Elizabeth Haynes
Credentials: Cell and Regenerative Biology Department
Position title: Cell Biology of Microglia
Email: ehaynes2@wisc.edu
Address:
WIMR II
1111 Highland Ave. Room 4403
Madison, WI 53705
LAB WEBSITE:
Under Construction
FOCUS GROUPS:
Cell Adhesion & Cytoskeleton, Immunology, Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
The Haynes lab studies how microglia adapt to the needs of the growing and aging brain. We are interested in how microglia interpret and respond to physiological cues in the brain throughout life, and how this changes during aging and disease processes. Microglia are long-lived cells, and can become dystrophic during aging, leading to failures in migration, phagocytosis, and metabolism. Understanding how cell biological pathways fail in aging microglia can help us predict and prevent poor outcomes in human cognitive aging and neurodegenerative disease.