Thursday, February 21, 2019 4pm to 5pm
About this Event
1300 York Ave New York, NY
Edmund Hollis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
Brain & Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine
Director, Circuit Repair Laboratory, Burke Neurological Institute
Edmund Hollis uses genetic models and optogenetic tools to investigate the neuron-intrinsic limitations of regeneration and the system-level integration of circuit changes after spinal cord injury, in order to develop novel therapeutic interventions that take advantage of cortical plasticity to promote recovery.