Lei Lei to present research at Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting and at Gordon Research Conference

Lei Lei, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biology and Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, will present his research at two upcoming events.

Recently awarded a Teaching Faculty Travel Grant from the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB), Lei earned the opportunity to present his research at the upcoming SDB 72nd Annual Meeting, which will be held jointly with the International Society of Developmental Biologists’ 17th International Congress of Developmental Biology, June 16-20, 2013, at the Cancun Convention Center, Cancun, Mexico. Lei Lei will present his studies on the role of the transcription factor Sox11 in neurogenesis and brain development.

Lei was also accepted to present his research on neurotrophic factors at the Gordon Research Conference, which will be held June 2-7, 2013, in Newport, Rhode Island. Lei will discuss his work on the role of the transcription factor Sox11 in preclinical models of neuropathic pain. This ongoing work is supported by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Health (P20GM103643).
 

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