Consult a healthcare professional if symptoms persist.

[instrumental music] Hi, my name is Tom Haran, and I'm a PhD candidate for biomedical research.

In this video, I would like to share with you my research project and also show you a little bit about how my day-to-day work in the lab looks like.

So, uh, my research project is revolving around the study of neuroimmunology, which is a really interesting s- field of study in biomedical research.

Basically, this is where we look at how the immune system and the nervous system interact with each other and influence each other's activity in the body.

A few years ago, a student in our lab came upon a groundbreaking phenomenon.

When she injected mice with a compound that triggered their immune system, she found that neurons in a brain region called the insular cortex were very active.