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DESCRIPTION:\nSupported by the generosity of the Killam Trusts\, The Neuro'
 s Killam Seminar Series invites outstanding guest speakers whose research 
 is of interest to the scientific community at The Neuro and ÂÌñÉç Univers
 ity.\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nTo watch online\, click here\n\nHost: Edward Rut
 hazer\n\n\nHow form and function of neural circuits is shaped by oligodend
 rocyte precursor cells\n\nTim Czopka\n\nProfessor of Glial Cell Biology\, 
 The University of Edinburgh\, United Kingdom\n\nAbstract: Glial cells comp
 rise up to 50% of all cells in the vertebrate central nervous system (CNS)
  and play crucial roles in regulating neural circuit connectivity through 
 modulation of synapse formation and remodelling. Recently\, we have attrib
 uted this function to a glial cell type called the oligodendrocyte precurs
 or cell (OPC). OPCs have established roles in giving rise to myelinating o
 ligodendrocytes. However\, not all OPCs form myelin but they instead resid
 e in an undifferentiated state where they evenly distribute across the CNS
 \, thereby tiling the tissue by forming elaborate process networks. In thi
 s seminar\, I will present our investigations in the zebrafish visual syst
 em revealing that one of the myelination-independent functions of OPCs is 
 fine tune axon and synapse remodelling crucial for developing visual acuit
 y. I will discuss some of our unpublished projects to elucidate mechanisms
  by which OPCs tune visual circuitry\, and conclude by discussing how dysf
 unctional OPCs may contribute to disorders of the developing CNS.\n\nDr. T
 im Czopka studied Biology and obtained his PhD in Neuroscience in 2009 fro
 m the Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany). Following his postdoctoral researc
 h at the University of Edinburgh (UK)\, he became a Principal Investigator
  in 2015 at the Technical University of Munich (Germany). In 2020\, he mov
 ed back to the University of Edinburgh\, where he has been a Professor of 
 Glial Cell Biology since 2023.\n\nHis research group investigates the dive
 rsity and functions of oligodendrocytes to regulate the formation\, functi
 on\, and dysfunction of neuronal circuits. They use young zebrafish for th
 eir research\, as this model organism allows the study of genetics\, cellu
 lar dynamics\, and physiology at unprecedented resolution in an intact liv
 ing animal.\n
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LOCATION:de Grandpre Communications Centre\, The Neuro
SUMMARY:Killam Seminar Series: How form and function of neural circuits is 
 shaped by oligodendrocyte precursor cells
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