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Signature Seminar Series: How do Astrocytes Sculpt Synaptic Circuits?
ABOUT THE LECTURE:
How are synaptic networks formed during development and remodeled during learning and disease? This is the main question that drives our research. In particular, we investigate the roles of glial cells called astrocytes in the development, remodeling and function of synaptic circuits. In my talk, I will share findings from my lab on two distinct molecular mechanisms through which astrocytes control synapse formation and discuss how synaptogenic astrocyte signals are critical for proper development and function of the nervous system.
HOST:
Prof Wang Hongyan
Acting Programme Director
Neuroscience & Behavioural Disorders Programme
Duke-NUS Medical School
VENUE:
Duke-NUS Medical School
Amphitheatre, Level 2
CONTACT PERSON:
Ms Kathleen Chan (kathleen.chan@duke-nus.edu.sg)
Duke-NUS Research Affairs Department
Date and Time
18 Nov 2025 @ 12:00 - 18 Nov 2025 @ 13:00
Speaker
Prof Cagla Eroglu, Ph.D.
Vice Chair of Research
Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor
Department of Cell Biology
HHMI Investigator
Duke University School of Medicine
Cagla Eroglu, PhD, is a Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology at Duke University and an HHMI Investigator. Trained at EMBL/Heidelberg and Stanford with Ben Barres, she studies astrocyte-neuron communication in synapse formation and plasticity. Her lab uncovered key molecular pathways by which astrocytes regulate connectivity, with implications for neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegeneration.