Ulrik is Professor of Neuropharmacology and Former Head of Department of Neuroscience at University of Copenhagen.

 

Ulrik Gether obtained his MD degree in 1990 and his DMSc degree in 2000. After working three years as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Prof. Brian Kobilka at Stanford University, he received the Ole Roemer Award enabling him to start his own laboratory at University of Copenhagen in 1996. He has received extensive external funding for his research including funding for several Centers of Excellence. 

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Ulrik Gether’s lab has long-standing expertise in studying the molecular, cellular and physiological function of monoamine receptors and transporters.

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Ulrik together with Kenneth Madsen pioneered the pharmacological targeting of PDZ domain proteins, such as PICK1, and developed and patented the first small molecule inhibitors for this type of proteins together with Neurosearch A/S.