Maiken Nedergaard

Maiken Nedergaard is a Danish neurobiologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center and the Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience at the University of Copenhagen . At Rochester, she is a professor in the Neurology and Neuroscience Departments . In Copenhagen, she is a professor in the Department Glial Therapeutics ( gliabezogene Therapeutics ).

Nedergaard is particularly known for the discovery of the glymphatic system (waste disposal in the brain) in Rochester in 2012 because of its importance in the prevention of dementia . It has therefore very quickly become the subject of intensive research.

education

In 1983 she received her doctorate in medicine (MD) from the University of Copenhagen and in 1988 her doctorate in medical science (DMSc) there.

Awards

2014: Newcomb Cleveland Prize for publishing her work on the relationship between sleep and waste disposal from the brain.
2014: Novo Nordisk Foundation Laureate Research Grant : 7-year honorary research budget of 40 million Danish kroner (5.5 million euros).
2016: Olav Thon Foundation academic grant for Research : 4-year special research budget of 10 million Norwegian kroner (1.13 million euros), together with Professor Erlend A. Nagelhus, University of Oslo .

Books

With Rolf Dermietzel, David C. Spray: Blood-brain Barriers. From Ontogeny to Artificial Interfaces , Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 9783527310883 .

Web links

Your lab in Rochester
Your laboratory in Copenhagen
Video: Own short lecture about her work , 3:20 min, October 17, 2013.
Biographical data and employment , Academia Europaea website (accessed February 25, 2017).

Individual evidence

^ Paper on Sleep's Restorative Effects Wins 2014 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize , American Association for the Advancement of Science (accessed February 25, 2017).
^ Three top researchers moving to Copenhagen , Novo Nordisk Foundation, February 7, 2014 (accessed February 25, 2017).
↑ The Olav Thon Foundation academic awards and grants for research 2016 , Mitteilungen der Universität Oslo, 2016 (accessed February 25, 2017).

personal data
SURNAME	Nedergaard, Maiken
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish neurobiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[1] Paper on Sleep's Restorative Effects Wins 2014 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize , American Association for the Advancement of Science (accessed February 25, 2017).

[2] Three top researchers moving to Copenhagen , Novo Nordisk Foundation, February 7, 2014 (accessed February 25, 2017).

[3] The Olav Thon Foundation academic awards and grants for research 2016 , Mitteilungen der Universität Oslo, 2016 (accessed February 25, 2017).