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Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Post-doc series March 6 Wendy Xin & Georgina Craig
2025-03-06 @ 12:00 – 13:00
9.00-10.00 Pacific time, 12.00 -13.00 EST, 13.30 -14-30 NST
Speaker #1
Wendy Xin, University of California San Francisco
Title: Regulation of cortical circuit maturation and plasticity by oligodendrocytes and myelin
Bio: She obtained a BSc at the University of Toronto and a PhD in Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her current research focuses on the influence of oligodendrocytes and their myelin sheaths on neuronal circuit function and plasticity. Wendy will present evidence that the progression of myelination is modulated by sensory experience during postnatal development and, in turn, regulates the ability for cortical neurons to undergo experience dependent plasticity. These results establish a crucial role for oligodendrocytes in shaping the maturation and stabilization of cortical circuits and support the concept of developmental myelination acting as a functional brake on neuronal plasticity.
Speaker #2
Georgina Craig, University of Toronto
Title: Oligodendrocyte dysfunction drives human cognitive decline
Bio: Dr. Georgina Craig completed her PhD in 2021 from The University of Melbourne, Australia and the Multiple Sclerosis Division at the Florey Institute for Neuroscience. During her PhD, Georgina investigated the dynamics of oligodendrocyte proliferation in animal and human myelinating organoid models, and researched the consequences of early life experience on myelin development in the central nervous system. In 2022, Georgie joined the lab of Professor Veronique Miron, where she researches how early life cognition impacts myelin integrity and oligodendrocyte function in human ageing.
Webinar link:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3217374850132/WN_6ZpwI7HOTcqz6hok-iCJhQ
Canadian neuroscience post-docs
seminars@can-acn.org
