Cagla Eroglu

Studies show that astrocytes are powerful controllers of synapse formation, function, plasticity and elimination. One human astrocyte can interact with up to two million synapses. How these glial cells evolved to gain their structure and how their structure mediates their enigmatic functions is still unknown. Dr. Eroglu’s laboratory identified many mechanisms that mediate astrocyte-neuron signaling, which controls synapse formation and maturation in concert with astrocyte morphogenesis and functional specification. Dr. Eroglu will discuss these findings within her personal journey that took her from her engineering origins to a cellular molecular neurobiologist.

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