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The Dura website is designed and maintained by

Nandan Lad, MD, PhD

David Shih-Chun Lin, MD/PhD

David, a native of Taiwan, received his MD from National Taiwan University. While pursuing his PhD in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, mentored by Dwight Bergles, he studied NG2 cells, a type of glia maintaining stem cell-like properties. His thesis elucidated modes of synaptic communications between neurons and NG2 cells, the only known example of such neuron-glia interactions. He hopes to practice academic neurosurgery and pursue basic science research.

Education:

2006-present	Resident in Neurological Surgery, Stanford University
2005-2006	General Surgery Internship, Stanford University
2000-2005	PhD, Neuroscience John Hopkins University
1999-2000	Resident, Surgery, National Taiwan University
1996-1997	Intern, National Taiwan University
1990-1997	MD, National Taiwan University

Research Interests: Synaptogenesis; Neuron-glia interactions. Optical and stem-cell based neuroengineering technologies for noninvasive imaging and control of brain circuits in the lab of Dr. Karl Deisseroth.

Program Completion: 2012

Honors/Awards:

2005	Phi Beta Kappa, Johns Hopkins University
2004	Society for Neuroscience / Eli Lilly Graduate Student Travel Award
2004	The Paul Ehrlich Research Award, Johns Hopkins University

Publications:

Lad SP, Li G, Lin SC, Henderson JM, Intracranial hypotension from intrathecal baclofen pump insertion. A case report and review of the literature. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 86(2):75-9 (2008)

Lin SC et al., Climbing fiber innervation of NG2-expressing glia in the mammalian cerebellum. Neuron 46(5):773-85 (2005).

Lin SC, Bergles DE, Synaptic signaling between GABAergic interneurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the hippocampus. Nature Neuroscience 7(1):24-32 (2004).

Lin SC, Bergles DE, Synaptic signaling between neurons and glia. Glia 47(3):290-8 (2004).

Lin SC, Bergles DE, Physiological characteristics of NG2-expressing glial cells. Journal of Neurocytology 31(6-7):537-49 (2002).

Contact Info: scdlin@yahoo.com