VIRTUAL Hope Center/Department of Neurology Monday Noon Seminar: Lucia Capano (Yoo lab, WashU Developmental Biology), Miguel Minaya (Karch lab, WashU Psychiatry), Lubov Ezerskiy (Miller lab, WashU Neurology) – “3R/4R Tau Data Blitz”

December 7, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom conference (Virtual)

“3R/4R Tau Data Blitz”

Lucia Capano: “Using age-maintained, directly-reprogrammed neurons to identify human-specific tau splicing regulators”
Miguel Minaya: “How does 4R-Tau expression affect human iPSC-Neuron maturity?”
Lubov Ezerskiy: “Increase in 4R tau expression promotes astrocytic dysfunction”


This Monday Noon seminar mini-series is co-hosted by the WashU Hope Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology.

Mini-series: Alternative splicing/isoforms and neurological disease

Organizers, Timothy Miller and Nathan Pomper (WashU Neurology)

  • November 9: Darshan Sapkota (Dougherty lab, WashU Genetics)
  • November 16: Adrian Krainer (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • November 23: Ya-Lin Lu (Yoo lab, WashU Developmental Biology), Bryan Copits (WashU Anesthesiology), Brittany Townley (Mosammaparast lab, WashU Pathology & Immunology)
  • November 30: Douglas Black (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • December 7: Lucia Capano (Yoo lab, WashU Developmental Biology), Miguel Minaya (Karch lab, WashU Psychiatry), Lubov Ezerskiy (Miller lab, WashU Neurology)

Full list, Hope Center Monday Noon Seminars

For inquiries contact Cindy Lawrence or the Hope Center.