Barbara Lorber (barbara.lorber@childrens.harvard.edu)

Education
1999-2000 ERASMUS program at King's College London, United Kingdom (UK), to study neuroscience and participate in a research project at the Centre for Neuroscience Research
2000 M.S., Biology (with honors; specialization in Neuroscience), University of Vienna, Austria
2004 Ph.D., Medicine (Molecular Neuroscience), University of Birmingham, UK

Professional Positions
2004-2005: Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine (Molecular Neuroscience Group), University of Birmingham, UK
2005-Present: Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Benowitz Lab, Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Publications

• Lorber B, Berry M, Logan A, Tonge D (2002) Effect of lens lesion on neurite outgrowth of retinal ganglion cells in vitro. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 21: 301-311.
• Lorber B, Berry M, Hendriks W, den Hertog J, Pulido R, Logan A (2004) Stimulated regeneration of the crushed adult rat optic nerve correlates with attenuated expression of the protein tyrosine phosphatases RPTP alpha, STEP and LAR. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 27: 404-416.
• Lorber B, Berry M, Logan A (2005a) Lens injury stimulates adult mouse retinal ganglion cell axon regeneration via both macrophage- and lens-derived factors. Short Communication. European Journal of Neuroscience 21: 2029-2034.
• Lorber B, Hendriks W, Van der Zee C, Berry M, Logan A (2005b) Effects of LAR and PTP-BL phosphatase deficiency on adult mouse retinal cells activated by lens injury. European Journal of Neuroscience, 21: 2375-2383.
• Yin Y, Henzl MT, Lorber B, Nakazawa T, Thomas TT, Jiang F, Langer R, Benowitz LI (2006) Oncomodulin is a macrophage-derived signal for axon regeneration in retinal ganglion cells. Nature Neuroscience, 9: 843-852.
• Lorber B (2006) Role of NG2 in development and regeneration. Short Review. Journal of Neuroscience, in press.

Conference Proceedings

• Lorber B, Tonge D, Baird A, Logan A, Berry M (2001) The effects of lens trauma on neurite regeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) in vitro. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, November, 2001
• British Neuroscience Association Meeting; Harrogate, UK, April, 2003
• Austrian Neuroscience Association Meeting; Vienna, Austria, July, 2003
• Lorber B, Berry M, Logan A (2003) Retinal ganglion cell axon regeneration is induced by lens injury and peripheral nerve implantation in the adult mouse in vitro and in vivo. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, November, 2003
• Lorber B, Berry M, Hendriks W, Pulido R, den Hertog J, Logan A (2003) Attenuated expression of the protein tyrosine phosphatases LAR, STEP and PTPα correlates with axon regeneration in the optic nerve of adult rats. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, November, 2003
• Lorber B, Berry M, Logan A (2005) Different factors promote axonal regeneration of adult rat retinal ganglion cells after lens injury and intravitreal peripheral nerve grafting. British Neuroscience Association Meeting, Brighton, UK, April, 2005

Grants Awarded
2003: Travel grants to attend the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2003. Awarded by the Scientific projects committee of the University of Birmingham, UK, BRAIN and the Society for Endocrinology.
September 2004: EU Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship
November 2004: Faculty Research Grant (Scientific Projects Committee, University of Birmingham, UK)
December 2004: Value in People Fellowship Bridging Award (The Wellcome Trust, UK)

Collaborations
2001-2004: FP5 European Union (EU) Biomed Research Training Network (RTN). Project title: “The role of protein tyrosine phosphatases in the development and repair of the vertebrate nervous system”.
Seven European groups took part in this network and presentations were given at the following meetings:

• May 2001, London, UK
• December 2001, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• October 2002, Munich, Germany
• March 2003, Valencia, Spain
• December 2003, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• May 2004, London, UK

2003: Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Externship in a Dutch RTN partner laboratory to undertake functional studies on the CNS regeneration of protein tyrosine phosphatase transgenic mice.

Teaching Experience
1999: Tutor in the “Animal Physiological Practical”, Institute of Physiology and Zoology, University of Vienna, Austria.

Professional Societies
Austrian Neuroscience Association
British Neuroscience Association