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Dennis A. Steindler, PhD

Senior Scientist and Director of the Neuroscience and Aging Lab at Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University

Joseph J. Bagnor/Shands Professor of Medical Research in the Department of Neurosurgery at University of Florida College of Medicine

Location: Boston, MA United States

Dennis A. Steindler, PhD, is at the Tufts Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. He also currently holds the Joseph J. Bagnor/Shands Professorship of Medical Research in the Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Florida College of Medicine. Previously, he was the executive director of the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida. He received his doctorate in anatomy studying neurobiology from the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Steindler's research is focused on the growth and transplantation of normal and cancerous stem cells. Recent studies in his lab focus on testing stem cell biology and regenerative medicine therapeutics in models of Parkinson's disease and brain cancer.

He has served on or retains positions on the editorial boards of The Journal of Neuroscience, GLIA, Experimental Neurology, The Journal of Neurocytology, Gene Expression, Developmental Brain Research, Brain Research and The Journal of Parkinson's Disease. In addition to serving as an advisor to Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure, he also serves on the scientific advisory board of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.


Associated Grants

  • Exosome/Microvesicle Release from LRRK2 Mutant iPSC-derived Neural Cells

    2013


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