CBBS Members

Prof. Alexander Dityatev is the head of the research group 'Molecular Neuroplasticity' at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Magdeburg. He leads a research program on the role of the neuronal extracellular matrix in neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, depression, and schizophrenia. His main focuses are the biology of the extracellular matrix, synaptic plasticity and synaptogenesis, electrophysiology, behavioral analysis, and two-photon imaging in awake mice. Dityatev serves as chief editor of the 'Cellular Microenvironment' section of the journal Cells.