Lei Lei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
LLei@une.edu

Biography

Professional Experience

07/2010-Present    Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, University of New England

08/2006-05/2010   Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

01/2006-08/2006    Instructor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Awards and Honors

12/2000-11/2003    Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), NINDS, NIH

Other Professional Activities

 

Member, Society for Neuroscience

Teaching Experience

2007, Spring, ASU, MCB556: Advanced Molecular and Cellular Biology II

2007, Spring, ASU, BIO494/591: Neuroscience Journal Club

2007, Fall, ASU, BIO351: Developmental Anatomy

2007, Fall, ASU, MCB591: Mammalian Genetics and Development

2008, Spring, ASU, BIO494/591: Neuroscience Journal Club

2008, Fall, ASU, BIO351: Developmental Biology

2008, Fall, ASU, MCB591: Mammalian Developmental Neurobiology

2010, Fall, UNE, BIO315: Developmental Biology

2010, Fall, UNE, BIO370: Cell Biology

2011, Spring, UNE, BIO450: Developmental Neurobiology

2011, Spring, UNE, BIO106: Cell & Molecular Biology

Service Experience

Member, SoLS RTI committee, Arizona State University, 08/2007 to 05/2009.

Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Arizona State University, 7/2008 to 05/2009. 

Executive Committee Member, Interdisplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Arizona State University, 05/2008 to 05/2009.

Expertise

neuroscience, developmental biology, molecular biology, sensory neurons, neural stem cells, transgenic mice.

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Education

Ph.D., Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, Michigan, 1998

B.S., Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Wuhan University, China, 1991

Post-Grad Training

Post-Doctoral Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, laboratory of Dr. Luis F. Parada, Dallas, Texas

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Research and Scholarship

Research Interests

sensory neuron and pain, neural stem cells and neurological disorders.

Recently Funded Grants

12/2000-11/2003 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32), NINDS, NIH. Role: PI.

This proposal focuses on the identification and characterization of transcription factors that bind the mouse TrkA minimal enhancer.

01/2008-12/2008 The ASU/MCA Partnership for Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program. Role: PI.

This proposal focuses on the generation and characterization of an animal model to study the function of adult neural stem cells.

07/2008-06/2011 Arizona Biomedical Research Commission. Role: PI.

This study focuses on the role of a key transcription factor in regulating cortical development including proliferation and migration.

Other Selected Scholarly Activities

INVITED SEMINARS

1. The 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. November 10-15, 2001; San Diego, California.

2. 1st Annual Neuroscience Symposium cosponsored by the Barrow Neurological Institute and Arizona State University. November 4th, 2006; Phoenix, Arizona.

3. Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications 2007. October 8-12, 2007, Leon, Mexico.

4. Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, 02/2009.

5. Medical College of Wisconsin, Cell Biology Department, Milwaukee, WI, 02/2009.

6. Department of Biology, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, 01/2010.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. Keystone Symposium on Molecular & Cellular Biology: Basic Aspects of Transcription.    February 13-20, 1994; Keystone, Colorado.

2. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 48th Annual Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research: Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer. October 17-20, 1995; Houston, Texas.

3. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription. August 27-31, 1997; Long Island, New York.

4. 63rd Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology: Mechanisms of Transcription.  June 3-8, 1998; Long Island, New York.

5. Post-Initiation Activities of RNA Polymerases.  October 30-November 1, 1998; Mountain Lake, Virginia. 

6. The Gordon Research Conference on Neurotrophic Factors.  June 10-15, 2001; Newport, Rhode Island.

7. The Gordon Research Conference on Neurotrophic Factors.  June 9-13, 2003; Newport, Rhode Island.

8. The 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.  November 12-16, 2005; Washington, DC.

9. The Gordon Research Conference on Neurotrophic Factors. June 17-22, 2007; Newport, Rhode Island.

10. The Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology. June 08-13, 2008; Hong Kong.

11. The Gordon Research Conference on Neural Development. August 17-22, 2008; Newport, Rhode Island.

12. The Gordon Research Conference on Neural Development. August 15-20, 2010; Newport, Rhode Island.

Student Opportunities: Yes