"In Vivo Imaging Revealed Early Microglial Responses and Blood Brain Barrier Disruption in Neuroinflammatory Disease"
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Dr. Davalos investigates how microglia become activated when the brain vasculature is compromised, and how microglial responses affect neuronal function in physiological or pathological conditions. He performed the first in vivo imaging study of microglia and has developed novel methods for intravital microscopy of the brain and spinal cord in living mice. His research combines cutting-edge imaging techniques with molecular, cellular and genetic approaches to study the interactions between blood vessels, neurons, and glia, and understand how their relationships change between health and disease.
Date:
13 July 2015, 12:00 (Monday, 12th week, Trinity 2015)
Venue:
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details:
Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Dr Dimitrios Davalos (Staff Research Scientist, Associate Director, Center for In Vivo Imaging Research, The Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, University of California, San Francisco, USA)
Organising department:
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Organisers:
Sandra Lock (University of Oxford, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology),
Wulf Forrester-Barker (University of Oxford, Nuffield Dept of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences)
Organiser contact email address:
sandra.lock@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Nikki Horwood (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)
Part of:
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Sandra Lock
