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Cargill Alleyne,
M.D. |
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| John Vender,
M.D. |
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| Joseph
R. Smith, M.D. |
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Haroon
Choudhri, M.D. |
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| Samuel
Macomson, M.D. |
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| David T. Floyd, M.D . |
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| Jose Santiago, M.D. |
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Alfredo Voloschin, M.D. |
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Sergei Kirov, Ph.D |
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Julia Fomitcheva, Ph.D. |
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Krishnan Dhandapani, M.D. |
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| Jeffrey A.Stone, M.D. |
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Sergei A. Kirov, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Human Brain Laboratory Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
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Training
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M.S. St.Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, in biophysics (Thesis Advisor Dr. Krylov, B.V.), 1987
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Trainee at Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Academy of Sciences of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia (Sponsor, Dr. Akoev, G.N.),1987-1988
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Ph.D. St.Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia, in biophysics (Thesis Advisor Dr. Akoev, G.N.), 1991
Postdoctoral Training
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Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Behavioral Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland (Lab Director, Dr. Engel B.T.), 1992-1995
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Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Lab Director, Dr. Alger, B.E.), 1995-1997
Prior Academic Appointments
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Research Associate, Division of Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997-1999
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Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999-2003
Research Interests
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Properties and changes in human synapses during epilepsy, stroke, brain tumors and traumatic head injury
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Mechanisms of synapse formation and maintenance in the immature and especially mature brain
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Cellular mechanisms of memory
Awards
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Fogarty International Center Research Fellowship. National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center,
1992-1995 -
Research Scientist Development Award. National Institute of Mental Health, 2001-2006
Publications List (PubMED)
Contact
Department of Neurosurgery
Medical College of Georgia
1120 15th Street, BI 3088
Augusta, GA 30912-2900
Office: (706) 721-6051
Human Brain Laboratory
Office: (706) 721-3322
Multiphoton Imaging Laboratory
Office: 706) 721-5486
Fax: (706) 721-8000
email: skirov@mcg.edu