Brief Biography
Luc Buée is a French scientist (CNRS Research Director). Head of the Inserm laboratory « Alzheimer's disease and Tauopathies » at the Jean-Pierre Aubert Research Centre, University of Lille (Law and Health), he has worked on Alzheimer disease and related disorders for twenty years. He started his work on the role of proteoglycans in Alzheimer disease with a PhD training at Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC (Pr. H. Fillit). He was then involved in the initial characterization of tau aggregates among neurodegenerative disorders with A. Delacourte. He has also developed experimental models to better understand the role of phosphorylation in tau aggregation. His group is currently working on the pathophysiological consequences of neurofibrillary degeneration and their links to the amyloid pathology in Alzheimer disease. His group is also involved in different European consortia (APOPIS, cNEUPRO, NEURAD and MEMOSAD). Luc Buée is also involved in different scientific advisory boards including France Alzheimer Association, Fédération pour la Recherche sur le Cerveau (FRC – Brain Research Federation) and the Institute for the Study Of Aging (ISOA, NY, USA).