BIOGRAPHY
I am Dr. Chand Parvez Danka Mohammed, currently serving as an editorial board member for two international neuroscience journals. I worked as a Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Neuroscience at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), UAE. Prior to that, I held the position of postdoctoral research scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA. I also held the position of a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) – National Research Laboratory, South Korea. I have expertise in whole-brain immunostaining (iDISCO), high quality 3D imaging including Serial Two-Photon (STP) tomography and Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM), Primary cultured neurons, Stereotaxic surgery and Invivo animal behavioral experiments for cognitive and psychiatric assessment of synaptic brain dysfunctions. My Doctoral research was focused on micro-RNA dependent regulation of synaptic plasticity and associated cognition dysfunction in aging mouse hippocampal neurons, out of which my research work titled “miR-204 downregulates EphB2 in Aging Mouse Hippocampal Neurons” (2016) which was published in a peer-reviewed journal “Aging Cell”(2016) and a review article titled “MicroRNAs in Brain Aging” (2017) published in “Mechanisms of Ageing and Development”(2017). My postdoctoral research CSHL was on “Mapping Anatomical and Synaptic Plasticity Changes in Aging Mouse Brain” which enables me to “see the wood, not only the trees”. My current position at AUS has given me in-depth knowledge on postnatal development and refinement of visual cortical circuits in the mammalian brain, which led to my recent publications "Postnatal development of visual cortical function in the mammalian brain" (2020) published in “Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience and Differential Circuit Mechanisms of Young and Aged Visual Cortex in the Mammalian Brain" (2021) published in “Neurosci, MDPI". My research discovery on miR-204 modulation for learning and memory deficits was recently patented and licensing rights for drug commercialization is in agreement with a biotech company in South Korea for which I have received financial incentives. I also have a strong Engineering background from my Master’s degree in Biomedical engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation Technology. I have hands on super resolution microscopy and a variety of medical devices used in diagnostic services.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Brain Aging / Neuroscience / Neurobiology
