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Diego Forero was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1980; he received his medical degree at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá (1998-2003). He had a strong interest in biomedical research since the early years at the medical school, during his final year he worked with the Neurosciences Research Group at the Institute of Genetics and after his graduation he worked there for two additional years in molecular neurogenetics (2004-2005).

He was one of the first 4 candidates selected for the VIB International PhD Program and he will receive his PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium (2006-2009), working at the Applied Molecular Genomics Group (VIB Department of Molecular Genetics) in molecular genetics and genomics of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia (with additional training at the VIB Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, Catholic University of Leuven and at the Unit of Animal Genomics, University of Liege).

He is currently participating in several research projects in molecular genetics of common neuropsychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, among others), in collaboration with several research groups around the world.

He has published several research papers in international journals, the majority of them as first and/or corresponding author; he has introduced the term “synaptogenomics” in the literature. Additionally, he has been speaker in different national and international scientific meetings and courses.

He participated in the creation of the first MSc program in Neurosciences in Latin America and was one of the founding members of the Colombian Association of Neurosciences. He is one of the editors of hum-molgen.org and has served as external reviewer for international journals and science funding organizations.

He is planning to return to the National University of Colombia to carry out further research in the genetic basis of common neuropsychiatric disorders.

In addition to his scientific activities, he has a deep interest in world history. He has online collections of pictures and videos from different cities.