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Susan Birren

Dean of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Neurobiolo
Biology Neuroscience
Brandeis University
United States of America

Academician Neurology
Biography

Professor Susan J. Birren, Dean of Brandeis University's College of Arts and Sciences, is an internationally recognized researcher in developmental neurobiology who studies how developing nerve cells respond to the local environment to create the nervous system. Dean Birren is affiliated with the National Center for Behavioral Genomics and the Volen Center for Complex Systems. Dean Birren received her Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles and did post-doctoral work at the California Institute of Technology, where she studied the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of the mammalian nervous system.

Research Intrest

Developmental neurobiology, Biological Chemistry

List of Publications
Luther JA, Birren SJ. p75 and TrkA signaling regulates sympathetic neuronal firing patterns via differential modulation of voltage-gated currents. Journal of Neuroscience. 2009 Apr 29;29(17):5411-24.
Dore JJ, DeWitt JC, Setty N, Donald MD, Joo E, Chesarone MA, Birren SJ. Multiple signaling pathways converge to regulate bone-morphogenetic-protein-dependent glial gene expression. Developmental neuroscience. 2009;31(6):473-86.
Habecker BA, Bilimoria P, Linick C, Gritman K, Lorentz CU, Woodward W, Birren SJ. Regulation of cardiac innervation and function via the p75 neurotrophin receptor. Autonomic Neuroscience. 2008 Jun 30;140(1):40-8.
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