Bayer, Thomas A., Prof. Dr.

Professor of Molecular Psychiatry

• 1984-1989 Diploma in biology, University of Stuttgart and Whitney Lab Florida
• 1989-1993 PhD at the University of Cologne (PhD Thyssen Graduate School)
• 1993 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cologne, Cologne
• 1993-1997 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn
• 1997-2002 Lab leader, Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn
• 2002-2007 Head of Neurobiology Lab, University of Saarland Medical Center, Homburg
• 2004 Appointment to apl Professor at the University Medical Center Saarland
• 2007-present University Professor in “Molecular Psychiatry” at the University of Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen
• 2006-2011 Coordinator of the European Commission funded International Alzheimer PhD School «Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease – mechanism, consequence and therapy»

Major Research Interests
Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, neuronal cell death mechanisms, preclinical proof-of-concept studies; characterization and development of mouse models for Alzheimer’s disease (neuropathology, anatomy, biochemistry, behavioral tests), preclinical therapy studies in mouse models, vaccine and passive immunization against Alzheimer’s disease.

Homepage Department/Research Group
https://psychiatrie.umg.eu/forschung/professuren/molekulare-psychiatrie/

ORCID: 0000-0001-8453-228X