Jeroen Pasterkamp

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In 2000, Jeroen Pasterkamp obtained a PhD degree in Neuroscience while working under the supervision of Joost Verhaagen en Dick Swaab (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience). His PhD work focused on the role of repulsive guidance cues in axon regeneration. His postdoctoral work was performed in the laboratory of Alex Kolodkin (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA) and financially supported by NWO Talent and HFSP fellowships. These studies focused on novel functions and the downstream signaling pathways of axon guidance cues. In 2004, Jeroen moved to the UMC Utrecht Brain Center (Department of Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) to start his own lab focused on molecular mechanisms underlying Neural Circuit Development and Disease (www.jeroenpasterkamplab.com). Currently, he is professor of Translational Neuroscience and studies mechanisms underlying axonal development and disease. His lab focuses on 1) the molecular basis of neuronal subtype-specific circuit development and 2) mechanisms causing neurological disorders such as ALS, by studying a variety of molecular cues ranging from axon guidance cues to non-coding RNAs. His lab uses a multidisciplinary research approach including induced pluripotent stem cell, brain organoids, microfluidics, genetic models, molecular cell biology, and 3D microscopy. He participates in different European consortia and is a recipient of TOP, VENI, VIDI, VICI and Gravitation grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. Further, he serves on different committees and is a member of the (Scientific Advisory) Board of the Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds and Dutch Parkinson Scientists. He regularly organizes international meetings, including KNAW and EMBO symposia. He is founder and director of the MIND facility for iPSC, brain organoids and 3D microscopy (www.mindresearchfacility.nl), head of the department of Translational Neuroscience (UMC Utrecht)(www.translationalneuroscience.nl), and chair of the UMC Utrecht Brain Center (https://www.umcutrecht.nl/en/research/center/brain-center).