger - Conference Co-Chair

University of Oxford and Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation, UK

Professor of Neuroimmunology at the University of Oxford and head of the Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation. Professor Fugger has been… READ MORE

Joan M Goverman - Conference Co-Chair

University of Washington School of Medicine, USA

Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, USA. Dr. Goverman received a BA in Chemistry… READ MORE

Michael T Heneka

University of Bonn, Germany

Professor and Cooperation Unit Leader, Director of the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Gerontopsychiatry at the University of Bonn, Germany. Michael… READ MORE

Inge Huitinga

Director Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB)

Inge Huitinga studied Medical Biology and obtained her PhD degree in 1992 on research of multiple sclerosis (MS) cum laude… READ MORE

Jonathan Kipnis

Washington University School of Medicine, USA

Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D. BJC Investigator Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Immunology Professor of Neurology,… READ MORE

Robyn S Klein

Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA

Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, John T Milliken Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA. Dr.… READ MORE

Ingrid Kockum

Karolinska Insitutet, Sweden

Professor of Genetic Epidemiology specialising in multiple sclerosis at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience. Ingrid Kockum was born in 1967… READ MORE

Thomas Korn

Technical University Munich, Germany

Professor of Neuroimmunology and Deputy Director, Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Germany. After graduating from Medical… READ MORE

Paolo Muraro

Imperial College London, UK

Professor of Neurology – Neuroimmunology and Immunotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, UK. READ MORE

Jacqueline Palace

University of Oxford, UK

Consultant Neurologist and Associate Professor of Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK. Dr Jackie Palace is a… READ MORE

Friedemann Paul

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Head of the Clinical Neuroimmunology Research Group, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. Since 2016 Professor… READ MORE

Marco Prinz

University of Freiburg, Germany

Professor of Neuropathology and Chair of the Institute of Neuropathology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Dr. Prinz obtained his… READ MORE

Ugur Sahin

Co-Founder and CEO of BioNTech, Germany

Prof. Ugur Sahin, M.D., Co-Founder and CEO of BioNTech, is a physician, immunologist and leader in the development of novel… READ MORE

Stephen Sawcer

University of Cambridge, UK

Professor of Neurological Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK. Stephen Sawcer is Professor of Neurological Genetics at the University of Cambridge and… READ MORE

Mikael Simons

Technical University Munich, Germany

Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology (TUM-NCB), Technical University Munich. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany. ACADEMIC… READ MORE