Gal Bitan
University of California, USA
Biography
Gal Bitan, PhD, received his PhD in organic chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Following postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and affiliated hospitals, he joined the faculty at UCLA where he is currently a Professor of Neurology. Dr. Bitan’s research program focuses on neurodegenerative diseases caused by abnormal protein self-assembly, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. He has made seminal contributions to the study of amyloid-protein oligomers and has been developing novel drug candidates and biomarker measurements for these diseases.
Abstract
Abstract : Biomarkers in brain-derived exosomes assist the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases