Professor\, Cell and Tissue Biology
University of California San Francisco
The L'Etoile Lab investigat es how neurons perceive and transmit information both in response to novel and persistent environmental cues. We use the nematode C. elegans because i ts neuronal circuitry is completely described\, and exhibits robust plastic ity. C. elegans also allows us to use powerful cell biological\, genetic\, behavioral\, physiological and molecular techniques to study plasticity. Fo r example\, we discovered a pathway in which nuclear translocation of a kin ase and small RNAs modify chromatin\, which allows environmental cues to sc ulpt long-term behavior. Our research may inform understanding of normal pr ocesses such as learning and memory as well as elucidate what goes awry in disease states such as addiction.
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series LOCATION:Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium GEO:38.635602;-90.254892 ORGANIZER;CN="Kristin Abraham":MAILTO:kristin.abraham@wustl.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://neuroscience.wustl.edu/events/event/department-of-neu roscience-seminar-noelle-letoile-phd-ucsf/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20261101T070000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR