Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy - Drexel University College of Medicine

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Web Name: Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy - Drexel University College of Medicine

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For a better experience, click the icon above to turn off Compatibility Mode, which is only for viewing older websites. Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy The Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at Drexel University College of Medicine provides an outstanding academic environment for pursuing multidisciplinary research and training in neuroscience. The department has recently expanded by recruiting 9 new faculty members for a total of 37 faculty member at all levels including 18 funded research laboratories. The department has about 50 research grants with over $8 million in annual grants, as well as several endowments. Recent grant awards include the spinal cord program project, major NIH and DoD grants, and numerous Foundation grants. As of 2017,the department is ranked #24 in NIH funding [PDF] among all medical schools in the U.S (source: brimr.org). The department offers postdoctoral training in individual laboratories and research groups and graduate student training through the Neuroscience program for outstanding individuals preparing for a research career in the biomedical sciences.The department promotes a highly interactive and collaborative environment that encourages training and research and lab meetings outside the confines of one laboratory, thus providing flexibility and diversity in the training process. In addition, the department is responsible for the teaching of several major courses for medical students including Gross Anatomy, Medical Neuroscience, and Microanatomy with laboratory components. Based on the experience and resources offered in these classes, our educators developed online remediation courses that, in the last seven years, have served medical students from more than 40 medical schools and offered a collaborative Artistic Anatomy course for art students, which is one of its kind in the U.S. and was featured on the Emmy-nominated WHYY-TV's (PBS) Friday Arts program in a story called "The Gross Lab."Current faculty research interests include the following areas: Spinal cord research with emphasis on regeneration, neuroprotection and recovery of function after spinal cord injury. Cellular and developmental neurobiology with emphasis on neuronal cytoskeleton, guidance molecules, the neuromuscular junction, neuronal migration and growth cones. System neurobiology with emphasis on dopaminergic and cholinergic systems, addiction and psychiatric disorders. Joint neuroengineering program with the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems at Drexel University. Bone biology research with an emphasis on bone quality, structure and adaptation during growth, aging and disease. Confocal views, provided by Dr. Son, of neuromuscular junctions in the adult mouse muscle. Motor axons (yellow) elaborate fine terminal branches in precise apposition to acetylcholine receptors in the muscle fiber (blue). Motor axons and nerve terminals are capped by Schwann cells (red).Training can be obtained in all aspects of advanced microscopy and imaging, tissue culture, transplantation techniques, gene therapy and sequencing, behavioral neurobiology, kinematics, intracellular recording, patch clamping, computer modeling of neurobiological processes and robotics. The department has well-equipped shared facilities for confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, image acquisition and processing, small animal surgery, behavioral analysis, biochemistry and molecular biology. Research training is also supplemented by a seminar series featuring faculty, postdoctoral fellows and outside speakers. Journal clubs and discussions of research findings are scheduled regularly and often shared among individual laboratories. The Program Project Grant on Recovery of Function After Spinal Cord Injury awarded by the NIH involves seven individual faculty with additional support coming from national and international foundations including the Christopher Reeve Research Foundation and EPVA. This program comprises neurobiological research ranging from molecular neurobiology of spinal cord regeneration to functional studies of recovery of motor behavior after spinal cord injury, offering an excellent multidisciplinary training opportunity in the field of spinal cord injury. Liang Oscar Qiang MD, PhD"Firstly, I think a graduate student should make their priority their research. Your goal should be to make the best out of your research, to impress yourself and to be proud of your work. Secondly, make friends in grad school. Socialize with people, talk to people and by doing so you might get ideas about your own project. You are surrounded by scientists in grad school and there is always an opportunity to get new ideas that can lead to collaborations." Read more.Veronica Tom Receives Provost's AwardVeronica Tom, PhD, professor of neurobiology and anatomy, received the 2020 Provost Award for Outstanding Mid-career Scholarly Achievement in recognition of her leadership, dedication and contributions in neuronal cytoskeleton and neurodegenerative disease research. Dr. Tom will receive $15,000 in support of her research. 