Center for Research in Neurobiology 'Daniel Bovet'

We kindly invite you and your coworkers to follow Dr. Elizabeth M Rhea’s seminar entitled: 

"Regulation of insulin BBB transport: implications for Alzheimer’s"

 

Dr. Elizabeth M Rhea has developed a great interest in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and transport of key regulatory peptides, such as insulin,

into the brain. While much is known about the impact of hormones within the CNS, little is known about how they are transported across the BBB. Therefore, she is further investigating transport properties and the role of BBB proteins and serum factors in BBB insulin transport.

Her recent interests are on how the CNS can control the transport of insulin across the BBB. As CNS insulin resistance is a detrimental feature

of Alzheimer’s disease, the regulation of insulin availability within the CNS could be an alternative therapeutic target.

 

Please do not hesitate to forward this email to your contacts potentially interested in this emerging topic of clinical neurosciences.
  
Date, time schedule, and avenue of the webinar
 
September 16, 2022, 12:00 a.m. CET (Italian time)

Invited Speaker: Dr. ELIZABETH M RHEA (Research Assistant Professor at the University of Washington and Veterans Affairs Puget Sound in Seattle, WA. Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA)

 
Talk title: "Regulation of insulin BBB transport: implications for Alzheimer’s"

 

Rome 16 September, 2022 12:00

AULA C, Ed. CU010 (Aulette Blu)

Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche “A. Rossi-Fanelli”

 

Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

 

University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA