Q:Facts: - alt: christine van broeckhoven - caption: christine van broeckhoven - awards: potamkin prize -lrb- 1993 -rrb- - birth date: 9 april 1953 - name: christine van broeckhoven - image size: 180px - image: broeckhovenchristinevan 070410.jpg - occupation: politician , biologist , professor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of christine van broeckhoven .
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christine van broeckhoven -lrb- born 9 april 1953 -rrb- is a belgian molecular biologist and professor in molecular genetics at the university of antwerp -lrb- antwerp , belgium -rrb- .she is also leading the vib department of molecular genetics , university of antwerp of the flanders institute for biotechnology -lrb- vib -rrb- .christine van broeckhoven does research on alzheimer dementia , bipolar mental disorders and other neurological diseases .since 1983 she has had her own laboratory for molecular genetics at the university of antwerp , and since 2005 is focussing her research on neurodegenerative brain diseases .she is an associate editor of the scientific journal '' genes , brain and behavior '' .