CANCELLED: Gil Levkowitz: Sculpting the Zebrafish Brain-to-Blood Neuroendocrine Gateway

Event cancelled!

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Please join us for a seminar of Prof. Gil Levkowitz from The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and his fascinating research on “Sculpting the Zebrafish Brain-to-Blood Neuroendocrine Gateway”. You can find additional information on the attached poster and on his website: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/mcb/prof-gil-levkowitz

Host: 

Prof. Holger Gerhardt

Abstract:

Hypothalamic neurons regulate fundamental body functions, including sleep, blood pressure, temperature, hunger and metabolism, thirst and satiety, stress and social behavior. Two primary modes of actions operate in parallel within the hypothalamus: direct innervations with synaptic neurotransmission to the brain and secretion of neuromodulators into surrounding tissue or vasculature of the pituitary. Abnormalities in hypothalamic development are associated with neurological conditions such as depression, chronic stress, autism and obesity. Deciphering the mechanisms underlying the development and function of the hypothalamus is the scientific challenge that occupies my lab. My lab has been among the first to utilize zebrafish as a vertebrate model organism to study the development and function of the hypothalamus and the pituitary.  

For questions please contact:
regina.keiper@mdc-berlin.de