Jurgen Del-Favero
Jurgen Del-Favero is a Belgian scientist working at the VIB Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Antwerp. His research is directed towards the identification of susceptibility genes for psychiatric disorders[1][2] and tools for DNA sequence research.[3] His research, in collaboration with the Swedish research group under the direction of Rolf Adolfsson, indicated that the TPH2 protein is involved in the development of depression and manic depression.[4][5][6]
He obtained a PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) in 1995. He has been VIB Group leader since 2003 and is Associate Professor at the University of Antwerp since 2005.
References[edit]
- ^ Venken, T; Del-Favero, J (December 2007). "Chasing genes for mood disorders and schizophrenia in genetically isolated populations". Hum Mutat. 28 (12): 1156–70. doi:10.1002/humu.20582. PMID 17659644. S2CID 36476689.
- ^ Del-Favero, J; Gestel, SV; Børglum, AD; Muir, W; Ewald, H; Mors, O; Ivezic, S; Oruc, L; Adolfsson, R; Blackwood, D; Kruse, T; Mendlewicz, J; Schalling, M; Van Broeckhoven, C (April 2002). "European combined analysis of the CTG18.1 and the ERDA1 CAG/CTG repeats in bipolar disorder". Eur J Hum Genet. 10 (4): 276–80. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200803.
- ^ Weckx, S; De Rijk, P; Van Broeckhoven, C; Del-Favero, J (February 2005). "SNPbox: a modular software package for large-scale primer design". Bioinformatics. 21 (3): 385–7. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bti006. PMID 15347573.
- ^ Van Den Bogaert, A; Sleegers, K; De Zutter, S; Heyrman, L; Norrback, K; Adolfsson, R; Van Broeckhoven, C; Del-Favero, J (2006). "Association of Brain-Specific Tryptophan Hydroxylase, TPH2, With Unipolar and Bipolar Disorder in a Northern Swedish, Isolated Population". Arch Gen Psychiatry. 63 (10): 1103–10. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.63.10.1103. PMID 17015812.
- ^ Venken, T; Claes, S; Sluijs, S; Paterson; van Duijn, C; Adolfsson, R; Del-Favero, J; Van Broeckhoven, C (2005). "Genomewide scan for affective disorder susceptibility Loci in families of a northern Swedish isolated population". Am J Hum Genet. 76 (2): 237–248. doi:10.1086/427836. PMC 1196369. PMID 15614721.
- ^ Researchers lift a corner of the veil of Depression[permanent dead link]
Sources[edit]
- Jurgen Del-Favero
- J. Comijn, P. Raeymaekers, A. Van Gysel, M. Veugelers, Today = Tomorrow : a tribute to life sciences research and innovation : 10 years of VIB, Snoeck, 2006, ISBN 978-90-5349-630-5, pp. 70–72 and p. 258.
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