Boards


NEURON structure and profile

The Neuron structure consists of a Network Steering Committee, a Scientific Advisory Board and an Executive Board.
The NEURON Secretariat is located at the PT-DLR.

The NEURON structure is depicted in the following diagram.


Network Steering Committee

The Network steering committee (NSC) constitutes the decision-making unit within the NEURON consortium, receiving all relevant information (reports, concepts etc.) from the coordinator and from the WP leaders via the coordinator. The general coordination of the consortium is performed by the Co-ordinator, PD Dr. Marlies Dorlöchter

Members:
Germany, Project Management Agency in the German Aerospace Centre (PT-DLR) for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- PD Dr. Marlies Dorlöchter (COO), Dr. Gabriele Hausdorf (BMBF)
Austria, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Dr. Stephanie Resch
Finland, Academy of Finland (AKA)
- Dr. Mika Tirronen
France, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
- Dr. Patrick Chaussepied
France, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
- Dr. Alexis Brice
France, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- Prof. Dr. Bernard Bioulac
Israel, Chief Scientist Office-Ministry of Health (CSO-MOH)
- Dr. Benny Leshem
Italy, Ministry of Health (MOH)
- Dr. Giovanni Zotta
Luxemburg, National Research Fund (FNR)
- Dr. Frank Glod
Poland, Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MSHE/MNiSW)
- Mr. Jacek Mazur
Romania, Ministry of Education and Research (ANCS-MEdR)
- Dr. Iulia Mihail
Spain, Ministry of Education and Science (MEC)
- Dr. Rosa Bernabé
Spain, Fund for Health Research (FCSAI)
- Dr. Rafael De Andrés Medina
Sweden, Karolinska Institutet (KI), (SRC)
- Prof. Dr. Mats Ulfendahl
United Kingdom, Medical Research Council (MRC)
- Dr. Joanna Latimer


Scientific Advisory Board
To ensure a high scientific quality of the network and the flow of information with the scientific community, a Scientific Advisory Board is implemented comprising the following scientists:

Prof. Dr. Christine Bandtlow, Division for Neurobiochemistry, Medical University Innsbruck, Biocenter, Innsbruck, Austria
Prof. Dr. Thomas Brandt, Neurologische Klinik Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Prof. Dr. Carlo Caltagirone, IRCCS "Fondazione Santa Lucia" Rome, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, Italy
Prof. Dr. Eero Castrén, University of Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Dr. Ferdinando Cornelio, National Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta"  Milano, Italy
Prof. Dr. Karl M. Einhäupl, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie Charité, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Michel Goedert, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, Luxemburg
Prof. Dr. Olle Lindvall, Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Lund, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Celso Arango Lopez, Hospital Gregorio Maranon Unidad Adoloscentes - Servicio Psyquiatria, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Rafael Maldonado, Universidad Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Christophe Mulle, CNRS, Institut François Magendie, Bordeaux France
Dr. Karen Ritchie, Inserm U 888, Pathologies du système nerveux: recherche épidémiologique et clinique, Hôpital de la Colombière, Montpellier,  France
Prof. Dr. Shlomo Rotshenker, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Dr. Reinhold Schmidt, Division of General Neurology, Medical University Graz, Austria
Dr. Ana-Maria Zagrean, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy,  Bucharest, Romania


Executive Board
The Executive Board comprises the members of each Work Package Group, will take decisions for daily management of the consortium and meets regularly to oversee the Work Package progress.

Members:
Germany, Project Management Agency in the German Aerospace Centre (PT-DLR) for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- PD Dr. Marlies Dorlöchter (WPL7, WP4), Dr. Marianne Kordel-Bödigheimer (WP5), PD Dr. Hella Lichtenberg (WP2, 6), Dr. Rainer Loose (WPL1)
Austria, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Dr. Herbert Mayer (WPL5) 
Finland, Academy of Finland (AKA)
- Dr. Erkki Raulo (WP2,3,5)
France, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
- Dr. Véronique Briquet-Laugier
France, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- Prof. Dr. Bernard Bioulac (WPL4, WP6), Mrs. Anne-Laure Rey 
France, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
- Mr. Philippe Arhets (WPL4), Mrs. Anne-Laure Rey 
Israel, Chief Scientist Office-Ministry of Health (CSO-MOH)
- Dr. Nava Levine (WPL6, WP5) 
Italy, Ministry of Health (MOH)
- Dr. Massimo Casciello (WP1), Dr. Cinzia Kutschera
Luxemburg, National Research Fund (FNR)
- Dr. Frank Glod (WPL2, WP5)
Poland, Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MSHE/MNiSW)
- Mrs. Marta Oseka (WPL3, WP1,2,5)
Romania, Ministry of Education and Research (ANCS-MEdR)
- Prof. Dr. Leon Zagrean, Dr. Olguta Iordache (WP5)
Spain, Ministry of Education and Science (MEC)
- Dr. Julio Barbas (WP5)
Spain, Fund of Health (FIS)
- Mr. Ignacio Baanante
Spain, Fund of Health (FIS)
- Dr. Rafael De Andrés Medina
Sweden, Swedish Research Council (SRC)
- Dr. Leif Järlebark (WP4,5)
United Kingdom, Medical Research Council (MRC)
- Dr. Joanna Latimer