The Department of Translational Medicine and Physiology welcomes Dr. Keerthi Krishnan, Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Krishnan will be providing her seminar, ‘Extracellular matrix plasticity mechanisms underlying sensory perception in Rett syndrome,’ Thursday, Feb. 17, at 12 p.m., via Zoom.
Keerthi Krishnan, Ph.D. is interested in understanding experience-dependent plasticity mechanisms in female mouse models for neurodevelopmental disorders. Their work with mouse models for Rett syndrome has identified key roles for specialized extracellular matrix structures called perineuronal nets in different cortical sensory areas. Their ongoing work, which she will present in the seminar, suggests new roles for perineuronal nets in hemisphere laterality and handedness in tactile sensory perception during complex social behaviors.
For more information/Zoom link, contact:
Michelle Sanchez michelle.r.sanchez@wsu.edu
