Professor Zubair Ahmed Inaugural Lecture: Can the brain be repaired after injury?

The nervous system relays information from nerve cells in your extremities and organs and takes these signals via the spinal cord to the brain. Once in the brain, these signals are decoded and a response is communicated to where the signal originated. However, when these signals are interrupted by injury or disease, the brain and spinal cord, which are part of what is called the central nervous system, cannot repair itself. As a result there is loss of function and disability. It is not known why the brain and the spinal cord cannot repair itself but this is under intense investigation.

In this lecture, Professor Ahmed will detail his efforts to tackle the problem and to understand why the brain and spinal cord cannot repair. Professor Ahmed will detail four main constraints on brain and spinal cord repair and go on to mention how he has tackled each of these problems in his laboratory. Along the way, he will explore some potentially exciting therapies that we think might be able to reverse injury to the brain and spinal cord.  

Join us for what promises to be a fascinating lecture. Open to all. Please note this is an in-person only event.