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Miquel Vila Bover

I am an ICREA Professor and I lead the Research Group on Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)

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Head of group
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Miquel Vila Bover

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

I am an ICREA Professor and I lead the Research Group on Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)

I have a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (1993) and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Paris 6 (1998). My doctoral work carried out in the laboratory of experimental neurology at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris (1993-98) contributed to establishing the subthalamic nucleus as the main therapeutic target for the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease with deep brain stimulation. From 1998 to 2005 I worked at the Movement Disorders Unit of Columbia University in New York (USA), initially as a postdoctoral researcher and from 2001 as an Assistant Professor of Neurology, focusing on the study of the mechanisms of neuronal death in Parkinson's disease to identify new therapeutic targets for this currently incurable neurodegenerative disorder.

In 2006 I moved to Barcelona as a Professor at ICREA (Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies) to create and lead a new research group in neurodegenerative diseases at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). Our group is now part of the Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED) and the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's Collaborative Research Network (ASAP-CRN).

I am also an Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Principal Investigator at CIBERNED, Coordinating Lead PI at ASAP-CRN and member of the Steering Committees of the World Parkinson Coalition and the Basic Science Special Interest Group of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Projects

Mecanismes mol·leculars de mort neuronal en malalties neurodegeneratives i envelliment cerebral

IP: -
Collaborators: Miquel Vila Bover, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: ICREA
Funding: 58286.68
Reference: ICREA2005-02
Duration: 04/11/2010 - 04/11/2011

Neuroprotective strategies and biomarkers in Parkinson's disease based on lysosomal impairment

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Collaborators: Jordi Bove Badell, Laia Perez Lasarte
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 202500
Reference: MS11/00229
Duration: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2016

Altered autophagy in Huntington's disease

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Collaborators: Marta Martínez Vicente, Laia Perez Lasarte
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 243000
Reference: MS09/00184
Duration: 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2015

Inici, progressió i extensió de la Malaltia de Parkinson: rol de la neuromelanina, alfa-sinucleina i cossos de Lewy

IP: Miquel Vila Bover
Collaborators: Laia Perez Lasarte
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 30000
Reference: 2011FI_B 00575
Duration: 01/02/2011 - 31/01/2014

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