Next Week's DSS - Dr. Ronald L. Schnaar

The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will be presented by Dr. Ronald L. Schnaar, professor of pharmacology and molecular sciences and neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

The lecture, titled "Axon-myelin Interactions, Axon Stability & the Control of Axon Regeneration," will take place Dec. 8, 2011, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium.

Dr. Schaar received his B.S. degree in cellular biology at the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. degree in the department of biology at The Johns Hopkins University. He completed his postdoctoral studies in biochemistry with Nobel Laureate Marshall Nirenberg in the Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics at The Johns Hopkins University.

For more information on Dr. Schnaar's research, click here.