Matrix Proteases in Health and Disease

Niels Behrendt is a research group leader at the Finsen Laboratory at the Rigshospitalet (Copenhagen University Hospital), Denmark. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1989 and his D.Sc. degree from Copenhagen University in 2004. The main focus of his work is in protease-dependent tissue remodeling, the interplay of these processes with other cellular functions and their role in cancer invasion.