Frederic Checler PhD

Frederic Checler is PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Research Director at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM). He is heading the group of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Normal and Pathological Cerebral Aging at Sophia-Antipolis,Valbonne, France. His main research interests concern Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Prion’s diseases and more recently cerebral cancer with special emphasis on the proteolytic dysfunctions taking place in these diseases and molecular alterations in the control of cell death. Frédéric Checler is or has been PI of several research national and European grants.

Dr. Checler was former President of the scientific committee of the European League against Alzheimer’s Disease (LECMA), member of the scientific committees of the Mediterranean Neuropole, the Neuropôle Francilien and France Alzheimer