Prof.

Adriano Aguzzi , MD PhD FRCP FRCPath DVM h. c.

Adriano Aguzzi

Corresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences abroad since 2001

  • Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich

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Research Areas:

  • Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
  • Brain research
  • Genomics
  • Neuropathology

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Selected Memberships:

  • Swiss Society of Neuropathology
  • European Molecular Biology Organization EMBO
  • The Royal College of Pathologists, London
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neuropathologie und Neuroanatomie
  • International Society of Neuropathology
  • Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften
  • Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Royal College of Physicians, London

Selected Prizes:

  • EMBO Gold Medal
  • Ernst Jung-Preis für Medizin
  • Robert-Koch-Preis
  • Marcel-Benoist-Preis
  • Premio Antonio-Feltrinelli der Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Selected Publications:

  • Aguzzi A, De Cecco E. (2020) Shifts and drifts in prion science. Science 2020 October 2.doi:10.1126/science.abb8577.
  • Kueffer A, Lakkaraju AKK, Mogha A, Petersen SC, Airich K, Doucerain C, Marpakwar R, Bakirci P,Senatore A, Monnard A, Schiavi C, Nuvolone M, Grosshans B, Hornemann S, Bassilana F, Monk KR, AguzziA. (2016). The prion protein is an agonistic ligand of the G-protein-coupled receptor Adgrg6. Nature. 2016August 8. doi:10.1038/nature19312.
  • Herrmann U S, Schuetz A K, Shirani H, Huang D, Saban D, Nuvolone M, Li B, Ballmer B, Åslund A K O,Mason J J, Rushing E, Budka H, Nystrom S, Hammarstrom P, Boeckmann A, Caflisch A, Meier BH, Nilsson KP R, Homemann S, Aguzzi A. (2015). Structure-based drug design identifies polythiopehenes as antiprotoncompounds. Science Translational Medicine. 2015 February 24. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004662.
  • Sonati T, Reimann RR, Falsig J, Baral PK, O'Connor T, Hornemann S, Yaganoglu S, Li B, Herrmann US,Wieland B, Swayampakula M, Rahman MH, Das D, Kav N, Riek R, Liberski PP, James MN, Aguzzi A.Thetoxicity of antiprion antibodies is mediated by the flexible tail of the prion protein. Nature. 2013 Jul 31. doi:10.1038/nature12402., Bd. 31. Juli 2013, S. 102-106.
  • Krautler N J, Kana V, Kranich J, Tian Y, Perera D, Lemm D, Schwarz P, Armulik A, Browning J L, TallquistM, Buch T, Oliveira-Martins J B, Zhu C, Hermann M, Wagner U, Brink R, Heikenwalder M, Aguzzi A (2012)Follicular dendritic cells emerge from ubiquitous perivascular precursors. Cell 2012 June 6.doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.032., Bd. 150.1, S. 194-206.