Seminar Title:Applying Deep Learning-Based Image Analysis to Understand Mechanisms of Neuroinflammation in Models of Parkinson’s Disease”.
Monday, April 29th, 2024, from 12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Colorado State University
Ron Tjalkens, PhD, is the Professor of Toxicology in the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences at Colorado State University. He received his undergraduate degree in Toxicology and Biochemistry from The University of California, San Diego and his PhD in Toxicology from The University of Colorado School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research projects focus on neuroinflammatory mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders, particularly disorders of the basal ganglia such as manganism and Parkinson’s disease.
His lab investigates neuroinflammation and the role of glial cells in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease. Projects are investigating the molecular regulation of innate immune inflammatory responses in brain glial cells, as well as the impact of exposure to environmental neurotoxins on the etiology of neurodegenerative disease. The lab is also examining how infection with neurotropic viruses triggers inflammation and protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disorders. The lab uses transgenic models and high content fluorescence imaging are central techniques to study these phenomena.
The University of Colorado School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (1993)
The University of California, San Diego (1992)
For more information, contact: Deirdre McAvoy at deirdre.mcavoy@uconn.edu