When:
Friday, May 10, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Ward Building, 5-230, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Emily Larsen
(312) 503-1687
Group: Department of Neuroscience Seminars
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Kara Marshall, Ph.D - Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Abstract
Our organs move, stretch, and contract during their every day function, and the nervous system detects these mechanical cues to drive physiology. PIEZO ion channels are mechanical force sensors, and we are unraveling their role in the physiology of the urinary and gastrointestinal tract and behavior.