Dr. Samit Chakrabarty

Biography:

A neuroscientist working towards restoration of spinal motor function after injury or in debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. I study plasticity of spinal motor circuits development and disease towards this goal. Specialties Testing and development of new strategies towards restoration of spinal motor control. Spinal Neurophysiology, Recording from Interneurones and motoneurones in rodent, murine and felines. ICMS and developmental changes in motor systems.

Academic positions:

Lecturer in Neuroscience University of Leeds-UK Partnership; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry March 2012 – Present (3 months) Leeds, United Kingdom Research Assistant Professor City College of New York Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry January 2010 – February 2012 (2 years 2 months) Restoration of spinal Motor function after stroke, cerebral palsy or spinal injury using pathways that are normally least utilized. - Using Nerve Bridge technique - Using the under or non-utlilised portion of the Corticospinal tract: Improving the interactions between spinal circuits their control inputs using: - NT3 released using stem cells in the spinal cord - exercise and training - electrical stimulation of the periphery and or the controlling inputs. Associate Research Scientist Columbia University Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industry November 2005 – January 2010 (4 years 3 months) Restoration of spinal Motor function after stroke, cerebral palsy or spinal injury using pathways that are normally least utilized. - Using Nerve Bridge technique - Using the under or non-utlilised portion of the Corticospinal tract: Improving the interactions between spinal circuits their control inputs using: - NT3 released using stem cells in the spinal cord - exercise and training - electrical stimulation of the periphery and or the controlling inputs. Adjunct Assistant Professor Barnard College Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry January 2009 – May 2009 (5 months) Teaching lab courses in Cellular Neurophysiology Visiting Associate Professor University of Copenhagen Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry 2005 – 2005 (less than a year) Research Associate Spinal Cord Research Centre October 2000 – October 2005 (5 years 1 month) Visiting Assistant Professor Panum Institute, Copenhagen University June 2005 – September 2005 (4 months) Developed a murine invivo spinal cord preparation to record intracellularly from motoneurones. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University January 1998 – January 2000 (2 years 1 month) Worked on development of mammalian motor pathways and motor representation Graduate student University of Cambridge Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Research industry 1994 – 1998 (4 years) Tutor Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge January 1996 – January 1997 (1 year 1 month) Demonstrator University of Cambridge, Veterinary Sciences Tripos Demonstrations (Veterinary neuroanatomy) January 1996 – January 1997 (1 year 1 month) Lecturer St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India January 1993 – September 1994 (1 year 9 months) Taught undergraduate courses in the Department of Life Sciences. Taught Developmental, Evolutionary and Comparative Biology.

Research interests:

Neurosciences, spinal interneurones, Neurophysiology, Motor control

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