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january, 2020

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14jan1:00 pmProgress seminarAshley Lu & Sara Aibar Santos

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'Spatial Transcriptomics uncovers microglia-astroglia crosstalk in the amyloid-β plaque niche’ Ashley Lu, De Strooper lab ‘The developing fly brain: Mapping cell types and gene regulatory networks using single-cell transcriptomics and epigenomics’ Sara Aibar

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‘Spatial Transcriptomics uncovers microglia-astroglia crosstalk in the amyloid-β plaque niche’
Ashley Lu, De Strooper lab

‘The developing fly brain: Mapping cell types and gene regulatory networks using single-cell transcriptomics and epigenomics’
Sara Aibar Santos, Aerts lab

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(Tuesday) 1:00 pm CET

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ON4 auditorium

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Progress Seminar Series

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NY reception

17jan6:00 pm12:11 pmNY receptionVIB

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VIB's yearly new year's reception is organized in Ghent this time. [internal event]

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VIB’s yearly new year’s reception is organized in Ghent this time.

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(Friday) 6:00 pm - 12:11 pm

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Fumio Matsuzaki

23jan12:00 pm1:00 pmFumio MatsuzakiStructural plasticity of neural stem cells underlies brain size expansion in mammals

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Director, Riken Center of Developmental biology, Kobe, Japan

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Director, Riken Center of Developmental biology, Kobe, Japan

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(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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ON4 7th floor seminar room

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Vanderhaeghen lab

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Julie Williams

23jan4:00 pmJulie WilliamsTBD

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Professor Julie Williams Director, Dementia Research Institute School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK Williams' research focuses upon identifying and understanding genes which increase the risk of developing complex psychological and neurodegenerative disorders. These

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Professor Julie Williams
Director, Dementia Research Institute
School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK

Williams’ research focuses upon identifying and understanding genes which increase the risk of developing complex psychological and neurodegenerative disorders. These include Alzheimer’s disease, developmental dyslexia and schizophrenia.