Abstract:
Neural injury or degeneration often leads to irreversible loss of neurons. A key question in the regeneration field is how to generate new neurons for functional reconstruction in the adult central nervous system. Our lab has taken an in vivo reprogramming approach to change the fate of resident glial cells for new neurons. In this talk, I will focus on two types of glial cells, astrocytes and NG2 glia. I will also briefly point potential caveats in this reprogramming field.
Venue:
Amphitheatre, Level 2
Duke-NUS Medical School
Host:
Prof Zhang Suchun
Programme Director
Neuroscience & Behavioural Disorders Programme, Duke-NUS
Contact Person:
Jacqueline Ho (jacqueline.ho@duke-nus.edu.sg)
Neuroscience & Behavioural Disorders Programme, Duke-NUS
Date and Time
23 Jun 2023 @ 15:00 - 23 Jun 2023 @ 16:00
Speaker
Prof Zhang Chun Li
Professor with tenure
Department of Molecular Biology
Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Prof Zhang grew up in China and received his Ph.D. from UT Southwestern, Texas. As a HHMI Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation, Prof Zhang conducted his postdoctoral training on neural stem cells at the Salk Institute in California. He then joined UT Southwestern as Assistant Professor in 2008, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014, and Professor in 2018. The focus of his laboratory is on mechanisms controlling adult neurogenesis, regeneration, and glia-neuron interactions.