Aims to bring together WashU scientists interested in understanding the role of glial cells in the CNS and PNS through works-in-progress and recent publication discussions.
Anyone interested is welcome to participate!
Location: BJC Institute of Health 9AB (Medical Campus, 9th floor)
Time: 12:00p* every other Wednesday (*NOTE new start time)
Organizer: Allison Soung (Graduate student, Neuroscience Program)
Note that individual events are listed on the ONR Calendar.
2019 Schedule
January 16, 2019
Patrick Sheehan
Musiek Lab, WashU Neurology
“Complement and Glia: A Literature Review”
January 30, 2019
Amber Hackett
Milbrandt Lab, WashU Genetics
Works-in-Progress: “Schwann Cell Metabolism and Dedifferentiation”
February 13, 2019
Marlene Kanmogne
Klein Lab, WashU Medicine
“Phosphatidylserine Exposure Controls Viral Innate Immune Responses by Microglia” Neuron (2017)
February 27, 2019
Ilia Katritch
Herzog Lab, WashU Biology
“Cell-autonomous clock of astrocytes drives circadian behavior in mammals” Science (2019)
March 13, 2019
Carolyn Mann
Gallardo Lab, WashU Neurology
Works-in-Progress
“Neuroinflammation: An Ion Dependent Mechanism for Hypertension of the Brain”
March 27, 2019
Tom Mahan
Holtzman Lab, WashU Neurology
Works-in-Progress: “Microglial apoE and the development of amyloid-beta pathology”
CANCELLED April 10, 2019
Go to Brian Lannana’s Thesis Defense at 3pm, EPNEC Seminar Room B!
April 24, 2019
Michael Strickland
Holtzman Lab, WashU
“Homozygous Mutations in CSF1R Cause a Pediatric-Onset Leukoencephalopathy and Can Result in Congenital Absence of Microglia” The American Journal of Human Genetics (2019)
May 8, 2019
Allison Soung
Klein Lab, WashU Medicine
“Chemical Conversion of Human Fetal Astrocytes into Neurons through Modulation of Multiple Signaling Pathways” Stem Cell Reports 2019
May 22, 2019
Celia McKee
Musiek Lab, WashU Neurology
“CD22 blockade restores homeostatic microglial phagocytosis in ageing brains” Nature 2019
June 5, 2019
Keith Johnson
Kerschensteiner Lab, WashU Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
June 19, 2019
Lorenzo Lones
DiAntonio Lab, WashU Developmental Biology
“Dying Neurons Utilize Innate Immune Signaling to Prime Glia for Phagocytosis during Development” Developmental Cell 2019