BME Professor Li Cai (left), and team of collaborators Dr. Martin Grumet (Below: Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience) and Dr. Yi Lisa Lyu (Below: RWJ Medical School) were awarded a 3-year NJCSCR grant for $600,000 for a project entitled, “Role of Gsx1 in spinal cord development and neurogenesis after injury”. The research team will determine the role of Gsx1 and other key factors in injury-induced proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs); and the mechanism of NSC gene activation after injury.
