Lecture by Larry S Sherman PhD

The Macular Research Group at Save Sight Institute is pleased to invite you to attend a special lecture by Dr Larry S Sherman PhD.

Title: Regulation of neural stem/progenitor cell differentiation by hyaluronan: implications for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Larry Sherman is Senior Scientist in the Division of Neuroscience and a Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, in the Neuroscience Graduate Program and the Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the OHSU School of Medicine. He received a B.A. in 1986 and an M.A. in 1987, both in Biology from Reed College, then went on to receive a Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Anatomy from OHSU in 1993. He conducted post-doctoral research at the Institut für Genetik at the Forschungszentrum in Karlsruhe, Germany, then became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in 1998. He joined the center in 2002. He serves on a number of national grant review boards, is on the editorial board of the journal GLIA, and is the President of the Oregon Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience.