报告人:  　Alison L. Barth, Ph.D

Professor of Biological Sciences

Carnegie Mellon University

时间：　  2018年10月12日（周五），上午：10:30-11:30

地点：　　西区生物楼429会议室

主办单位：中国科学院脑功能与脑疾病重点实验室

中国科学技术大学生命科学学院

合肥微尺度物质科学国家研究中心集成影像中心

报告人简介：

Alison Barth studies plasticity in neurons. Her work focuses on understanding  how experience transforms the properties of neurons to encode memory.Barth  developed and patented the first tool to locate and characterize neurons  activated by experience in a living animal, a transgenic mouse called the  fosGFP mouse. These mice, which have been licensed to every major  pharmaceutical company in the United States and distributed to more than 80  researchers worldwide, have facilitated studies into a wide range of  neurological diseases as well as the study of learning and memory. Barth also  conducts research on epilepsy. Her lab has identified a novel anticonvulsa nt  target, an ion channel called the BK channel, whose activity is increased in  response to a seizure. Barth has received the Society for Neuroscience’s  Research Award for Innovation in Neuroscience and Career Development  Award.