Prof. Johannes M.F.G. Aerts Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hans Aerts is Chairman of the Department of Medical Biochemistry at the AMC in Amsterdam. He trained at the University of Amsterdam and conducted his PhD thesis study on the topic of Gaucher disease. Since then he has remained active in the field of glycosphingolipids and lysosomal storage disorders. His... read morecurrent interest is the discovery of biomarkers, the development of novel small compound therapy approaches for neuronopathic lysosomal storage disorders and the design and application of activity-based probes allowing detection of glycosidases in vitro and in vivo. Aerts is recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant.