Bente Finsen

Professor, Dr. Med. Sci. (dr. med.), Cand. Med.

Phone: +45 6011 3990

E-mail: bfinsen@health.sdu.dk

Department:

Neurobiology Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Biography:

Bente Finsen is a professor in the Dept Neurobiol, IMM, SDU. She graduated as Cand. Med. from Aarhus University (AaU) in 1988 and obtained her Dr. Med. Sci. (Dr. Med.) degree, also from AaU in 1995. She has been a full professor at SDU since 2000.

Education

Education:

1995: Dr. Med. Sci. (Dr. Med.), Aarhus University

1988: Cand. Med., Aarhus University

Employments & affiliations:

2023- External lecturer, Copenhagen University

2022-2023 Slagelse Hospital, Region Sealand

2009-2012 Senior fellow, Freiburg Inst Adv Sci, Freiburg University

2000- Professor, Dept Anat Neurobiol, IMB, SDU. From 2004 Neurobiol Res, IMM, SDU

1993-2000 Assoc prof, Dept Anat Cell Biol, IMB, Odense University

1998-1999 Sabattical, AC Peterson Lab, Lab. Dev. Biol. Gen., RVH, McGill University

1988-1993 Research fellow, Dept Neurobiol, AaU

Post Graduate Training

Licensures and Certifications

Aut. ID: 00BN8

Research Interests

Dr. Finsen’s main research interest is to understand the role of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis, and the interactions between the neurons and the glial cells in these diseases. Her lab is particularly interested in understanding the homeostatic, protective, toxic, as well as pro-regenerative functions of the CNS macrophages, especially the tissue-resident microglial cells. Dr. Finsen also has a long-standing interest in understanding basic aspects of remyelination and to exploit the protective effects on immune cell involvement on remyelination. The Finsen lab combines the use of experimental animal models, including transgenic and inducible cell-specific knockout models, cell culture models, and human brain bank material, to address their research questions.

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