The first speaker in the series is Professor Robin J.M. Franklin.
Robin J.M. Franklin is the Professor of Stem Cell Medicine and Head of Translational Science at the Wellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. His lab works on the mechanisms of CNS regeneration with a particular focus on remyelination, an adult stem/precursor cell-mediated process in which new myelin sheaths are restored to demyelinated axons. Prof Franklin is also Director of the MS Society Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair, and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Prof Franklin's lecture is titled Brain stem cells and brain regeneration.
Schedule of his lecture series
Date and Time | City | Lecture venue |
Wednesday 9 November 2016 at 3 PM | Kolkata | IISER Kolkata |
Thursday 10 November 2016 at 9 AM | Kolkata | Institute of Neurosciences |
Thursday 10 November 2016 at 2 PM | Kolkata | Presidency University |
Friday 11 November 2016 at 2 PM | Bangalore | IISc Bangalore |
Friday 11 November 2016 at 5 PM | Bangalore | NCBS Bangalore |