Abstract:
All organisms have developed an endogenous circadian clock allowing anticipating changes in environmental conditions and optimal adaptation of physiology and behavior to the day-night cycle. Light is the primary time cue for the mammalian circadian system and is detected by the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs). I will talk about the importance of rhythmic gene expression in a diurnal primate, the baboon, and about the cells that set the clock, the ipRGCs, in human.
Host:
Prof Jonathan Crowston
Centre for Vision Research
Neuroscience & Behavioural Disorders Programme
Duke-NUS Medical School
Contact Person:
Joyceline Ng (joyceline.ng@duke-nus.edu.sg)
Neuroscience & Behavioural Disorders Programme
Duke-NUS Medical School
Date and Time
17 Apr 2020 @ 15:00 - 17 Apr 2020 @ 16:00
Speaker
Dr Ludovic Mure
Staff Scientist
Panda Lab
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Dr. Ludovic Mure joined the Panda lab at the Salk Institute (La Jolla, US) in 2011 after he graduated from the University of Lyon in France. His work tackles the mechanisms by which light affects diverse brain functions, how disruption of the light input predispose or induce diseases, and how to leverage light effects to optimize human health and performance. He uses an interdisciplinary approach coupling transcriptomics to neuroscience and bio-computation methods.