The Potassium Channel Kv1.3 as a Therapeutic Target for Immunocytoprotection After Reperfusion

Free Webinar Series on Stroke Research

THEME

Course 3: The Potassium Channel Kv1.3 as a Therapeutic Target for Immunocytoprotection After Reperfusion

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1.The function of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3.

2.The Kv1.3 blocker PAP-1 and its effects.

3.Middle cerebral artery occlusion animal model in females and aged animals.

4.Microglia/macrophage activation and T cell infiltration after the transient middle cerebral artery occlusion.

SPEAKER: Dr. Yi-Je (Jay) Chen

DATE: Wed Sep 8th, 2021

TIME: 1PM(PDT) 4PM(EDT) 10PM(CEST) 6AM+1d(AEST)

Speaker

Yi-Je (Jay) Chen

DR. Yi-Je (Jay) Chen is currently the director of the Animal Models Core in the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the UC Davis Medical School which provides high quality microsurgical services on a recharge base. He has 20 years of experience in microsurgery and have performed survival surgeries on more than 20 animal use protocols at UC Davis to assist many colleagues in designing or performing dedicated microsurgical rodent surgeries models. His current research interests focus on potassium channels in ischemic stroke and neuroinflammation.

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