As a member of the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of Tuebingen, Germany, Claudia Schulte, MSc, studies genes linked to Parkinson's disease (PD). Her other research interest is progression biomarkers, objectively measurable characteristics that change over time in a way that can be correlated to the progression of disease. Ms. Schulte participated in a large-scale genetic analysis, which led to the identification of genetic risk factors for PD with an unknown cause. She has been a member of the International Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC) since its foundation and has been involved in studies supporting the discovery of genetic risk factors for Parkinson's as well as new genes that can potentially cause PD, such as TRAP1. Additionally, she was involved in a worldwide multicenter study investigating the GBA gene as a potential PD risk factor and since then has continued to study this gene. She also serves as managing coordinator the Neurobiobank Tuebingen with an inventory of over 300 thousand biosamples.