Lynette Caizhen Foo
Research Scholar
Research &Development
Institute of Molecular & cell Biology
Singapore
Biography
Foo is an expert in Molecular Biology. Glia make up nine-tenths of the human brain. While we know that glia are necessary for the proper formation of neuronal circuits, maintaining a healthy central nervous system (CNS) and play an important role in disease and injured states, we know very little about their fundamental biology and how glia achieve their functions. In the Cohen lab, my projects focus on the role that microRNAs play in glial biology in the normal, diseased and injured CNS. Due to the wide array of genetic tools available in the fly and the parallels that exist between mammalian and Drosophila glia, using Drosophila as a model system will greatly aid in the understanding of what glia do in the brain.
Research Interest
Glial Biology, Molecular Biology
