Neuropharmacology

Biography

Robert Zorec is Professor of Pathophysiology at the University of Ljubljana, Medical Faculty, a Full Member of Academia Europaea (London) and Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (cont. of Academia Operosorum Labacensis from 1693), as well as a Past Member of the Committee for Advanced Medical Products at the European Medicine’s Agency (London). He received his PhD from the University of Ljubljana in 1986 for his work conducted at the Newcastle Medical School and at the MRC Neuroendocrinology Unit in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and introduced the "patch-clamp" method in Ljubljana in 1985. His Postdoctoral experience was at Cambridge in Dr W T Mason's laboratory. In addition to basic research focusing into physiological and pathological problems, the lab is also developing advanced cell-based medicines such as hybridoma cells to treat cancer, a product HybriCure® is currently in clinical trial. His work was and is supported by different grants from EU and other countries (the British Council and The Wellcome Trust Fellowships, Fulbright Scholarship, Research Council of Slovenia, Nuffield Foundation, EduGLIA, NIH).

Abstract

Abstract : Astrocytes from the other brain: Neuglia as a new target for neurotherapy