Filopodia are slender, finger-like plasma membrane protrusions. In neuronal cells, filopodia mature into specialized compartments including neurites, axon branches, and synapses. Consequently, filopodia are important for the formation of neuronal circuits during brain development. Primarily composed of parallel bundles of actin filaments, filopodia formation, stabilization, and dynamics are regulated by various proteins that associate with...
Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have an alumnus visiting from the University of St Andrews: Pierce Mullen: "Decoding Prediction Errors in the Inferior Olive: Evidence from Zebrafish" Internal models are key to sensorimotor control, allowing the brain to predict the sensory consequences of movement. When reality deviates from these...
A Leeds Neuroscience Research monthly seminar series to showcase and discuss the exciting research generated across our community Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have: Shihab Shah: "Elucidating inflammatory pain mechanisms in sensory neurons" Understanding the mechanisms underlying inflammatory pain is crucial for developing new, more effective analgesics. Current therapies...
A Leeds Neuroscience Research monthly seminar series to showcase and discuss the exciting research generated across our community Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have: Ioannis Delis: "Neurocomputational characterisation of multisensory decision-making in the human brain" Ioannis Delis’s research aims to leverage the power of data to uncover the neural...
A Leeds Neuroscience Research monthly seminar series to showcase and discuss the exciting research generated across our community Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have: Varinder Lall: "Harnessing Electrical Stimulation to Modulate Pain" Chronic pain affects millions worldwide, yet existing treatments often fail to provide lasting relief due to gaps...
A Leeds Neuroscience Research monthly seminar series to showcase and discuss the exciting research generated across our community Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have: Marine Krzisch: “Investigating microglial dysfunction in neurological disease using human pluripotent stem cells in vitro and in vivo” Marine is a Lecturer in Neuroscience with...
A Leeds Neuroscience Research monthly seminar series to showcase and discuss the exciting research generated across our community Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have: Pablo Blanco Martinez de Morentin: “Brain circuits of appetite” “A fundamental unaddressed question is why we do continue to eat even though we have eaten...
A Leeds Neuroscience Research monthly seminar series to showcase and discuss the exciting research generated across our community Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have: James Poulter: “Developing therapeutics for rare neurodevelopmental disorders” James is an Associate Professor of Genomic Medicine, with an interest in genetic neurodevelopmental disorders. He uses...
A Leeds Neuroscience Research monthly seminar series to showcase and discuss the exciting research generated across our community Supported by the British Neuroscience Association Alongside pizzas, this week we have: Beatrice Filippi: Insulin Sensing in NTS Astrocytes Regulates Glucose Metabolism I joined the University of Leeds in August 2016 to investigate insulin signaling...
