Immunity and ASD: Not All About Neuroinflammation? - Boulanger, Princeton University @Synchrony2020 скачать в хорошем качестве

Immunity and ASD: Not All About Neuroinflammation? - Boulanger, Princeton University @Synchrony2020

Changes in inflammatory markers are seen in the blood and brains of some people with autism. While these markers are traditionally thought of as indicators of an altered immune response, research has revealed an unexpected, critical role for many immune proteins and cells in the healthy developing and adult brain. This talk provides examples of these “moonlighting markers”, outline some of what we have learned about their roles in the healthy nervous system, and discuss how this information expands our interpretation of inflammatory changes when they accompany altered brain development and function. Dr. Boulanger received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego working with Dr. Mu-ming Poo, and performed postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School with Dr. Carla Shatz. While at Harvard, Dr. Boulanger was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. She accepted a faculty position in Neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego, where she was the Silvio Varon Professor of Neuroregeneration, and moved her lab to the Princeton University in 2009, where she is a tenured Associate Professor in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Award, a Whitehall Foundation Award, the James Howard McGregor Prize, and an award from the Ray Thomas Edwards Foundation. The goal of research in Dr. Boulanger’s laboratory is to understand how neuro-immune crosstalk contributes to the formation, function, modification, and disruption of neural circuits. #Neuroinflammation #immunity #braindevelopment #nervoussystem This talk was part of Synchrony 2020 Online Symposium - 'From Bench to Biopharma', organised in partnership with UC Davis MIND Institute and CalTech. For more Synchrony 2020 talks:    • Synchrony Symposium 2020 - From Bench To B...   🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 Synchrony https://synchronysymposium.com/ is the first and only international symposium on translational research in #autism, that brings together academia, #biotech, pharmaceutical companies and #venture partners from around the world with the mission to improve health and quality of life of people with #autismspectrumdisorder 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 🧠 The BRAIN Foundation https://brainfoundation.org/ is a 501c(3) non-profit. The founders of BRAIN envision a world where every child and adult on the autism spectrum is healthy, participates fully in education and employment, and has a better quality of life. It aims to catalyze research that results in evidence-based interventions for the disabilities associated with autism, and also results in better medical standard of care. To accomplish this, it funds impactful research through #philanthropy and our network of partners in the venture, corporate, and grassroots community.