Molecular mechanisms of glia-neuron interactions

February 14

Noon – 1:00 p.m.

Where:

SCRS 250 and via Zoom

Meeting ID: 938 6789 8342
Passcode: 785884

Aakanksha Singhvi, PhD, Assistant Professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center will be visiting WSU Spokane to give her seminar entitled “Molecular mechanisms of glia-neuron interactions.”

The human brain has two major cell types, glia and neurons, in about equal numbers. While neuron functions are somewhat well-understood, how glia work or interact with neurons to impact animal behaviors is less understood. This is a critical knowledge gap, since it is increasingly evident that glia are critical regulators of nervous system functions and disease. Exploiting the unique connectome features and genetic tractability of C. elegans, we map how curated glia interact with neurons and non-neural cells, or prune neurons, in mechanistic detail. We aim to define the organizational logic by which glia across the nervous system impact neuron properties in health, disease, sex, and age.