Christine Van Broeckhoven, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Christine Van Broeckhoven

molecular biologist, professor

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1953

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Profession: writer, politician, biologist, university teacher, molecular biologist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Christine Van Broeckhoven (born 9 April 1953) is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor in Molecular genetics at the University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium).
She is also leading the VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp of the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB).
Christine Van Broeckhoven does research on Alzheimer dementia, bipolar mental disorders and other neurological diseases.
Since 1983 she has had her own laboratory for molecular genetics at the University of Antwerp, and since 2005 is focussing her research on neurodegenerative brain diseases.
She is an associate editor of the scientific journal Genes, Brain and Behavior.