Burkhard Becher

Burkhard Becher is a German immunologist, biomedical researcher and academic. He is a Professor and Chair of the Institute of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich.

Becher’s has authored over 270 publications. His early work focused his research on the role of microglia cells as brain-resident myeloid cells capable of instructing self-reactive T cells in the context of autoimmune neuro-inflammation. His contributions for over the past 25 years to the field of Neuroinflammation have had implications toward understanding Neurodegeneration and tissue loss in Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer disease and brain cancer. He has received recognition for his research in the field, and has been awarded Théodore Ott Prize for Neuroscience (2022), The Sobek Price (2019), the Prof. Max Cloëtta Award, and Johann Anton Merck Award. Provided by Wikipedia