Lecture 'Meet the PhD Jury: Transcriptomics of the aging brain in killifish'
- For whom
- Employees , Students
- When
- 11-12-2024 from 14:00 to 15:00
- Where
- Campus UZ - The Core - Room 0.8, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent
- Language
- English
- Organizer
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology - Faculty of Sciences & Department of Biomolecular Medicine - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Contact
- kris.vleminckx@ugent.be
Lecture by Prof Juan J. Tena (University of Sevilla)
Killifish form the vertebrate animal group with the shortest known lifespan, making it a perfect model for aging and derived diseases studies. It lives for only a few months and during that short lifespan passes through every phase of life from larva to venerable old fish.
Dr. Tena studies the transcriptional changes and epigenomic regulation characterizing this particular and unique feature.