Dr. Griffioen holds a PhD degree from the Free University of Amsterdam, where his studies focused on nutritional signalling pathways in yeast. He then held a position as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Vienna (Austria), where he investigated molecular mechanisms regulating subcellular localization of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. From Vienna, Dr. Griffioen went to the University of Leuven (Belgium) where he held a 2-year research position during which he studied the physiological significance of subcellular localisation of signalling pathways.

Since 2002 he has held the position of Chief Scientific Officer at reMYND, a biotech spin-off of the University of Leuven. At reMYND he has set-up an innovative technology platform for pre-clinical development (from assay development to proof-of-concept in animal models) of novel, disease-modifying therapeutics in the fields of Alzheimer‰Ûªs and Parkinson‰Ûªs diseases. Currently, a rich pipeline of promising programs in both disease areas is actively pursued. A first drug candidate is expected to enter the clinic in early 2010.

Dr. Griffioen has been awarded several personal research grants, has published original research papers and reviews in peer-reviewed journals and is inventor on several patents. In 2004, reMYND was awarded most innovative start up company in Flanders.