College of Medicine - Phoenix, Department of Translational Neurosciences
When
Where
Health Sciences Education Building, fourth floor, Room C401
435 N. Fifth St., Phoenix, AZ 85004
Event Description
In this Department of Translational Neurosciences guest seminar, Claudia Cantoni, PhD, an assistant professor at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, will deliver a talk titled "FKBP5 Drives Myeloid Inflammatory Responses in Multiple Sclerosis and Preclinical Models."
This seminar is hybrid.
Presenter details
Claudia Cantoni, PhD
Assistant Professor, Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona
Dr. Cantoni is a neuroimmunologist who specializes in the study of autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, including multiple sclerosis. Dr. Cantoni earned her doctorate in molecular medicine from the University of Milan in Italy and her master’s degree in genetics and molecular biology from the University of Pravia in Italy. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis, which was funded by the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Society and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Dr. Cantoni’s research aims to understand the molecular pathways regarding how environmental factors, such as diet and chronic stress, modulate the innate immune responses in neurological disorders, specifically focusing on multiple sclerosis neuropathology and progression.