Dr Lena Constantin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Queensland Brain Institute

+61 7 334 69873

l.constantin@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

I am a biomedical research scientist with over ten years of laboratory experience in molecular genetics and neurobiology. My research interests are in the development and function of the cerebellum. Currently I am investigating the link between cerebellar dysfunction and autism spectrum disorder. This research is funded by consecutive grants from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative.

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (4)

Thesis (1)

Book Chapter

Constantin, Lena (2018). Circular RNAs and neuronal development. In Junjie Xiao (Ed.), Circular RNAs: biogenesis and functions (pp. 205-213) Singapore: Springer . doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1426-1_16

Journal Articles

Nelson, Caroline N., List, Edward O., Ieremia, Makerita, Constantin, Lena, Chhabra, Yash, Kopchick, John J. and Waters, Michael J. (2018) Growth hormone activated STAT5 is required for induction of beige fat in vivo. Growth Hormone & IGF Research, 42-43 40-51. doi:10.1016/j.ghir.2018.08.004

Constantin, Lena (2017) The role of microRNAs in cerebellar development and autism spectrum disorder during embryogenesis. Molecular Neurobiology, 54 9: 6944-6959. doi:10.1007/s12035-016-0220-9

Constantin, Lena, Myrna Constantin and Wainwright, Brandon J. (2016) MicroRNA biogenesis and hedgehog-patched signaling cooperate to regulate an important developmental transition in granule cell development. Genetics, 202 3: 1105-1118.doi:10.1534/genetics.115.184176

Constantin, Lena and Wainwright, Brandon J. (2015) MicroRNAs promote granule cell expansion in the cerebellum through Gli2. Cerebellum, 14 6: 688-698.doi:10.1007/s12311-015-0672-x

Thesis

Constantin, Lena (2011). The Role of Dicer in Cerebellar Development and Hedgehog-Mediated Medulloblastoma PhD Thesis, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland.