Jurgen Del-Favero

Jurgen Del-Favero is a Belgian scientist working at the VIB Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Antwerp. His research is directed towards the identification of susceptibility genes for psychiatric disorders[1][2] and tools for DNA sequence research.[3] His research, in collaboration with the Swedish research group under the direction of Rolf Adolfsson, indicated that the TPH2 protein is involved in the development of depression and manic depression.[4][5][6]

He obtained a PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) in 1995. He has been VIB Group leader since 2003 and is Associate Professor at the University of Antwerp since 2005.

References
  1. Venken, T; Del-Favero, J (December 2007). "Chasing genes for mood disorders and schizophrenia in genetically isolated populations". Hum Mutat. 28 (12): 1156–70. doi:10.1002/humu.20582.
  2. Del-Favero, J; Gestel, SV; Børglum, AD; Muir, W; Ewald, H; Mors, O; Ivezic, S; Oruc, L; Adolfsson, R; Blackwood, D; Kruse, T; Mendlewicz, J; Schalling, M; Van Broeckhoven, C (April 2002). "European combined analysis of the CTG18.1 and the ERDA1 CAG/CTG repeats in bipolar disorder". Eur J Hum Genet. 10 (4): 276–80. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200803.
  3. Weckx, S; De Rijk, P; Van Broeckhoven, C; Del-Favero, J (February 2005). "SNPbox: a modular software package for large-scale primer design". Bioinformatics. 21 (3): 385–7. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bti006. PMID 15347573.
  4. Van Den Bogaert, A; Sleegers, K; De Zutter, S; Heyrman, L; Norrback, K; Adolfsson, R; Van Broeckhoven, C; Del-Favero, J (2006). "Association of Brain-Specific Tryptophan Hydroxylase, TPH2, With Unipolar and Bipolar Disorder in a Northern Swedish, Isolated Population". Arch Gen Psychiatry. 63: 1103–10. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.63.10.1103.
  5. Venken, T; Claes, S; Sluijs, S; Paterson; van Duijn, C; Adolfsson, R; Del-Favero, J; Van Broeckhoven, C (2005). "Genomewide scan for affective disorder susceptibility Loci in families of a northern Swedish isolated population". Am J Hum Genet. 76: 237–248. doi:10.1086/427836. PMC 1196369. PMID 15614721.
  6. Researchers lift a corner of the veil of Depression

Sources
  • Jurgen Del-Favero
  • J. Comijn, P. Raeymaekers, A. Van Gysel, M. Veugelers, Today = Tomorrow : a tribute to life sciences research and innovation : 10 years of VIB, Snoeck, 2006, ISBN 978-90-5349-630-5, pp. 70–72 and p. 258.


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