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Iva Tzvetanova

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

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[email protected]

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School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

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Academic Qualifications

Qualification	Year	Awarding Institution	Department
Postdoctoral Fellow	2011-present	Neurogenetics	Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
Ph.D.	2004-2010	Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	Stony Brook University, New York, USA
B.Sc.	2003	Chemistry	Stony Brook University, New York, USA
B.Sc.	2003	Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology	Stony Brook University, New York, USA

Employment History

Period of employment		Employer	Location	Position
From	To	Employer	Location	Position
2003-	2004	, Department of Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook,	NY, USA	Research Technician
2004-	2010	Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook,	NY, USA	Research/Graduate Assistant,
2011	-present	Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine,	Göttingen, Germany	Postdoctoral Fellow,

Publications

Year	Title	Other authors	Journal and Publisher / Conference	Vol.
	NeuroD2 controls inhibitory circuit formation in the molecular layer of the cerebellum.	Pieper A, Rudolph S, Wieser GL, Götze T, Mießner H, Yonemasu T, Yan K, Tzvetanova ID, Castillo BD, Bode U, Bormuth I, Wadiche JI, Schwab MH, Goebbels S.
2013,	The Role of Myelin and Oligodendrocytes in Axonal Energy Metabolism.	Saab AS, Tzvetanova ID, Nave K-A.	Curr. Opin. Neurobiol.,	23(6): 1065-72
2015,	STAT3 Represents a Molecular Switch Possibly Inducing Astroglial instead of Oligodendroglial Differentiation of Oligodendroglial Progenitor Cells in Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis. Neuropath.	Sun Y, Lehmbecker A, Kalkuhl A, Deschl U, Sun W, Rohn K, Tzvetanova ID, Nave KA, Baumgärtner W, Ulrich R.	Appl. Neurobiol.,	41(3): 347-70
2016	Oligodendroglial NMDA receptors regulate glucose import and axonal energy metabolism.	Griesinger C, Hirrlinger J, Kirchhoff F, Nave K-A.	Neuron,	91(1): 119-32
2012,	Goebbels S, Nave KA. Glycolytic Oligodendrocytes Maintain Myelin and Long-Term Axonal Integrity.	Fünfschilling U, Supplie LM, Mahad D, Boretius S, Saab AS, Edgar J, Brinkmann BG, Kassmann CM, Tzvetanova ID, Möbius W, Diaz F, Meijer D, Suter U, Hamprecht B, Sereda MW, Moraes CT, Frahm J,	Nature,	485(7399): 517-21
2011	Glia Unglued: How Signals from the Extracellular Matrix Regulate the Development of Myelinating Glia.,	Colognato H and Tzvetanova ID.	Dev. Neurobiol	71(11): 924-55
2010	Laminin Alters Fyn Regulatory Mechanisms and Promotes Oligodendrocyte Development	Relucio J, Tzvetanova ID, Ao W, Colognato H.	J. Neurosci.	113(1): 200-12
2009	Tyrosine Phosphatases Shp1 and Shp2 Have Unique and Opposing Roles in Oligodendrocyte Development.	Kuo E, Park DK, Tzvetanova ID, Leiton CV, Cho BS, Colognato H.	J. Neurochem.,	29(38): 11794-806
2007	Evaluation of Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 in Plasma and Pancreatic Juice as a Biomarker for Pancreatic Cancer.	Kuhlmann KFD, van Till JWO, Boermeester MA, de Reuver PR, Tzvetanova ID, Offerhaus GJA, ten Kate FJW, Busch ORC, van Gulik TM, Gouma DJ, Crawford HC. .,	Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev	16(5): 886-91

Exhibitions

Research Projects

Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees

Awards/International Recognition

Date	Title
2007	Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stony Brook University
2008	Travel Fellowship, Myelin Gordon Conference Chair’s Fund
2009	Young Investigator Educational Enhancement (YIEE) Travel Grant from the American Society for Neurochemistry
2009	Kevin King/John Miller Memorial Travel Award
2009	David L. Williams Memorial Travel Award
2010	Kevin King/John Miller Memorial Travel Award

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