Students Profiles
Research Interest:My broad research interest is regeneration of the injured nervous system. I am currently working with Dr. Blair Calancie on a rat model of cauda equina injury, in which we repair transected ventral roots with Schwann cells and electrical stimulation. Publications:Mackenzie SJ, Smirnov I, Calancie B. Cauda equina repair in the rat: Part 2. Time-course of ventral root conduction failure. J Neurotrauma. 2011 May 5. [Epub ahead of print] Fellowship:Sam is the recipient of an NRSA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The title of his project is " Schwann cell repair of cauda equina ventral roots" |
Yung Lyou
"In addition to my primary investigator, I've had several other mentors," said Yung Lyou, who studies genetic eye disorders. "By collaborating with Frank Middleton, PhD, our Microarray core facility director, I've been able to run screens on thousands of genes at one time. That's interdisciplinary. I was also able to take a two-week course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, so that I could learn other techniques to help me in my research here." |
