Tuesday, November 15, 2016 3:30pm to 4:30pm
About this Event
Columbia, MO 65211
Speaker: Dr. Rachel Brewster
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Maryland
"The Brewster laboratory is interested in understanding the mechanisms that underlie central nervous system birth defects, such as spina bifida, which results from impaired neural tube formation. In addition, we have recently begun to investigate how the brain responds to low oxygen (hypoxia or anoxia), with the ultimate goal of identifying potential therapeutic targets for stroke. We use the zebrafish as a model system to carry out these studies as this vertebrate organism lends itself well to gene discovery, embryonic and genetic manipulations and live imaging." (source)