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Name: Guodong Cao
Home Address: 3245 Beechwood Blvd. F22
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Home Phone (412)421-2364
Business Address: Department of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
S-523, Biomedical Science Tower
3500 Terrence Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Business Phone: (412)383-9917
Business Fax: (412)648-1239
Birth Date: July 29, 1968
Birth Place: Inner Mongolia, China
Citizenship: P.R.China
Email: caogd@hotmail.com


























EDUCATION, TRAINING AND APPOINTMENTS

1987-1990 BS Baotou Medical College
Inner Mongolia, China		 Medicine
1990-1992 Etuoke County Hospital
Inner Mongolia, China		 Resident
Internal Medicine
1992-1995 MS Baotou Medical College
Inner Mongolia, China		 Biochemistry
1995-1998 Ph.D. Peking University Medical School
(Former Beijing Medical University)
Beijing, China		 Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

1998-present Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Member of American Association for Advancement of Science

Memeber of Society for Neuroscience


HONORS

1998 Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Award. Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China
1998 Excellent Ph.D. Doctoral Thesis Award. Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

Current Articles

GenBank Submission

GenBank

PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS

  1. Cao G, and Wang SW. 16 Enhances Apoptosis Induced by VP 16 in Leukemia Cells Transfected by Retrovirus-Mediated bcl-2 Antisense RNA. 4th National Conference on Gene Diagnosis and Therapy. Nanning, China, 1998

  2. Luo Y, Lan J, Cao G, Simon RP and Chen J. Activation of Caspase-Activated Deoxyribonuclease (CAD) Mediates DNA Fragmentation in Mice Following Transient Cerebral Ischemai. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Vol. 25, 1999


  3. Cao G, Chen D, Simon RP and Chen J. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Rat Caspase-Activated Deoxyribonuclease. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Vol. 25, 1999


  4. Cao G, Chen D, Pei W, O'Horo and Chen J. Cloning and Characterization of Rat Brain Caspase-9: Implication for a Role in Neuronal Cell Death During Brain Development and Transient Cerebral Ischemia. Presentation. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Vol. 26, 2000


  5. Chen D, Cao G, O'Horo and Chen J. DNA Base-Excision Repair Activity for Oxidative Lesions in Rat Brain Mitochondria: Marked Age-Dependent Regulation. Presentation. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Vol. 26, 2000

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

2001-2006 Co-Investagator, NIH/NINDS"Inducible DNA repair in cerebral ischemia" (PI: Chen J)
2RO1 NS 36736 (Year 6-10).
1998-2002 Co-Investagator, NIH/NINDS"Melecular mechanisms in ischemia" (PI: Chen J)
PO1 NS35965, Core C: Molecular Biology and Functional Gene Screening.

RESEARCH GRANTS IN PENDING

2002-2007 Co-Investagator, Project #3 on PO1 NS42170-01 (PI: Chen J)
NIH/NINDS"Melecular basis of ischemia neuronal death"
2002-2007 Co-Investagator, Project #3 on PO1 NS42170-01 (PI: Chen J)
NIH/NINDS"Melecular basis of ischemia neuronal death"
2002-2007 Co-Investagator, RO1 (PI: Chen J)
NIH/NINDS"Programmed cell death induced by cerebral ischemia"
2002-2006 Co-Investagator, "A novel caspase-independent apoptogenic pathway in ischemic
neuronal death"(PI: Chen J)
AHA, Established Investigator Award