Rethinking Parkinson’s disease pathophysiology & how to model it with a focus on alpha-synuclein & cell autonomous processes

Professor Jensen became a Medical Doctor from Aarhus University in 1989 and became professor in medical biochemistry in 2004. He served as Head of Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Aarhus from 2001-2011.
Professor Jensen’s Group has been studying aspects of the protein alpha-synuclein since 1995 ranging from molecular, cellular, in vivo modeling to clinical studies. Since 2013 he has been the core group leader for The Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE).