Britta Engelhardt: How the brain barriers ensure CNS immune privilege

The second NeuroNA Human Cellular Neuroscience Seminar will be dedicated to advancements in research on brain development, stem cells & organoids, and mechanisms underlying brain and psychiatric disorders. It is jointly organized by NeuroLéman Network members at EPFL, UNIGE, CHUV and UNIL and supported by the NeuroNA Foundation.

The Human Cellular Neuroscience Seminar series, supported by the NeuroNA Foundation, informs the NeuroLéman community about progress on studies on brain development, stem cells and organoids, and mechanisms of brain and psychiatric disorders. The seminars take place alternately in Geneva at Campus Biotech (EPFL/UNIGE) and in Lausanne (CHUV/UNIL) and are also available online.

For the second seminar, we host Britta Engelhardt, who is Professor for Immunology and Director Theodor Kocher Institute at the University of Bern. Her research is devoted to understanding the function of the different brain barriers in regulating CNS immune surveillance and how their impaired function contributes to neuroinflammatory diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Her laboratory combines expertise in vascular biology, neuroimmunology and live cell imaging and has developed sophisticated in vitro and in vivo approaches to study immune cell interactions with the brain barriers in health and neuroinflammation.

The seminar will take place at the Centre des Laboratoires d’Epalinges (CLE) and is also accessible online.

Host: Prof. Renaud Du Pasquier 
 

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• Santé
• Biologie

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