Using Stem Cells Models To Understand Effects Of Gene And Environment On Disease

Tuesday, 5 April 2016 at 14:30

Add to Calendar ▼2016-04-05 14:30:002016-04-05 15:30:00Europe/LondonUsing Stem Cells Models To Understand Effects Of Gene And Environment On DiseaseStem Cells in Drug Discovery 2016 in Cambridge, UKCambridge, UKSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

In this presentation, I will discuss the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells to understand pathogenic mechanisms in neurological disorders and explore the effects of gene mutations and environmental signals on disease models.

Zameel Cader, Director and Principal Scientist, IMI StemBANCC, University of Oxford

Zameel Cader

Zameel Cader Is Scientific Director of IMI StemBANCC and is the Director of the Oxford Headache Centre. He is also Clinical Director for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology for the Strategic Clinical Network. He is Associate Professor in Clinical Neurosciences at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience and the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine. His research programme is focused on understanding the disease process in neurodysfunctional disorders such as migraine and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease using cell biology, model organism and human imaging studies. His group is now working with MRC Technology to bring more effective treatments arising from these findings to clinic.