High-throughput screen for increased health and function of dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s disease

Postdoc

University of Copenhagen

POSTDOC

Janko Kajtez, Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, has been awarded a postdoc research grant from Lundbeck Foundation worth DKK 2,397,400.

With the help of an advanced screening platform, he will study several thousand tiny molecules in search of new drug candidates for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The focus is on medicine to fight the breakdown of neurons in the brain caused by Parkinson’s disease.