Cytoskeletal mechanisms of axon regeneration
| Dates: | 9 December 2014 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Life Sciences |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Frank Bradke |
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This seminar is part of the Tissue Systems seminar series. Neurons are the cellular basis of the circuits of our nervous system that allow us to sense the environment, control our muscles and, sometimes, even to think. In these circuits, neurons fulfill very different functions at different part of the cells, including signal reception, integration and propagation. This is possible because neurons have a high degree of asymmetry (or polarity). We want to understand how neurons develop their polarity. How do neurons generate an axon? While this is an interesting question by itself, answers will also allow us to reactivate the polarity program under pathological conditions, such as a spinal injury, to induce axon regeneration.
Speaker
Frank Bradke
Organisation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Lecture Theatre
Michael Smith Building
Manchester
