Dr. Farida Hellal

I studied Biochemistry in Paris at Pierre & Marie Curie University, where I received a master's degree in Neurosciences. I completed an industrial Ph.D. in Pharmacology on drug development for traumatic brain injury.

As a postdoc, I joined the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology Munich and DZNE in Bonn, where I uncovered the relevance of manipulating the cytoskeleton to promote axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury and contributed with Ali Ertürk to the development of tissue clearing and imaging by light-sheet microscopy. I moved to the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research to investigate neuronal network remodeling after stroke.

I am fond of not only science but also social anthropology, philosophizing on the meaning of life over a glass of wine, and French cooking and baking for others.