Speaker
Professor Barbara Franke
Professor of Molecular Psychiatry Head of department of Medical Neuroscience PI at department of Human Genetics Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Biography
Barbara Franke is Professor of Molecular Psychiatry at Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. She is the head of the Department of Medical Neuroscience and the Chair of the Donders Community of Medical Neuroscience at Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc).
Barbara is a molecular biologist and geneticist. She studies the biological contribution to neurodevelopmental conditions, especially ADHD. Beyond gene-finding, she uses complementary approaches (bioinformatics, cell-based and small animal models, neuroimaging genetics) to map biological pathways from gene to behaviour and disease. It is her goal to make biological information useful for improving the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of psychiatric conditions.