Prof. Gero Miesenboeck, Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Oxford University at LSF US-West

March 30-April 01, 2010 - Advances in Life Science

March 30 - April 01, 2010: "Lighting up the Brain"

 

• Venue

Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 04.00 pm
Auditorium of Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0657, La Jolla, CA 92093-0657

Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 02.00pm
Auditorium of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), UCLA, Building 114,570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles

Thursday, April 01 2010, 04.00 pm
The Robert W. Mahley Auditorium of J. David Gladstone Institute
1650 Owens Street, next to the UCSF Mission Bay Campus

 

• Abstract

Neuroscientists have traditionally studied the function of the brain by stimulating and recording the activity of single nerve cells with electrodes. But this method is indirect and cumbersome.

The emerging field of optogenetics, which combines genetic engineering with light to observe and control groups of neurons, is allowing researchers to scrutinize individual neural circuits—an approach that will revolutionize the study of brain function.

 

• Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board, Prof. Dr. Roger Tsien (UCSD), Prof. Dr. Mark Ellisman (UCSD), Prof. Dr. Shimon Weiss (UCLA), Prof. Dr. Katsushi Arisaka (UCLA), Prof. Dr. Arnold Kriegstein (UCSF), Prof. Dr. Ronald D. Vale (UCSF) and Dr. Thomas Zapf (Leica Microsystems GmbH) cordially invites you to join the lecture.