Drosophila as a model to study Neurodegeneration and Brain Immunity Symposium

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Date 12.09.2023
Hour 14:3019:00
Speaker Various speakers
Location
Category Conferences - Seminars
Event Language English

Speakers (see attached file for details & program):

Christa Rhiner (Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal)
Unravelling conserved repair circuits in the injured fly brain

Emi Nagoshi (University of Geneva, Geneva)
Circadian clock disruption promotes the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons

Estee Kurant (University of Haifa, Haifa Israel)
The role of glial phagocytosis in neurodegeneration

Asya Dolgikh (Lemaitre Lab, EPFL, Lausanne)
NimB1 a secreted protein impedes the uptake of the apoptotic cells by hemocytes in Drosophila melanogaster

Samuel Rommelaere (Lemaitre Lab, EPFL, Lausanne)
A humoral stress response protects Drosophila self-tissues from antimicrobial peptides

Magda Kocia (Neukomm Lab, UNIL, Lausanne)
Manipulation of NAD+ homeostasis in degenerating photoreceptor neurons in Drosophila

Lukas Neukomm (UNIL, Lausanne)
Local translation is required for sustained circuit integrity in impaired Wallerian degeneration

Marine Van Campenhoudt (McCabe Lab, EPFL, Lausanne)
Motor Circuit dysfunction in Drosophila models of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Symposium organized by Emi Nagoshi (UNIGE), Bruno Lemaitre (EPFL), Brian McCabe (EPFL), Lukas Neukomm (UNIL) with the support the Global Health Institute (EPFL), the Brain Mind Institute (EPFL) and the University of Geneva.
 

Practical information

  • Expert
  • Free

Organizer

  • Emi Nagoshi (UNIGE), Bruno Lemaitre (EPFL), Brian McCabe (EPFL), Lukas Neukomm (UNIL)

Contact

  • Bruno Lemaitre

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