Half-time seminars Half-time control Lina Hansson
Title: Immunological modulation of approach-avoidance behaviour
Principal Supervisor
Dr. Julie Lasselin, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Department of Psychology, Stockholm University
Co-supervisors
Professor Mats Lekander, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Department of Psychology, Stockholm University
Professor Mats J Olsson, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Dr. Arnaud Tognetti, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Half-time review board
Dr. Emma Fransson, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet & Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University
Professor David Engblom, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University
Professor Tomas Furmark, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University
Description
Animals have developed several strategies to fight infectious threats, including detection and avoidance of disease cues (i.e., proactive defenses) and inflammation-induced adaptive behavioral changes (i.e., reactive defenses). During my PhD, I am investigating how proactive and reactive defenses interact, specifically how immunological processes affect the willingness to avoid or approach different stimuli.