Ersilia Mirabelli was awarded a Ph.D. after a successful defense in November 2019. Her dissertation is entitled ” Pathological pain processing in mouse models of multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury: contribution of plasma membrane calcium ATPase 2 (PMCA2) ”. We congratulate Ersilia on her excellent work!
Announcements
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The Reynolds Family Spine Laboratory at the Spine Center of New Jersey invites you to the tenth annual Current Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research Symposium.
The tenth annual Current Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research Symposium will be held on Wednesday, May 13th, 2020, hosted by the Reynolds Family Spine Laboratory at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. Distinguished faculty from throughout North America will present and discuss current advances in basic science and clinical research on spinal cord injury.
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Lun Li was awarded Ph.D. after a successful defense in December 2018. His dissertation is entitled ” Effects of a toll-like receptor 9 antagonist on spinal cord astrocytes and the glial scar following spinal cord injury”. We congratulate him on an excellent work!
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Alex Pallottie received her Ph.D. after successfully defending her thesis on November 15, 2017. Her dissertation was entitled, “Effects of a Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 9 Antagonist in Regions Remote from the Legion Core following Spinal Cord Injury.” Congratulations, Alex, on a job well done!
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Grant title: The astroglial response to spinal cord injury: modulation by a toll-like receptor 9 antagonist
Period of award: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2020
Total amount awarded: $600,000
The studies proposed in this grant investigate the effects of a TLR9 antagonist on astrocytes at the glial scar following spinal cord injury. The modulation of astrocyte proliferation, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan production, migration, and astrocyte-elicited chemotaxis of peripheral immune cells are studied by a combination of in vivo and in vitro approaches.
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Veronika Khariv receives Ph.D. Veronika successfully defended her thesis entitled, “Sex and modality-specific nociceptive processing in the spinal cord: role of Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase 2 (PMCA2)” on May 5, 2017. We congratulate her on a job well done.
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Dr. Robert Heary has been selected as a Top Doctor in Neurosurgery for 2012. By using a peer nomination process, U.S. News and World Report ensures that this honor is one received based on merit among other peers in the field who would recommend Dr. Heary to their patients.
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Veronika Khariv, M.S., a third-year pre-doctoral student in the Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Physiology Track in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and a member of The Reynolds Family Spine Laboratory, Department of Neurological Surgery, NJMS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ received the Dean Morris Schaffer Endowed Scholarship Award. The award acknowledges an outstanding doctoral student at the early stages of their thesis research. Veronika Khariv is performing her investigations towards the Ph.D. degree under the mentorship of Stella Elkabes, Ph.D. and Robert F. Heary, M.D. Her thesis research studies the role of plasma membrane calcium ATPase 2 in central pain mechanisms and in neuronal repair in animal models of spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis.
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Award Notice:
Granting Agency: New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research
Grant Title: Effects of Toll-like receptor 9 ligands on the inflammatory response, bladder dysfunction and chronic pain in spinal cord injury.
The studies proposed in the grant investigate the therapeutic potential of TLR9 antagonist and the mechanicms underlying the effects of TLR9 ligands on the modulation of the inflammatory reaction, bladder function and pain hypersensitivity in murine model of spinal cord contusion injury.
Period of grant: June 15, 2012 through June 30, 2015
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The Reynolds Family Spine Laboratory at the Spine Center of New Jersey invites you to the Inaugural Current Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research Symposium.
On Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 you are invited to attend the Inaugural Current Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research Symposium, hosted by the Reynolds Family Spine Laboratory at UMDNJ in Newark, NJ, where distinguished faculty from North America will present and discuss the current advances in basic science and clinical research on spinal cord injury.
The Symposium’s scientific faculty includes:
- Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS – University of Toronto, Canada
- Dana M. McTigue, PhD – The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Stella Elkabes, PhD – UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
- Oswald Steward, PhD – UCI, Irvine, CA
- Robert F. Heary, M.D – UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
- Langston Holly, MD – UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- Alexander Rabchevsky, PhD– University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Jerry Silver, PhD – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- Itzhak Fischer, PhD – Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
The Symposium will be held in the comfortable and spacious 12th Avenue Pavilion, on UMDNJ’s main campus (50 12th Avenue, Newark, NJ). Convenient and secure parking is available.
More information will be available in the future regarding registration and the schedule. If you wish to inquire about the event or have any questions, please contact Kat Getto, UMDNJ, Program Coordinator 973-972-4702 or gettokm@umdnj.edu.