Casper Hoogenraad Last updated October 29, 2025  Dutch biologist (born 1973)
Casper Hoogenraad  is a Dutch cell biologist  who specializes in molecular neuroscience . The focus of his research is the basic molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate the development and function of the brain. As of January 2020, he serves as Vice President of Neuroscience at Genentech  Research and Early Development.
Biography and academic career Casper Hoogenraad was born in 1973 in Delft  and grew up in Gouda , in The Netherlands . He received his B.S. in Biochemistry and M.S. in Molecular Biology from Utrecht University , and his doctorate in Cell Biology from the Erasmus University Rotterdam . [ 1]     In 2002, Hoogenraad started his post-doctoral research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology  in Cambridge, USA. In 2005, he returned to the Netherlands and joined the faculty of the Erasmus University Medical Center  in Rotterdam as associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience. In 2011 he joined Utrecht University  as full Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, and served as Chair of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics  for 10 years. [ 2]     He is adjunct professor in Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco  (UCSF). [ 3]    
During his career, he discovered molecular mechanisms and cell biological processes that control cytoskeleton remodeling and cargo trafficking during the development and function of the brain. Hoogenraad published over 250 research articles, reviews and books, focused on synaptic function  [ 4]     [ 5]     [ 6]     [ 7]     dendritic spine plasticity  [ 8]     [ 9]     [ 10]     [ 11]     neuronal polarity  [ 12]     [ 13]     [ 14]     [ 15]     organelle sorting mechanisms  [ 16]     [ 17]     [ 18]     [ 19]     [ 20]     the axon initial segment   [ 21]     [ 22]     [ 23]     [ 24]     [ 25]     cytoskeleton remodeling  [ 26]     [ 27]     [ 28]     [ 29]     microtubule dynamics  [ 30]     [ 31]     [ 32]     [ 33]     [ 34]     fundamental transport mechanisms  [ 35]     [ 36]     [ 37]     [ 38]     [ 39]     axon regeneration  [ 40]     [ 41]      and neurodegeneration. [ 42]     [ 43]     [ 44]     [ 45]     See for full publication record - Pubmed, [ 46]     Google Scholar, [ 47]     ORCID [ 48]    
Industrial career Hoogenraad was recruited to Genentech , a member of the Roche  Group, as Senior Fellow and head of Neuroscience. [ 49]     As of January 2020, he is Vice President of Neuroscience at Genentech Research and Early Development. [ 50]     In this role, he is Head of the Neuroscience Department, responsible for research and drug discovery activities in Neuroscience and oversees Genentech's Neuroscience disease pipeline programs. He is also responsible for Translational Neuroscience, Neuroscience Stem Cell group, Department of Translational Imaging, and Department of Molecular Biology. 
Honors and awards He is an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization , [ 51]     The Young Academy' of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, [ 52]     Young Academy of Europe  [ 53]     and the Editorial Board of Neuron   [ 54]     and The EMBO Journal . [ 55]     In 2016 he became the 10th recipient of the IBRO-Kemali Prize , in the field of basic and clinical Neuroscience. [ 56]     Some of his awards: NWO Talent stipendium, Human Frontiers Long-Term Fellowship, European Younng Investigators (EURYI) award, Dutch Innovational Research VIDI and VICI, European Research Council (ERC) - consolidator grant.
Science outreach In 2013, his laboratory made an animation movie, named 'A Day in the Life of a Motor Protein', which has received >1 million views on YouTube. [ 57]     During this short five-minute movie, we follow John, a motor protein, who has to transport a large package through the narrow streets in the city of Utrecht, illustrating the importance and challenges of intracellular transport.
References  ↑     Hoogenraad, Casper Cassander (12 September 2001). PhD thesis  . ISBN     978-90-77017-07-4  .  ↑      "Utrecht lab" . UU, Utrecht University . 20 December 2023.  ↑      "UCSF lab" .  ↑     Sheng M, Hoogenraad CC (2007).  "The postsynaptic architecture of excitatory synapses: a more quantitative view"   . Annu Rev Biochem . 76 : 823– 47. doi :10.1146/annurev.biochem.76.060805.160029 . PMID     17243894 .  ↑     Hoogenraad CC, Milstein AD, Ethell IM, Henkemeyer M, Sheng M (2005).  "GRIP1 controls dendrite morphogenesis by regulating EphB receptor trafficking"   . Nat Neurosci . 8  (7): 906– 15. doi :10.1038/nn1487 . PMID     15965473 . S2CID     23686585 . {{cite journal }}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link ) ↑     Hoogenraad CC, Popa I, Futai K, Martinez-Sanchez E, Wulf PS, van Vlijmen T; et  al. (2010). "Neuron specific Rab4 effector GRASP-1 coordinates membrane specialization and maturation of recycling endosomes" . PLOS Biol . 8  (1) e1000283. doi : 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000283   . PMC     2808209   . PMID     20098723 . {{cite journal }}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link ) ↑     Lindhout FW, Cao Y, Kevenaar JT, Bodzęta A, Stucchi R, Boumpoutsari MM; et  al. (2019). "VAP-SCRN1 interaction regulates dynamic endoplasmic reticulum remodeling and presynaptic function" . EMBO J . 38  (20) e101345. doi :10.15252/embj.2018101345 . PMC     6792018   . PMID     31441084 . {{cite journal }}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link ) ↑     Jaworski J, Kapitein LC, Gouveia SM, Dortland BR, Wulf PS, Grigoriev I; et  al. (2009). "Dynamic microtubules regulate dendritic spine morphology and synaptic plasticity" . Neuron . 61  (1): 85– 100. doi : 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.11.013   . PMID     19146815 . {{cite journal }}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link ) ↑     Hotulainen P, Hoogenraad CC (2010). "Actin in dendritic spines: connecting dynamics to function" . 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"Combined kinesin-1 and kinesin-3 activity drives axonal trafficking of TrkB receptors in Rab6 carriers" . Dev Cell . 56  (4): 494–508.e7. doi :10.1016/j.devcel.2021.01.010 . PMC     7907685   . PMID     33571451 . {{cite journal }}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link ) ↑     van Beuningen SFB, Will L, Harterink M, Chazeau A, van Battum EY, Frias CP; et  al. (2015). "TRIM46 Controls Neuronal Polarity and Axon Specification by Driving the Formation of Parallel Microtubule Arrays" . Neuron . 88  (6): 1208– 1226. doi : 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.11.012   . PMID     26671463 . {{cite journal }}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link ) ↑     Fréal A, Fassier C, Le Bras B, Bullier E, De Gois S, Hazan J; et  al. (2016). "Cooperative Interactions between 480 kDa Ankyrin-G and EB Proteins Assemble the Axon Initial Segment" . J Neurosci . 36  (16): 4421– 33. doi :10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3219-15.2016 . PMC     6601828   . 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