“I'm a workaholic with a passion for investigating the biological mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders, especially ADHD,” Barbara Franke confesses. “I first had wanted to be a vet, but a work placement showed me that I might not be brave enough to work with large animals,” she tells The Lancet Psychiatry. Her focus quickly changed to biology after this: “In one project, we isolated DNA, and seeing it was one of those aha-moments that shape your future”. Now Chair of Molecular Psychiatry at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Franke and her team are dedicated to unravelling the biology of ADHD.

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芭芭拉·弗兰克（Barbara Franke）-揭示多动症的生物学

“我是一个工作狂，热衷于研究精神疾病（尤其是多动症）的生物学机制，”芭芭拉·弗兰克（Barbara Franke）坦言。她告诉《柳叶刀》《精神病学》杂志：“我最初想当一名兽医，但工作岗位告诉我，我可能不够勇敢与大型动物打交道。” 此后，她的工作重点迅速转向生物学：“在一个项目中，我们分离了DNA，并发现它是塑造您未来的重要时刻之一”。现在，弗兰克（Franke）和她的团队现为荷兰奈梅亨拉德布德大学分子精神病学系主任，致力于研究多动症的生物学。