NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY & NEUROBIOLOGY Presents Synapses, muscular dystrophy and schizophrenia By Lin Mei, Ph.D. Chairman & Professor Department of Neurosciences School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University Director Cleveland Brain Health Initiative Thursday, January 10, 2019 4:00 p.m. F-118 For further information, please call (330) 325-6293 or (330) 325-6636 Page 1 of 37 Lin Mei Curriculum Vitae Department of Neurosciences School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH 44106-4975 Office Phone: 216-368-4928 Email: [email protected] Education: Diploma of Medicine, 1982, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, China M.S. (Neuropharmacology), 1985, Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Beijing, China. Advisor: Professor Jin-Chu Yan PhD (Pharmacology and Toxicology), 1989, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Advisors: Professors Henry I. Yamamura and William Roeske Appointments: 1981-1982, Intern, First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, China 1989-1994, Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate, HHMI, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Advisor: Professor Richard Huganir 1994-1999, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 1999-2002, Assistant Professor, Neurobiology, Pathology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 2002-2004, Associate Professor, Neurobiology, Pathology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 2004-2017, Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Augusta University (formerly Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, and Georgia Regents University), Augusta, Georgia 2004-2017, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience 2004-2009, Chief, Program of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia 2009-3/2014, Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia 4/2014-10/2017, Professor and Chair (Inaugural), Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia 11/2017-Present, Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 11/2017-Present, Allen C. Holmes Professor of Neurological Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 11/2017-Present, Director, Cleveland Brain Health Initiative Professional Experience: 1996 – 2010, Guest Investigator, the Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China - 1 - 1999 – 2008, Member, Council of the Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China 2003, Monitor, Neural Plasticity, Gordon Research Conference 2006 – 2015, Visiting Professor, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China 2008 – 2015, Member, Eminent Scholar Advisory Group, Georgia Research Alliance 2009, 2013, Ad Hoc Member, Board of Scientific Councilors, NIMH, NIH 2011, Member, Chancellor Search Committee, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia 2011 – 2012, Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Mind-NRG, Switzerland 2013, Member, Board of Trustees, Georgia Research Alliance 2013 – Present, Member, International Advisory Board, International Symposium on Cholinergic Mechanisms (ISCM) 2013 – Present, Visiting Professor, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Professional Societies: Alpha Psi Chapter of Rho Chi Honor Society, since 1987 Society for Neuroscience, since 1994; Membership and Chapters Committee, 2007-2010; Achievement Awards Selection Committee, 2010 – 2012 Chinese Biological Investigators Society (CBIS), since 1998, Treasurer, 2006 – 2010 Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA), since 1994; Council member, 2015- 2017 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), since 2000; Fellow, since 2013 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), since 2012; Program Committee (2015 - present) 2018 - 2022 Member, Committee on Committee, Society for Neuroscience Grant Review Service: Chartered Members of NIH Study Sections: 2003 – 2005, Chartered Member, NIH Syn (Synapses, Cytoskeleton and Trafficking) Study Section 2007 – 2011, Chartered Member and Ad Hoc Chair, NIH CHHD-C (2) (Child Health and Human Development) Study Section 2011 – 2013, Chartered Member, NIH PMDA (Pathophysiological Basis of Mental Disorders and Additions) Study Section 2018 – 2023, Chartered Member, NIH NDPR (Neurodifferentiation, Plasticity, and Regeneration) Study Section Ad Hoc Members of NIH Study Sections: 2000 – 2003, NIH MCDN-1 Study Section 2004, Reviewer of Cutting Edge Basic Research Award Program (CEBRA, NIDA), NIH 2005, NIH MDCN-F (04) Study Section 2006, NIH ZRG1 NDBG-A Study Section & CHHD-C Study Section 2007, NIH CEBRA