Biomedicine Seminar

How does the immune system influence our mood? Why are people with inflammatory conditions or neurodegenerative diseases more prone to develop depression? How does the gut microbiota signal to the brain and alter our mood? These are some of the questions we are trying to answer, in the hope to uncover better treatments of affective disorders and neurodegenerative disease.

In the present talk, I will give examples from three main project-lines in my laboratory which focus on immune-to-brain signaling in affective homeostasis (sickness and resilience) and relevant affective neurocircuits, such as the Lateral Septum, as well as the role of microglia in early Parkinson’s related alphaSynuclein pathology.

Venue
The seminar will be held at 12:00-13:00 pm in 1231-424, Lille Anatomisk Auditorium.

Or via Zoom, for those of you who cannot attend in person: https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/67899622750

The talk is 45 minutes followed by 15 minutes of discussion, for a total of 1 hr.

Sign-up
It is possible to sign-up for a free sandwich if you follow this link: events.au.dk/biomedicineseminar8may2024

Please note the deadline for sandwich sign-up is Monday May 6^th.

Biomedicine seminar organizing committee
Mikkel Vendelbo
Line Reinert
Søren Egedal Degn 
Martin Kristian Thomsen