Ulrich Hengst
Associate Professor
Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University
United States of America
Biography
Ulrich Hengst, is a Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, with research interests focuses on the role of intra-axonal mRNA translation in development and neurodegenerative disorders. He was awarded Ph.D degree from University of Basel. New York Medical College."
Research Interest
Neurology
Publications
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Hengst U, Deglincerti A, Kim HJ, Jeon NL, Jaffrey SR (2009)Axonal elongation triggered by stimulus-induced local translation of a polarity complex protein. Nat Cell Biol 11:1024-1030.
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Walker BA, Hengst U, Kim HJ, Jeon NL, Schmidt EF,et al.(2012) Reprogramming axonal behavior by axon-specific viral transduction.Gene Ther 19:947-955.