Speaker:

Professor Geoff Faulkner, Queensland Brain Institute and Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland

Title: "Somatic L1 mosaicism: 'dark matter' in the mammalian brain"

Abstract: "Professor Geoff Faulkner's core research seeks to understand the role of LINE-1 (L1) retrotransposons, a type of “mobile DNA”, in causing genetic mosaicism in stem cells and neurons. This L1 variation may be a fundamental aspect of healthy brain function, and appears to change in neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Rett syndrome and schizophrenia. In this talk, he will discuss new approaches to identify L1 retrotransposon insertions in individual mammalian cells, as well as recent results suggesting these L1 variants occur early in neurodevelopment, generating common somatic genome mosaicism in the mammalian brain".

About Neuroscience Seminars

Neuroscience seminars at the QBI play a major role in the advancement of neuroscience in the Asia-Pacific region. The primary goal of these seminars is to promote excellence in neuroscience through the exchange of ideas, establishing new collaborations and augmenting partnerships already in place.

Seminars in the QBI Auditorium are held on Wednesdays at 12-1pm, which are sometimes simulcast on Zoom (with approval from the speaker). We also occassionally hold seminars from international speakers via Zoom. The days and times of these seminars will vary depending on the time zone of the speaker. Please see each seminar listed below for details. 

 

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