Frederic Checler
Researcher
University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis
France
Biography
F. Checler received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology from University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis (1983). Since 1994, he works on neurodegenerative diseases where he was mainly interested in proteolytic dysfunction and cell death mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s disease then on dysfunctions taking place in Parkinson’s and prion diseases. Nowadays, he is developing an additional project aimed at identifying common molecular pathways either exacerbated or disrupted in neurodegenerative diseases and cerebral cancer. F. Checler belongs to the laboratory of Excellence Distal Z (Development of Innovative strategies for translational Approach in Alzheimer Disease).
Research Interest
His honors include: the BioMerieux award (1997); 1999 MHRI Kearney Fellow Award, Mental Health Research Institute; the Charles-Louis de Saulces de Freycinet Award, French National Academy of Science (2002); the “Grand Prix†Jaffé of the French Academy of Sciences (2013); “Grand prix†of Pompidou foundation 2014; Medal of the Departmental council; Medal of the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (2013, 2014). He has been elected « foreign corresponding member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences ».