Eng H. Lo, Ph.D.
Neuroscience Center at Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital – East
Building 149
13th Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

Telephone: 617-726-4043
Email: Lo@helix.mgh.harvard.edu

BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Lo received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Yale, his Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of California Berkeley, and completed his postdoctoral training in neuroscience at Stanford. He moved to MGH in 1991, and is currently the Head of the Neuroprotection Research Lab, and Professor of Neuroscience in Harvard Medical School.

RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
The MGH Neuroprotection Research Lab uses in vitro and in vivo models to investigate the molecular mechanisms that underlie cell death after stroke and trauma, and assess novel strategies for neuroprotection. Our tools comprise a combination of in vivo imaging, pharmacology, and molecular cell biology. We seek to understand how perturbations in cell-cell and cell-matrix signaling mediate neurovascular dysfunction in brain injury and neurodegeneration.
As part of the HMS Program in Neuroscience, our lab welcomes PhD candidates who are interested in the neurobiology of disease.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
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1. Wang X, Lee SR, Arai K, Lee SR, Tsuji K, Rebeck GW, Lo EH._Lipoprotein receptor-mediated induction of matrix metalloproteinase by_tissue plasminogen activator. Nature Med 9:1313-1317, 2003.

2. Lo EH, Dalkara T, Moskowitz MA. Mechanisms, challenges and_opportunities in stroke. Nat Rev Neurosci 4:399-415, 2003.

3. Lee SR, Tsuji K, Lee SR, Lo EH. Role of matrix metalloproteinases in_delayed neuronal damage after transient global cerebral ischemia. J_Neurosci 24:671-678, 2004.

4. van Leyen K, Siddiq A, Ratan RR, Lo EH. Proteasome inhibition protects HT22 neuronal cells from oxidative glutamate toxicity. J Neurochem. 2005 Feb;92(4):824-30.

5. Lee SR, Kim HY, Rogowska J, Zhao BQ, Bhide P, Parent JM, Lo EH. Involvement of matrix metalloproteinase in neuroblast cell migration from the subventricular zone after stroke. J Neurosci 26:3491-3495, 2006.

6:  Zhao BQ, Wang S, Kim HY, Storrie H, Rosen BR, Mooney DJ, Wang X, Lo EH. Role of matrix metalloproteinases in delayed cortical responses after stroke. Nature Med 12:441-445, 2006.

7. Guo S, Wang S, Kim WJ, Lee SR, Frosch MP, Bacskai BJ, Greenberg SM, Lo EH. Effects of apoE isoforms on beta-amyloid-induced matrix metalloproteinase-9 in rat astrocytes. Brain Res. 2006 Aug 16; [Epub ahead of print].