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Hire Dr. Ralitsa P.

United States

Neuroscientist at UCSF

Profile Summary

PhD-trained biologist with degree in Molecular Biology and extensive experience in stem cell research, in vivo models, genetics, and mammalian neural development. Current research focus is developing tools for brain disease modeling and regeneration, and therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative disease.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Molecular Imaging
• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Animal Genetics
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Neuropathology

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Scholar

UCSF Medical Center

May 2016 - Present

Columbia University Medical Center

February 2014 - April 2016

Education

PhD, Molecular Biology

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

August 2007 - February 2014

Bachelor's Degree

University of Perugia, Job Creation Biotechnology

October 2004 - July 2007

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ralitsa Petrova, Georgia Panagiotakos, Christos Haveles, Arpana Arjun, Anshul Rana, Thomas Portmann, Sergiu P Paşca, Theo D Palmer, Ricardo E Dolmetsch(2019). Aberrant calcium channel splicing drives defects in cortical differentiation in Timothy Syndrome . {eLife}. 8. {eLife} Sciences Publications, Ltd

Ralitsa Petrova, Ying Xiao, Daniel T. Thoresen, Jonathan S. Williams, Chaochen Wang, James Perna, Isaac Brownell(2015). Neural Hedgehog signaling maintains stem cell renewal in the sensory touch dome epithelium . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112. (23). p. 7195--7200. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

(2014). Roles for Hedgehog signaling in adult organ homeostasis and repair . Development.

Ralitsa Petrova, Anna Denise R. Garcia, Alexandra L. Joyner(2011). Genetic dissection of sonic hedgehog/Gli signaling in adult neurogenesis . Developmental Biology. 356. (1). p. 216. Elsevier {BV}

(2010). Sonic hedgehog regulates discrete populations of astrocytes in the adult mouse forebrain. The Journal of Neuroscience.