Patrick May

Dr. Patrick May is head of genome analysis group at LCSB. With his background in biology, computer science, and bioinformatics, having a PhD in theoretical biochemistry, he did his first postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Physiology in Potsdam, Germany. He started 2010 as an ISB fellow at LCSB working on whole genome sequencing projects in the Family Genomics group of Leroy Hood at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, USA. He co-authored more than 150 journal publications in the fields of human genetics and genomics, microbiome, bioinformatics, and systems biology. His research is focused on human genomics and genetic of neurological and other diseases. He is leading or is part the genomic and genetic analysis teams for several national and international consortia and projects on PD and epilepsy, e.g., the Luxembourgish National Center for Excellence in Research on Parkinson’s Disease, ProtectMove2, Epi25 and ILAE Genomics.