The canonical model of striatal function predicts that animal locomotion is associated with the opposing regulation of protein kinase A (PKA) in direct and indirect pathway striatal spiny projection neurons (SPNs) by dopamine. However, the precise dynamics of PKA in dorsolateral SPNs during locomotion remain to be determined. It is also unclear whether other neuromodulators are involved...
This talk addresses flexible materials and device engineering toward skin-integrated electronics and implantable neural interfaces. We first introduce ultraflexible organic optoelectronics functioning as sensing components and energy harvesters as wearables. We then demonstrate a highly conductive tattoo electrode that can be placed on the skin or injected into the epidermis layer for real-time and precise electrophysiological signal recordings...
Cytokines are signalling molecules between cells in immune system with important implications in diseases diagnosis and management. Cytokine storm in COVID-19 results from a sudden acute increase in circulating levels of different pro-inflammatory cytokines and can cause several disease and major-organ injury. Thus, there is urgent need to develop rapid, sensitive, and specific methods for monitoring of cytokines in biology and medicine...
易陈菊 (PhD,MD),独立PI,副研究员,博士生导师。华中科技大学同济医学院临床六年制德语班(学士),华中科技大学同济医院神经内科硕博连读(PhD),德国图宾根大学(Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)医学院医学博士(MD)。法国巴黎法兰西学院 (Collège de France)、法国科学院博士后(合作导师:神经胶质细胞领军人物Christian Giaume教授),新加坡国立大学生命研究中心Senior Research Fellow(合作导师:诺贝尔议会成员、诺贝尔生理学/医学奖评委会委员Carlos Ibanez教授)。主要从事神经胶质细胞在中枢神经系统疾病中的作用机制研究,在神经科学杂志发表SCI论文50余篇,其中以一作/通讯在Neuron、Brain、The EMBO Journal、Advanced Science、Annals of Neurology、Glia等发表26篇。
From tropical forests to gut microbiomes, ecological communities host striking numbers of coexisting species. Beyond high biodiversity, communities exhibit a range of complex dynamics that are difficult to explain under a unified framework. Using bacterial microcosms, we perform the first direct test of theory predicting that simple coarse-grained features dictate emergent behaviors of communities...
Largely via epigenomic mechanisms, environmental factors, social stress, and behavior changes are involved in neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative disease, depression, and autism...