Ulrik Gether

Ulrik Gether, professor and head of department, Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen.

Professor Gether conducts research on neurotransmitters and receptors in the brain. Among other things, he is studying the impact these mechanisms have on disease, and how they may be influenced by drugs. In his project, Professor Gether will use highly sophisticated molecular investigative techniques to gain new insights into the basic role of dopamine – one of the brain’s neurotransmitters, also known as a reward chemical – in behaviour and brain disease.