Mapping the Brain’s Molecular Machinery, Cell by Cell
October 21, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. CDT
Session Description
Neurological disorders are complex and often modify how genes are expressed in many types of cells throughout the brain, making specific changes difficult to pin-point. A new field of research, called single-cell transcriptomics, allows neuroscientists to determine changes in gene expression by cataloguing all of the products created by the gene in one individual brain cell, several thousand cells at a time. Scientists will discuss advances in single-cell transcriptomics and its application in fields as diverse as drug addiction, Alzheimer’s disease, and brain development.