Annie Onanong Chivatakarn, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Email: ochivatakarn@salk.edu
Extension: x2020
2008 University of Rochester, Neuroscience, Ph.D.
2002 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Neuroscience, B.S.
2008-present
Postdoctoral Study, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D., mentor
2002-2008
Graduate Study, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Roman. J. Giger, Ph.D., mentor
2000-2002
Undergraduate Research, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Marie-Francoise Chesselet, M.D., Ph.D., mentor
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (2007-2009)
Multidisciplinary Training in Developmental Neuroscience Grant recipient (2006-2007)
UCLA Center for Academic and Research Excellence Scholarship (2000-2002)
Chivatakarn O, Kaneko S, He Z, Tessier-Lavigne M, and Giger R.J. (2007). The Nogo-66 receptor NgR1 is required only for the acute growth cone-collapsing but not the chronic growth-inhibitory actions of myelin inhibitors. J. Neurosci. 27, 7117-24.
Venkatesh K, Chivatakarn O, Sheu SS, Giger R.J. (2007). Molecular dissection of the myelin-associated glycoprotein receptor complex reveals cell type-specific mechanisms for neurite outgrowth inhibition. J. Cell Biol. 177, 393-9.
Venkatesh K, Chivatakarn O, Lee H, Joshi P.S., Kantor D.B., Newman B.A., Mage R, Rader C, and Giger R.J. (2005). The Nogo-66 receptor homolog NgR2 is a sialic acid-dependent receptor selective for myelin-associated glycoprotein. J. Neurosci. 25, 808-22.
Kantor DB, Chivatakarn O, Peer K.L., Oster S.F., Inatani M, Hansen M.J., Flanagan J.G., Yamaguchi Y, Sretavan D.W., Giger R.J., and Kolodkin A.L. (2004). Semaphorin 5A is a bifunctional axon guidance cue regulated by heparan and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. Neuron. 44, 961-75.
Vourch P, Romero-Ramos M, Chivatakarn O, Young H.E., Lucas P.A., El-Kalay M, and Chesselet M-F. (2004). Isolation and characterization of cells with neurogenic potential from adult skeletal muscle. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 317, 893-901.
Romero-Ramos M, Vourch P, Young H.E., Lucas P.A., Wu Y, Chivatakarn O, Zaman R, Dunkelman N, el-Kalay M.A., and Chesselet M-F (2002). Neuronal differentiation of stem cells isolated from adult muscle. J Neurosci Res. 69, 894-907.
Giger RJ., Venkatesh K, Chivatakarn O, Raiker S, Robak L, Hofer T, Lee H, and Rader C. (2008) Mechanisms of CNS myelin inhibition: Evidence for distinct and neuronal cell-type specific receptor systems. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.