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Preethi Somasundaram
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Postdoctoral research associate
Baylor college of medicine
July 2017
Neurosurgery
I am a postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Trent Watkins' laboratory at Baylor college of medicine.
Currently working on three independent research projects -
o Project 1 focuses on understanding the role of transcription factor ATF4 and its interacting proteins in neuronal apoptosis and investigating ways to prevent apoptosis.
o Project 2 focuses on using the optic nerve crush model to investigate why long-distance axon injury to neurons results in failure of regeneration. This study is relevant to spinal cord injury models.
o Project 3 involves developing a new technology or tool using shRNA mediated knockdown for medium throughput screening of neuroprotective and pro-regenerative genes in the retina.