2020 Golden Apple AwardsA number of the department's faculty and staff were recognized for excellence in teaching and outstanding service at the 2020 Golden Apple Award Ceremony. Golden Apple recipients included Haviva Goldman, Caitlin Howe, Jed Shumsky and Dennis DePace. Margo Randelman to Give Discovery Day PresentationMargo Randelman, a neuroscience graduate student, was one of five platform presenters to be highlighted in a news article about the College of Medicine's annual day of research, Discovery Day. Read the article. Department Hosts FBI School of Operational Medicine TrainingThe Federal Bureau of Investigations School of Operational Medicine (FBI-SOM) holds quarterly medical refresher training for its high-risk personnel at institutions around the country. Drexel's Department of Neurobiology Anatomy hosted one of these training events in August. Michael Biamonte, manager of FBI-SOM, wrote a letter of appreciation after the event, noting the professionalism and expertise of the faculty and staff who assisted with the training, including: Caitlin Howe Haviva Goldman Kathleen Ryan Theresa Connors Jeanine Gravatt Allen RibblettMr. Biamonte stated that the class was a "tremendous success," thanks to the "wonderful team of professionals serving your organization and community," and expressed his hope that his organization would have an opportunity work with the team in the future. Breathing FreeParalyzed patients are closer to one day breathing without a ventilator after Michael Lane, PhD, and Lyandysha Zhoudeva showed they could improve respiratory function in rodents with spinal cord injuries by successfully transplanting a special class of neural cells, called V2a interneurons. Read more.Challenging Alzheimer'sScientific dogma holds that the protein tau stabilizes microtubules within brain cells but new research suggests just the opposite. Tau s actual role in the neuron is to allow microtubules to grow and remain dynamic, according to Liang Oscar Qiang, PhD, the study s lead author and a research assistant professor in the College of Medicine. Read more.Provost Scholarly Activity AwardThe Office of Research and the Office of Faculty Affairs recently announced that Peter Baas, PhD, professor of neurobiology and anatomy, was a recipient of the 2018-2019 Provost Award for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity Career.See all Neurobiology Anatomy newsJanuary 31, 2020: Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD, a professor in the Department of Neurobiology Anatomy, was quoted in a BBC story about differences in concussions for men and women athletes.December 6, 2019: Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD, professor in the Department of Neurobiology Anatomy, was quoted in a MedicalXPress article about conducting research into what explains gender differences in concussion severity.October 5, 2018: An obituary remembering Marion Murray, PhD, who co-founded Drexel s Spinal Cord Research Center, appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Itzhak Fischer, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, was quoted.September 20, 2018: Jessica Barson, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology Anatomy, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer story about the effects of alcohol on the teenage brain and how that science may inform allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.July 2, 2018: Bruce Hirsch, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology Anatomy, was quoted in an Artsy story that featured the New York Academy of Art s Advanced Artistic Anatomy course, an intensive set of drawing classes held at Drexel s gross anatomy lab, which allows art students to study and draw cadavers being dissected by medical students.June 29, 2018: Peter Baas, PhD, a professor, and Liang Oscar Qiang, PhD, a research assistant professor, both in the Department of Neurobiology Anatomy, were quoted in a GEN News article about their recent study that found Alzheimer s drugs targeting the tau protein may actually exacerbate the disease. June 27, 2018: Rodrigo Espa a, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology Anatomy, was quoted in a Science News story about how hypocretin, a brain chemical that regulates wakefulness and arousal, may also be involved in addiction.June 7, 2018: Michael Lane, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology Anatomy, was quoted in a story in Genetic Engineering Biotechnology News about his new study that improved breathing paralysis in rats with spinal cord injuries. He was also quoted in a MedGadget story about the study. See all College of Medicine faculty in the MediaBack to Top

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