Alexander Flügel
Georg-August University, Germany
Director,
Institute for Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Research
University Medical Center Göttingen
Georg-August University
Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration
Göttingen | Germany
Professor Alexander Flügel took up his current position at the Georg-August University Göttingen as Director of the Institute for Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Research in 2008. His main research interest is the mechanisms and factors that allow immune cells to enter the central nervous system, to communicate in this milieu and to influence brain tissue, particularly in relation to multiple sclerosis. He is an expert in applying and optimizing intravital imaging technologies such as two-photon laser scanning microscopy to analyze the autoimmune attack of the CNS in models of experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE), an animal model for multiple sclerosis.