Abstract

The technical services part of the Administrative Core is located on the 5th floor of the MRRC (200 sq. ft.) in the new Neuroscience Building. It contains a wide variety of electronic testing equipment as well as several shop items (drill press, band saws, etc.). It is staffed by one full-time electronics/shop technician, Anthony Valdez. Valdez has considerable skills in both electronics and construction and repair of mechanical items. Valdez used to be a full-time University employee who worked for the MRRC for over 15 years. In 1992, Valdez retired under the University's incentive retirement plan and opened his own electronics/machine shop business, Val-Tech. Since this business was opened, the MRRC has contracted with Val-Tech to provide for the necessary technical services the Core needs. Thus, we have been using this company for over 12 years and we have found that the services provided meet our needs in a cost effective and efficient manner. Valdez as head of Val-Tech manages daily operation. He is responsible for the scheduling, and maintaining the equipment and supplies.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
5P30HD004612-39
Application #
7904266
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2009-07-01
Budget End
2010-06-30
Support Year
39
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$534,133
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of California Los Angeles
Department
Type
DUNS #
092530369
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90095

  Publications

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Yvone, Griselda M; Zhao-Fleming, Hannah H; Udeochu, Joe C et al. (2017) Disabled-1 dorsal horn spinal cord neurons co-express Lmx1b and function in nociceptive circuits. Eur J Neurosci 45:733-747
Krityakiarana, Warin; Zhao, Paul M; Nguyen, Kevin et al. (2016) Proof-of Concept that an Acute Trophic Factors Intervention After Spinal Cord Injury Provides an Adequate Niche for Neuroprotection, Recruitment of Nestin-Expressing Progenitors and Regeneration. Neurochem Res 41:431-49
Espinosa-Jeffrey, Araceli; Blanchi, Bruno; Biancotti, Juan Carlos et al. (2016) Efficient Generation of Viral and Integration-Free Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Oligodendrocytes. Curr Protoc Stem Cell Biol 38:2D.18.1-2D.18.27
Condro, Michael C; Matynia, Anna; Foster, Nicholas N et al. (2016) High-resolution characterization of a PACAP-EGFP transgenic mouse model for mapping PACAP-expressing neurons. J Comp Neurol 524:3827-3848
Espinosa-Jeffrey, Araceli; Nguyen, Kevin; Kumar, Shalini et al. (2016) Simulated microgravity enhances oligodendrocyte mitochondrial function and lipid metabolism. J Neurosci Res 94:1434-1450
Krityakiarana, Warin; Zhao, Paul M; Nguyen, Kevin et al. (2016) Erratum to: Proof-of Concept that an Acute Trophic Factors Intervention After Spinal Cord Injury Provides an Adequate Niche for Neuroprotection, Recruitment of Nestin-Expressing Progenitors and Regeneration. Neurochem Res 41:1844
Abad, Catalina; Jayaram, Bhavaani; Becquet, Laurine et al. (2016) VPAC1 receptor (Vipr1)-deficient mice exhibit ameliorated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, with specific deficits in the effector stage. J Neuroinflammation 13:169
Khankan, Rana R; Griffis, Khris G; Haggerty-Skeans, James R et al. (2016) Olfactory Ensheathing Cell Transplantation after a Complete Spinal Cord Transection Mediates Neuroprotective and Immunomodulatory Mechanisms to Facilitate Regeneration. J Neurosci 36:6269-86

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