Eva-Maria Mandelkow facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Eva-Maria Mandelkow
|
|
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Known for | Alzheimer's disease |
| Spouse(s) | Eckhard Mandelkow |
| Awards | Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease (2009) Potamkin Prize (2011) Alz. Assoc. Lifetime Award (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | neurology |
| Institutions | DZNE, Bonn (2011-) MPASMB, Hamburg |
Eva-Maria Mandelkow is a German scientist who studies the brain. She is a neuroscientist and researches Alzheimer's disease at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn.
Contents
About Eva-Maria Mandelkow
Early Life and Education
Eva-Maria Mandelkow went to medical school in Hamburg and Heidelberg, Germany. She finished her medical studies in 1968. After working as a doctor for three years, she started studying for her Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg. Her research focused on how a special protein called myosin works. She earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1973.
Research Career
After her Ph.D., Dr. Mandelkow moved to Brandeis University in Massachusetts, USA. From 1974 to 1975, she studied proteins that make up the "skeleton" of cells, called cytoskeletal proteins. She continued this research when she returned to the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, where she worked as a staff scientist until 1985.
In 1986, Eva-Maria Mandelkow and her husband, Eckhard Mandelkow, moved to Hamburg. They led research teams at the Max Planck Unit for Structural Molecular Biology (MPASMB). Since 2011, both Eva-Maria and Eckhard Mandelkow have been leading similar research teams at the DZNE in Bonn.
Discoveries and Awards
Research on Alzheimer's Disease
The Mandelkows are best known for their work on Alzheimer's disease. Since 1989, they have been studying a protein called tau protein. They found that problems with tau protein play a big role in how Alzheimer's disease develops.
Major Awards and Recognition
Dr. Mandelkow has received several important awards for her work. In 2007, she won the Hans and Ilse Breuer Foundation Alzheimer's Research Award.
Eva-Maria and her husband have also won awards together. In 2009, they received the Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease. In 2011, they were given the Potamkin Prize from the American Academy of Neurology. This prize helps encourage top scientists to study diseases like Alzheimer's. In 2013, they received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer's Association. These awards show how important their research has been in understanding Alzheimer's disease.
