February 5, 2025
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Sarah Ebert, a PhD candidate in the Miller lab at the Michael Smith Laboratories and the MacVicar lab at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, is investigating a fascinating structure that serves as a crucial boundary between the brain and body: the meninges. What are the meninges? The meninges are layers of thin tissue that cover the brain and…
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Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Microglia and astrocytes have been implicated in remodeling synapses, but whether and how these cells coordinate to remodel synapses remain open questions. Here, we have identified key mechanistic underpinnings by which microglia instruct astrocytes to modify their synaptic coverage to…
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Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3
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