The 2017 Australian of the Year Award goes to spinal cord injury and stem cell scientist - Professor Alan Mackay Sim. Congratulations! Prof Mackay Sim's acceptance speech highlights the need for investment in spinal cord injury research. Scientists around the world are making tremendous progress and we hope to see that continue.
ABC Radio Interview
Dr Lane had the pleasure of speaking on ABC Radio in Australia, when attending the 7th Australian Neurotrauma Symposium and annual meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society
The interview can be heard on YouTube
Cell transplant for spinal cord injury - Clinical Study Update
Asterias Biotherapeutics announces that functional improvement has now been seen in spinal cord injured patients receiving OPC transplants
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/asterias-announces-additional-motor-function-120000680.html
Hot off the press
Recent review paper on the use of cell therapy for spinal cord injury - the benefits, the caveats and the difficulties
New article in press now
Summer Students
Many thanks to Jordyn Karliner and Paul Wisniowski for an incredibly productive summer as part of our team. We look forward to having you back for Discovery Day and to seeing your future success!
Congratulations to Jordyn for an outstanding summary of her summer research. Look forward to seeing this in press.
The Edward Jekkal Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Tanya Bezdudnaya, who was awarded the 2016 The Edward Jekkal Muscular Dystrophy Research Fellowship, to assess the therapeutic effects of muscle stimulation following cervical spinal cord injury.
National Neurotrauma 2016
Attending the 2016 Symposium of the National Neurotrauma Society
Pint of Science
This years Pint of Science is off to a great start! Michael will be speaking tomorrow night at Frankie Bradley's
International Symposium on Neural Regeneration (ISNR) 2015
The biennial ISNR in Monterey was a huge success. Congratulations to Victoria Spruance and Lana Zholudeva on winning presentation awards!
ISRT
Annual Meeting of the International Spinal Research Trust
Victoria Spruance was awarded first place in the presentation awards at the meeting for her work on neural cell transplantation to repair the injured cervical spinal cord.
Congratulations!
Tanya received notification of funding from the Conquer Paralysis Now Challenge!
Summer
Summer saw the addition of 3 outstanding students to the team:
Marielle Melconian (visiting undergraduate student from Boston College)
Robert McSweeney (medical student enrolled at Drexel)
Hannah Gold (medical student enrolled at Drexel)
We are extremely grateful for all their effort! While we are sorry to see Marielle leave us to return to Boston, we are also really pleased that Rob and Hannah have agreed to stay on and continue their research involvement throughout the coming year when their schedule permits.
Pint of Science Philadelphia - WHYY
Pint of Science Philadelphia - WHYY
Michael Lane's talk at the Pint of Science evening on May 18th, 2015
Pint of Science
Michael Lane will be presenting an overview of how spinal cord injury can impair breathing, and the work that his research team is pursuing, at the upcoming Pint of Science event in Philadelphia (May 18th, 2015 @ 6:00pm).
http://pintofscience.us/event/reining-in-progressive-disease/