Curriculum Vitae

NAME:   Sheri L. Boyce

ADDRESS:   Department of Natural Sciences
Messiah College
Grantham, PA 17027
TELEPHONE:   (717) 766-2511, ext. 2632
EMAIL: sboyce@messiah.edu

EDUCATION:
 
1999 PhD in Neuroscience
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
  1992 BS in Biology
Messiah College
Grantham, PA

RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1999 - Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Natural Sciences
Messiah College, Grantham, PA

1997 1997 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Neuroanatomy
Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1996 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Medical Human Anatomy
Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
The Ohio State University

1992-1994 Junior Research Technician
Department of Anesthesia
The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA

  1991 Internship
Department of Biological Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
Isolation and Characterization of Bovine Brain Sialidase

1990-1992 Honors/Independent Study
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Quantitative Analysis of Effects of the Opioid Antagonist Naltrexone on Rat Muscle Growth

AWARDS AND HONORS:

  1998 University Presidential Fellowship
The Ohio State University

  1998 First place oral presentation
The Ohio State University Graduate Research Forum

  1997 NIH Pre-doctoral Fellowship
Neurodegeneration, Regeneration and Plasticity Training Grant

  1997 Travel Award, Paralyzed Veterans Association
International Regeneration Symposium

  1994 Travel Award, The American Thoracic Society
ALA/ATS International Conference

  1992 Summa cum laude, Messiah College

  1992 Major Honors in Biology, Messiah College

1991 Whitaker Fellowship
The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

1988-1992 Founder's Scholar, Messiah College

MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES:

Member, Society for Neuroscience

Career Planning Committee

Pre-Med Committee

PUBLICATIONS:

Beattie MS, Shuman SL, Bresnahan JC. (1998) Apoptosis and spinal cord injury. The Neuroscientist 4:163-171.

  Crowe MJ, Bresnahan JC, Shuman SL, Masters JN, and Beattie MS (1997) Apoptosis and delayed degeneration after spinal cord injury in rats and monkeys. Nature Med 3:73-76

  Shuman, SL, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS (1997) Apoptosis of microglia and oligodendrocytes after spinal cord contusion in rats. J Neurosci Res 50:798-808.

  Shuman SL, Capece ML, Baghdoyan HA, and Lydic R (1995) Pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins mediate carbachol-induced REM sleep and respiratory depression. Am J Physiol 269 (Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 38): R308-R317.

ABSTRACTS:

  Shuman SL, Baldwin, SA, Bresnahan JC, and Beattie MS (1998) Loss of oligodendrocytes by apoptosis is extensive in regions of axonal degeneration following spinal cord injury. Soc Neurosci Abstr 24: 1731.

  Shuman SL, Bresnahan, JC, and Beattie MS (1997) Microalgia are involved in apoptotic cell death of oligodendrocytes after spinal cord contusion. J Neurotrauma 14:774.

  Shuman SL, Bresnahan JC, and Beattie MS (1997) Oligodendrocytes undergo apoptosis following spinal cord contusion: time course and distribution. Soc Neurosci Abstr 23:2190.

  Bresnahan JC, Shuman SL, and Beattie MS (1996) Evidence for apoptosis of oligodendroglia in long tracts undergoing Wallerian degeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI) in monkeys. Soc Neurosci Abstr 22:1185.

  Shuman SL, Bresnahan, and Beattie MS (1996) Morphological evidence of glial involvement in apoptotic cell death following spinal cord contusion. Soc Neurosci Abstr 22:1185.

  Basso DM, Shuman SL, Harkness MD, Beattie MS, and Bresnahan JC (1995) Kinematic changes in proprioceptive placing after spinal cord contusion in rats. J Neurotrauma 12(3):388.

  Crowe MJ, Shuman SL, Masters JN, Bresnahan, JC and Beattie MS (1995) Morphological evidence suggesting apoptotic nuclei in spinal cord injury. Soc Neurosci Abstr 21:232.

  Crowe MJ, Shuman SL, Masters JN, Bresnahan, JC and Beattie MS (1995) Examination of traumatized spinal cord tissue for presence of apoptosis. J Neurotrauma 12(5):994.

  Shuman SL, Baghdoyan HA, and Lydic R (1994) G-protein mediation of state-dependent respiratory depression. Am J Resp and Critical Care Med 149(4): A308.

  Leonard TO, Gilbert KA, Shuman SL, and Lydic R (1993) Phasic respiratory events or rapid eye movement (REM) sleep are similar during the cholinergically-induced REM sleep-like state. Soc Neurosci Abstr 19:1402.

  Shuman SL, Bagdoyan HA, and Lydic R (1993) Manipulation of second messenger systems in the pontine reticular formation: effects on sleep and breathing. Soc Neurosci Abstr 19:1403.

PRESENTATIONS:
  Apoptosis of microglia and oligodendrocytes after spinal cord contusion in the rat. The Ohio State University; June 1999.

  Glial cell death after spinal cord injury in the rat. Neuroscience Seminar, The Ohio State University; April, 1999.

  Cell death after spinal cord injury: cell murder or suicide? Messiah College, Grantham, PA; March 1999.

  Loss of oligodendrocytes by apoptosis is extensive in regions of axonal degeneration following spinal cord injury. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA; November 1998.

  Oligodendrocyte apoptosis after spinal cord injury in the rat. 12th Annual Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University; April 1998.

  Microglia are involved in apoptosis of oligodendrocytes after spinal cord injury. Seventh International Neural Regeneration Symposium, Pacific Grove, CA; December 1997.

  Microglia are involved in apoptotic cell death of oligodendrocytes after spinal cord contusion. Neurotrauma Society Symposium, New Orleans, LA; October 1997.

  Oligodendrocytes undergo apoptosis following spinal cord contusion: time course and distribution. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA; October 1997.

  Apoptosis and spinal cord injury. Neuroscience Seminar, The Ohio State University; May 1997.

  Morphological evidence of glial involvement in apoptotic cell death following spinal cord contusion. 11th Annual Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University; April 1997.

  Morphological evidence of glial involvement in apoptosis after spinal cord injury. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington DC; November 1996.

  Morphological evidence suggesting apoptotic nuclei in spinal cord injury. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA; November 1995.

  Examination of traumatized spinal cord tissue for presence of apoptosis. Neurotrauma Society Symposium, San Diego, CA; November 1995.

  G-protein mediation of state-dependent respiratory depression. American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA; May 1994.

  Manipulation of second messenger systems in the pontine reticular formation: effects on sleep and breathing. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington DC; November 1993.

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