Bobby Thomas

BIOGRAPHY

Bobby Thomas is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Faculty Member M Flint Beal to recommend the scientific literature in their field.

Bobby Thomas also has responsibility for checking the contents of the following journals to ensure that the highest quality research relevant to their own interests within these publications is comprehensively and systematically evaluated for F1000:

- Neuron
- Journal of Neuroscience

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Associate Professor at Medical College of Georgia.

EDUCATION:
• MS, Banaras Hindu University (India), 1996
• BS, Mahatma Gandhi University (India), 1994
• PhD, Jadavpur Universiity (India), 2002

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
• Börje Uvnäs award for the best research in the field of autacoids and biogenic amines
• Young Investigator Award RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
• RO1 NS060885 (NIH/NINDS) Role of MyD88-5 in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease
• R21 NS062165 (NIH/NINDS) Activators of Nrf2/ARE pathway as therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease
• Novel Approaches to Drug Discovery in Parkinson’s Disease – Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Thomas’ current research interests include mitochondrial dysfunction and stress signaling cascades in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease.

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