Laywell, Eric Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Anatomy and Cell Biology
 
email: elaywell@anatomy.med.ufl.edu

Awards and Professional Interests - Major Teaching Responsibilities
References - Biosketch

Awards and Professional Interests
  • NIH predoctoral traineeship, 1990-1993
  • Principal Investigator, Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation Grant, 1998-2000
  • Co-Investigator, NIH/NINDS (RO1), "Studies of Adult Brain Neuropoiesis", 1999-2003
  • Principal Investigator, NIH/NINDS (R21), "Astrocytes as Multipotent Stem Cells", 2002-2004
  • Co-Investigator, NIH/NHLBI (RO1), "Altering Fate of Hematopoietic and Neural Stem Cells", 2003-2008

Major Teaching Responsibilities
  • Laboratory Instructor in Dental Gross Anatomy (1989) and Medical Gross Anatomy at the University of Tennessee, Memphis (1989-93; 1997-98).
  • Laboratory Instructor in Medical Neuroanatomy at the University of Tennessee, Memphis (1992-93, 1997-98).
  • Laboratory Instructor in Medical Gross Anatomy at the University of Utah (1994-95).
  • Lecturer on regeneration for graduate Cellular Neuroscience at the University of Tennessee, Memphis (1993).
  • Lecturer on cranial nerves and autonomic nervous system for Physical Therapy Neuroanatomy at the University of Tennessee, Memphis (1990).
  • Lecturer on neural stem cells for IDP graduate students at the University of Florida (2002-03).
  • Meical Neuroscience at the University of Florida (2003).

References
  1. Laywell, E.D., Zheng, T., Kearns, S.M., and D.A. Steindler (submitted). Cerebellar stem/progenitor cells give rise to neurons, astrocytes, and hybrid "asteron" phenotypes.
  2. Zheng, T., Marshall, G.P., Steindler, D.A., and E.D. Laywell (submitted). Neurogenic astrocytes transplanted into the adult mouse ventricle contribute to olfactory neurogenesis, and reveal a novel intrinsic subependymal neuron.
  3. Cogle, C.R., Yachnis, T., Zander, D.S., Wingard, J.R., Laywell, E.D., Steindler, D.A., and E.W. Scott (submitted). Brain from blood in humans.
  4. Deng, J., Steindler, D.A., Petersen, B.E., and E.D. Laywell (2003. Neural trans-differentiation potential of hepatic oval cells in the neonatal mouse brain. Exp. Neurol. 182:373-382.
  5. Kearns, S.M., Laywell, E.D., Kukekov, V.G., and D.A. Steindler (2003. Extracellular matrix effects on neurosphere cell motility. Exp. Neurol. 182:240-244.
  6. Steindler, D.A., and E.D. Laywell (2003). Astrocytes as stem cells: Nomenclature, phenotype, and translation. GLIA 43:62-9.
  7. Ignatova, T.N., Kukekov, V.G., Laywell, E.D., Suslov, O.N., Vrionis, F.D., and D.A. Steindler (2003). Human cortical glial tumors contain neural stem-like cells expressing astroglial and neuronal markers in vitro. GLIA 39:193-206.

 
Biosketch
Education
1987B.A., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1993Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Neuroscience Program, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Memphis, Tennessee
 
Postdoctoral Training
1994-95University of Utah, Department of Biology
1995-97University of Tennessee, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Memphis, Tennessee
 
Academic Appointments
1998-2001Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
2001-presentAssistant Professor (Research), Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida

 


 
 
 
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