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2026

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Overview

Thomas Gasser is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio focusing primarily on neurological disorders, with a particular emphasis on Parkinson's disease. Their research spans medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the molecular and genetic underpinnings of neurodegenerative diseases.

The scientist's work is published extensively in a variety of journals, with frequent appearances in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), npj Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Nature Communications, and Neurology. These venues highlight a strong focus on neurodegenerative disease research, especially Parkinson's disease.

Key research topics include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Main and subfields of study demonstrate a detailed focus on neurology and genetics, including:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Physiology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Thomas Gasser has collaborated closely with several frequent co-authors. Notable collaborators include Kathrin Brockmann, Claudia Schulte, Rejko Krüger, Cornelis Blauwendraat, and Alexis Brice. These partnerships underline a network of researchers specialized in Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative conditions.

Their recent published papers illustrate a focus on genetic factors, clinical trials, and metabolic aspects of neurological diseases:

  • Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Trial of Prasinezumab in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Parkinson's disease-associated alterations of the gut microbiome predict disease-relevant changes in metabolic functions, 2020, BMC Biology
  • Finding genetically-supported drug targets for Parkinson's disease using Mendelian randomization of the druggable genome, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Identification of Candidate Parkinson Disease Genes by Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study, Expression, and Epigenetic Data Sets, 2021, JAMA Neurology

Best Publications

  • MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease

    Ronald B. Postuma;Daniela Berg;Matthew Stern;Werner Poewe

  • Mutations in LRRK2 Cause Autosomal-Dominant Parkinsonism with Pleomorphic Pathology

    Alexander Zimprich;Alexander Zimprich;Saskia Biskup;Petra Leitner;Peter Lichtner

  • Multicenter Analysis of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in Parkinson's Disease

    Ellen Sidransky;Michael A. Nalls;Jan O. Aasly;Judith Aharon-Peretz

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

    Javier Simón-Sánchez;Claudia Schulte;Jose M Bras;Jose M Bras;Manu Sharma

  • The ubiquitin pathway in Parkinson's disease

    Elisabeth Leroy;Rebecca Boyer;Georg Auburger;Barbara Leube

  • Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease

    Mike A Nalls;Nathan Pankratz;Christina M. Lill;Chuong B. Do

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Association between Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease and Mutations in the Parkin Gene

    CB Lucking;A Durr;Bonifati;J Vaughan

  • Phenotype, genotype, and worldwide genetic penetrance of LRRK2-associated Parkinson's disease: a case-control study

    Daniel G Healy;Mario Falchi;Sean S O'Sullivan;Vincenzo Bonifati

  • MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease

    Daniela Berg;Ronald B. Postuma;Charles H. Adler;Bastiaan R. Bloem

  • Neuropathological assessment of Parkinson's disease: refining the diagnostic criteria.

    Dennis W Dickson;Heiko Braak;John E Duda;Charles Duyckaerts

  • Imputation of sequence variants for identification of genetic risks for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.

    Michael A Nalls;Vincent Plagnol;Dena G Hernandez

  • The phenotypic spectrum of CADASIL: clinical findings in 102 cases.

    M. Dichgans;M. Mayer;I. Uttner;R. Brüning

  • Intraoperative MRI guidance and extent of resection in glioma surgery: a randomised, controlled trial

    Christian Senft;Andrea Bink;Kea Franz;Hartmut Vatter

  • Loss of function mutations in the gene encoding Omi/HtrA2 in Parkinson's disease

    Karsten M. Strauss;L. Miguel Martins;Helene Plun-Favreau;Frank P. Marx

  • A Wide Variety of Mutations in the Parkin Gene Are Responsible for Autosomal Recessive Parkinsonism in Europe

    Abbas N;Lücking Cb;Ricard S;Dürr A

  • Identification of common variants influencing risk of the tauopathy progressive supranuclear palsy

    Günter U. Höglinger;Nadine M. Melhem;Dennis W. Dickson;Patrick M A Sleiman

  • A susceptibility locus for Parkinson's disease maps to chromosome 2p13

    Thomas Gasser;Bertram Müller-Myhsok;Zbigniew K. Wszolek;Ralph Oehlmann

  • Loss-of-Function of Human PINK1 Results in Mitochondrial Pathology and Can Be Rescued by Parkin

    Nicole Exner;Bettina Treske;Dominik Paquet;Kira Holmström

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniela Berg
Daniela Berg University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Peter Heutink
Peter Heutink German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nicholas W. Wood
Nicholas W. Wood University College London
John Hardy
John Hardy University College London
Andrew B. Singleton
Andrew B. Singleton National Institutes of Health
Manu Sharma
Manu Sharma University of Tübingen
Rejko Krüger
Rejko Krüger University of Luxembourg
Dena G. Hernandez
Dena G. Hernandez National Institutes of Health
Wolfgang H. Oertel
Wolfgang H. Oertel Philipp University of Marburg

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