Advanced Concentration

Neuroscience

Mentor

Dennis A. Steindler, Ph.D.

Department

Neuroscience

Enrolled 

August 2003

Lab Room

L3-132

Lab Phone

392-6754

E-mail

kamychen@ufl.edu

Education

B.S., Biology, Duke University

Dissertation Research

Application of adult stem/progenitor cells in the therapeutic treatment of cerebellar degenerative disease models

Publications

Chen KA, Laywell ED, Marshall G, Walton N, Zheng T, Steindler DA.  Fusion of neural stem cells in culture. Exp Neurol. 2006 Mar;198(1):129-35.  abstract

Laywell ED, Kearns SM, Zheng T, Chen KA, Deng J, Chen HX, Roper SN, Steindler DA.  Neuron-to-astrocyte transition: Phenotypic fluidity and the formation of hybrid asterons in differentiating neurospheres. J Comp Neurol. 2005 Dec 19;493(3):321-33.  abstract

Abstracts Presented at Meetings

Fusion of Neural Stem Cells in Culture, International Conference on Neural Transplantation and Repair (INTR), Taipei, Taiwan, June 8-11, 2005

Fusion of Neural Stem Cells in Culture, International Society for Stem Cells Research (ISSCR), San Francisco, CA, June 23-25, 2005

Transplantation of Cerebellar-derived Multipotent Stem/Progenitor Cells into Weaver Mice, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, Nov. 12-16, 2005

Honors & Awards

2003, 2004 - UF Grinter Fellowship Award

2005 - International Conference on Neural Transplantation and Repair (INTR) Travel Award

2007 - Bryan W. Robinson Neurological Foundation Grant-in-Aid Achievement Award

2007 - CNS/UCSB NRI Young Neuroscientists' Workshop Award