Archived Lecture: Synapses Lost and Found: Developmental Critical Periods and Alzheimer's Disease
Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture presented by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Archived Lecture: Synapses Lost and Found: Developmental Critical Periods and Alzheimer's Disease
Date: Nov. 29, 2018
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Article ItemRenowned neurobiologist to speak at Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Thursday , article
Carla J. Shatz is the 2016 Kavli Prize laureate in neuroscience who discovered how a set of molecules in the immune system might be the key to protecting against memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.
Date: Jun 24, 2020
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Carla Shatz, Ph.D.
The David Starr Jordan Director of Bio-X, the Saap Family Provostial Professor, and a Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at Stanford University