Titles
Research Neurobiologist
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA
Neurobiochemistry and Molecular Genetics Laboratory of Jean de Vellis, Ph. D.
Research Areas of Expertise
OLIGODENDROCYTES DURING DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
- MYELINATION, DEMYELINATION, MYELIN DISORDERS SUCH AS LEUKODYSTROPHIES.
- IRON HOMEOSTASIS, TRANSFERRIN AND RELATED PROTEINS IN THE CNS.
- GRAVITATIONAL MODULATION OF NEURAL CELLS DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION
SPINAL CORD REPAIR AFTER INJURY
- ENDOGENOUS REPAIR OF THE CNS VIA MOBNILIZATION OF SELF-NEURAL STEM CELLS.
- CELL REPLACEMENT THERAPIES TO REPAIR THE CNS ALONE OF AS COMBINATORIAL INTERVENTIONS.
PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA (PLV)
NEUROPROTECTION OF NEURAL PROGENITORS TO ALLEVIATE PLV
- NEURAL STEM CELL IN VIVO DURING DEVELOPMENT AND ADULTHOOD.
- CULTURE SYSTEMS FOR NEURAL STEM CELLS AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO SPECIFIC CNS CELLS.
- HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS IN CULTURE FOR THEIR USE IN CELL REPLACEMENT THERAPIES.
PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA (PLV)
NEUROPROTECTION OF NEURAL PROGENITORS TO ALLEVIATE PLV
- NEURAL STEM CELL IN VIVO DURING DEVELOPMENT AND ADULTHOOD.
- CULTURE SYSTEMS FOR NEURAL STEM CELLS AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO SPECIFIC CNS CELLS.
- HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS IN CULTURE FOR THEIR USE IN CELL REPLACEMENT THERAPIES.