Immune activation in neurodegenerative disease
Michael Heneka studied medicine in Tübingen, Lausanne, and London from 1990-1996, obtaining his medical degree from the University of Tübingen. He completed his neurology residency and habilitation, becoming a professor of Molecular Neurology at the University of Münster in 2004 and later a professor of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Bonn in 2008. With over 25 years of experience in neurodegenerative disease research, Heneka has focused on dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease. He established neurodegenerative outpatient units at Münster and Bonn, and led the Neuroinflammation Research Group at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease from 2010 to 2022. In January 2022, he moved to the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine. Heneka has published over 350 peer-reviewed manuscripts, served on various scientific boards, and organized international meetings and summer schools. He has received awards for his research in ALS and Alzheimer's disease and has been recognized as a highly-cited researcher since 2018.