Neuroseminar Christian Madry

Speaker: Christian Madry - Research group leader at the Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité

Title: Microglial immune surveillance powered by potassium channels. 

Date: Friday November 23 at 2pm

Location: MDC, house 31.2, seminar room 0211

Christian Madry's research interest focuses on the physiology of microglia, the innate immune cells in the brain. In particular he is  interested in the functional roles of receptors and ion channels of microglia, both in physiology and pathology. Due to their enormous pathological potential his current and future research focuses on the importance of microglia-mediated mechanisms for the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.
Microglia continuously survey the brain to detect infection or cell damage, remove dying neurons and prune synapses during development. Christian Madry's group has recently shown that microglial immune surveillance and interleukin-1β release are regulated by the K+ channel THIK-1.

Everybody is cordially invited to join this seminar.