{"669144":{"#nid":"669144","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Georgia Tech Neuro Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Illuminating Brain Immune Signaling in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.woodlabgt.org\u0022\u003ELevi Wood Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAssistant Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo participate virtually, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/96309849813\u0022\u003ECLICK HERE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E*Lunch provided for in-person attendees\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBIO\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLevi Wood joined Georgia Tech as an Assistant Professor in August, 2015. Prior to his current appointment, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. There he used systems biology to elucidate novel signaling mechanisms in Alzheimer\u2019s disease and intestinal inflammation. Wood received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he developed and used a microfluidic platform to identify dominant mechanisms governing vascular geometry during early vascular growth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWood\u2019s research focuses on applying systems analysis approaches and engineering tools to identify novel clinical therapeutic targets for inflammatory diseases. These diseases, such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), result in expansive physiological changes and are genetically complex. As a result, the development of therapeutic strategies has been challenging. By combining novel engineered in vitro platforms, mouse models, and multivariate computational systems analyses, we will be able to 1) capture a holistic systems-level understanding of these complex diseases and 2) isolate specific mechanisms driving each disease. The ultimate goal of Dr. Wood\u2019s laboratory is to use these tools to identify new mechanisms driving disease onset and progression that will translate to clinically effective therapeutic strategies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Host: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ming-fai.fong@bme.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMing-fai Fong, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EStudent Host:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:oaderibigbe7@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOluwagbemisola (Gbemi) Aderibigbe\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eepurl.com\/h-iykb\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESign-up here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to receive future GT Neuro Seminar Series announcements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Illuminating Brain Immune Signaling in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury\u0022 - Levi Wood, Ph.D. - Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Illuminating Brain Immune Signaling in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury\u0022 - Levi Wood, Ph.D. - Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"35486","created_gmt":"2023-08-24 15:19:18","changed_gmt":"2023-09-15 12:24:31","author":"Christina Wessels","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-11-20T11:15:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2023-11-20T12:15:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-11-20T12:15:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-11-20 16:15:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-11-20 17:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-11-20 17:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Petit Biotech Building, Suddath Seminar Room 1128, 315 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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