The Becker Group has a new preprint on bioRxiv! The paper, “Microglia signals to fibroblasts and neural progenitors to control regenerative neurogenesis after spinal cord injury in zebrafish” was spearheaded by Alberto Docampo-Seara, and shows how microglia restricts/controls the neurogenic potential of neural progenitors by direct signaling to them and also by an indirect interaction with fibroblasts.

The Becker Group has a new publication in Life Science Alliance! The article, titled “Microglia are essential for tissue contraction in wound closure after brain injury in zebrafish larvae”, was led by Francois El-Daher. The study found that following traumatic brain injury in larval zebrafish, that microglia accumulate within the injury site and exert force in the inside of the injury site to pull the wound closed.