Editorial Board
Liz Simon PhD
Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center-New Orleans
Editorial leadership for Journal of Skeletal Muscle ISSN 2832-4048
Research interests
- Dr. Simon&Rsquo;S Research Interests Are To Understand The Signaling Mechanisms Responsible For Proliferation
- Differentiation Of Stem/Progenitor Cells
- Perturbations That Alter Stem Cells
- Its Microenvironment Affecting The Fate Of Cells. The Laboratory Is Specifically Interested In Dysregulation Of Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell (Satellite Cells) Signaling That Alters The Fate Of These Cells. Using A Model Of Chronic Alcohol
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (Siv) Infection
- Dr. Simon Is Studying The Molecular Mechanisms Of Impaired Differentiation Of Satellite Cells. The Research Is In Collaboration With Eminent Lsuhsc Researchers In The Field Of Alcohol
- Siv Currently Two Mechanisms Are Being Investigated: Does A Chronic Proinflammatory
- Prooxidative Skeletal Muscle Milieu Inhibit Myogenesis.&Nbsp; Does An Altered Skeletal Muscle Milieu Induce Epigenetic Alterations In Satellite Cells Leading To Impaired Myogenesis?
Biography
- Dr. Simon received her Ph.D. in endocrine physiology with the support of an Indian Council of Agricultural Research fellowship and did her postdoctoral training at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in stem cell/endocrine physiology.
- She was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee University from 2010-2013.
- She also held an adjunct faculty position, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2012-2013.
- She joined the Department of Physiology at LSUHSC, NO in July 2013.
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