ZDA1 MXS-M (01) Study Section 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, Ad Hoc Reviewer, NIH NDPR Study Section 2010, NIH ZRG1 MDCN-G (91) S Study Section 2011, NIH ZRG1 MDCN-F (04) Study Section 2011, NIH ZHD1 DSR-Y (50) Study Section 2011, NIH Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 MDCN-P (57) 2012 NIH Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 MDCN-P (57) 2013, NIH ZRG1 BDCN-C (02) Study Section - 2 - Page 3 of 37 2013, NIH ZRG1 F03B-G (20) L Study Section 2014, NIH PMDA Study Section 2014, NIH Clinical Neuroplasticity and Neurotransmitters (CNNT) Study Section 2014, NIH ZRG1 BDCN-C (02) M (Developmental Brain Disorder and Psychiatric Disorders) 2014, NIH ZMH1 ERB-L (01) P (Conte Centers for Basic or Translational Mental Health Research, P50) 2015, Chair, NIH ZRG1 BDCN-L (03) M (Brain Disorders & Clinical Neuroscience) 2015, NIH PMDA Study Section 2015, 2016, NIH MDCN-R (86) R15 AREA Study Section 2016, NIH New Innovator Award Review 2016, VA RRD Career Development Award Program 2016, NIH ZRG1 MDCN-A (02) 2016, NIH Molecular and Cellular Substrates of Complex Brain Disorders Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 MDCN-P (57) 2016, NIH ZRG1 MDCN-R (86) Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) 2017, NIH ZRG1 MDCN-R (86) Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) 2017, NDPR (Neurodifferentiation, Plasticity, and Regeneration Study Section) 2017, NIH Neurodevelopment, Synaptic Plasticity, and Neurodegeneration panel (F03A) 2018, Co-Chair, ZRG1 BDCN-W(05) (Brain Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience), NIH. 2018, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), SIMONS FOUNDATION Reviewer for other funding agencies: 2003 – 2005, Member, Oversea Review Board, National Natural Science Foundation, China Ad Hoc Grant Review Activities for Department of Veterans Affairs (since 1996), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (1998), National Science Foundation (since 1998), Jewish Hospital Foundation (1999), Bank of America (2000), Raine Medical Research Foundation, Australia (2000), Philip Morris External Research Program (2001-2005), Muscular Dystrophy Association (since 2003), Italian Telethon Review (since 2003), Czech Science Foundation (2004), Alzheimer’s Disease Association (since 2004), Austrian Science Fund (2004), North Carolina Biotechnology Center (2004), Research Grant Council, Hong Kong (since 2005), Oak Ridge Associated Universities (since 2005), Swiss Science Foundation (2007), Welcome Trust (since 2008), Association Française contre les Myopathies (since 2010), Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium) (since 2011), Council for the Earth and Life Sciences (the Netherlands), French National Research Agency (2015), Medical Research Council (MRC), UK. Editorial Service: 2000 – Present, Member, Editorial Board, NeuroSignals 2005 – Present, Member, Editorial Board, Neuroscience Bulletin 2007 – Present, Academic Editor, PLoS ONE 2007 – 2010, Member, Editorial Board, Brain Research Bulletin 2008 – 2010, Editor-in-Chief, 2010 – present, Section Editor, Molecular Brain 2010 – 2016, Associate Editor, Journal of Neuroscience 2014 – Present, Associate Editor, Cell & Bioscience 2014 – Present, Member, Editorial Board, Neurology: Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation 2015 – Present, Member, Editorial Board, Scientific Reports 2017-present, Member, Editorial Board, Brain Research - 3 - Ad Hoc Reviewer for more than 50 journals including American Journal of Physiology, American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Brain Research, Cell Reports, Current Biology, Developmental Biology, Development, Developmental Cell, Developmental Neurobiology, eLife, EMBO Journal, European Journal of Neuroscience, EMBO Journal, FASEB Journal, Human Molecular Genetics, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Physiology, Molecular Biology of Cell, Molecular Cell, Molecular Cellular Biology, Molecular Cellular Neuroscience, Molecular Psychiatry, Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Methods, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Review Neuroscience, Neuron, Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuroscience, Oncogene, Physiological Review, PLoS Biology, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Science, Translational Psychiatry, and Trends in Neuroscience. Meeting Organization Service: 2004, Co-Chair, Symposium for Chinese Neuroscientists Worldwide 2004, Guangzhou, China 2009, Co-Chair, Program Committee of 2009 International Symposium, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America