Gallo Laboratory Web Page
The laboratory investigates the role
of the cytoskeleton in axon extension and retraction during development and regeneration. We are
interested in all things related to the mechanisms of axon extension, retraction
and
guidance. The laboratory has two main focuses: (1) The regulation of the
cytoskeleton by intrinsic (e.g., actin regulatory proteins, signaling pathways)
and extrinsic (e.g., guidance cues) factors, and (2) the cytoskeletal basis of
the response of neurons to injury. Live imaging, molecular, biochemical and pharmacological approaches
are utilized to investigate these issues.
Lab Members and Web Pages (underlined)
Steve Jones (graduate student, Neuroscience Scholar Program member, awarded by
the Society for Neuroscience), Neeraj Kulkarni (graduate student) , Mirela Spillane (graduate student),
Jianli Hu (graduate Student; Co-mentored with Dr. E. Spiliotis, Drexel Biology
Dept.), Felix Danso (graduate student)
Gianluca Gallo
(PI)
Kathy Kollins (postdoctoral fellow), Andrea Ketschek (postdoctoral fellow)
Lee Silver (Lab manager)
!Congratulations! to Andrea Ketschek
for an excellent thesis defense (April 3 2009) 
Former members: Dr. Robert Loudon (current position, Drexel Dept. of Biology), Herbert Francisco (MS), Irina Orlova (research assistant)
The laboratory welcomes undergraduate summer students from Philadelphia and Pennsylvania through the SURF program (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship)
lab phone number: 215 991 8291
Axon extension and the neuronal cytoskeleton
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