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Christopher Blackwood Adjunct Professorial Lecturer Chemistry

Degrees
PhD, Cornell University - Biological and Biomedical Sciences

BS, Clark Atlanta University - Biology

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Partnerships & Affiliations


  • Member

  • Neuroscience Scholar Program (NSP)
    Associate Fellow

  • E.E. Just Postgraduate
    Associate Fellow

  • Society for Neuroscience
    Member

  • International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS)
    Member

  • International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
    Member

  • Ford Foundation
    Fellow

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

Published in peer-review journals

  • Blackwood C.A,McCoy M.T, Lendenheim B, Cadet J.L.听听Oxycodone self-administration activates the mitogen-activated protein kinase/ mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase (MAPK-MSK) signaling pathway in the rat dorsal striatum.听Scientific Reports, 2021
  • Salisbury A.J.,听Blackwood C.A, Cadet J.L.听Prolonged Withdrawal from Escalated Oxycodone is Associated with Increased Expression of Glutamate Receptors in the Rat Hippocampus.听Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020
  • BlackwoodC.A,Bailetti A,听NandiS, GridleyT, H茅bertJ.M.听听Notch顿辞蝉补驳别:听Jagged1haploinsufficiency is associated with reduced neuronal division and disruption of periglomerular interneurons.听Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology,听2020.听
  • Blackwood C.A,McCoy M.T, Lendenheim, Cadet J.L. Escalated Oxycodone Self-Administration and Punishment: Differential Expression of Opioid Receptors and Immediate Early Genes in the Rat Dorsal Striatum and Prefrontal Cortex.听Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020
  • Blackwood C.A,Leary M, Salisbury A, McCoy M.T, Cadet JL Escalated oxycodone self-administration causes differential striatal mRNA expression of FGFs and IEGs following abstinence-associated incubation of oxycodone seeking.听Neuroscience, 2019听
  • Blackwood C.A.Quantitative approach to numbers and sizes: Generation of primary neurospheres from the dorsal lateral ganglionic eminence of late embryonic mice.听F1000Research, 2019.
  • Blackwood C.A.Jagged1is essential for maintaining radial glial cells in the cortical ventricular zone.听Neuroscience, 2019听
  • Blackwood C.A,Hoerle R, Leary M, Schroeder J, Job M.O, McCoy M.T, Ladenheim B, Jayanthi S, and Cadet J.L.听Molecular adaptations in the rat dorsal striatum and hippocampus following abstinence-induced incubation of drug seeking after escalated oxycodone self-administration.听Molecular Neurobiology, 2019
  • NandiS, GutinG.,听BlackwoodC.A, KamatkarN.G, LeeK.W, WangF, FishellG, GoldfarbM,听H茅bert,J.M.FGF-Dependent, Context-Driven Role for FRS Adapters in the Early Telencephalon.Journal of Neuroscience, 2017
  • Lopez-Jimenez ND, Sainz E, Cavenagh MM, Cruz-Ithier MA,听Blackwood C.A, Battey JF, Sullivan SL. Two novel genes,听Gpr113, which encodes a family 2 G-protein-coupled receptors, and听Trcg1, are selectively expressed in taste receptor cells.听Genomics, 2005

Published conference and dissertation papers

  • Cadet JL and听Blackwood C.A. Expression of striatal fibroblast growth factors in rats after escalated oxycodone self-administration.听听Biological Psychiatry, 2019
  • Cadet JL and听Blackwood C.A. Mimicking oxycodone use disorder with footshock punishment as adverse consequences:听Role of IEGs in the rat striatum and prefrontal cortex.听Biological Psychiatry, 2020听Blackwood, C.A.听
  • Blackwood C.A. The role of Jagged1 in the subventricular zone during late embryonic development,听Dissertation,Cornell University, 2014
  • Faria AC,听Blackwood C.A, Hokoc JN. The expression of amyloidal precursor protein in retina tissue possesses a novel location to study Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, Dissertation, University of Rio de Janiero, 2000

Grants and Sponsored Research

  • NIDA Intramural Research Training Awards (IRTA) Fellowship,听2017-2020听听
  • IRACDA-BETTR(K12)Fellowship(5K12GM102779-06), 听2014-2017
  • 狈搁厂础(狈滨贬)贵31贵别濒濒辞飞蝉丑颈辫(叠濒补肠办飞辞辞诲,笔滨)(5贵31顿颁011709-03)($75,000),听2011-2013
  • Cornell University Provost Diversity Fellowship,听2011-2012
  • Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship听($21,000),听2011-2012
  • NIHPre-IRTA Fellowship,听2003-2006
  • Fogarty Minority International Research Training Fellowship,听2000听听听听听听听听听听
  • Minority Access to ResearchCareers(MARC)听Fellowship,听1999-2001

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • EE Just Postgraduate Fellowship in Life Science (Associate),听2020
  • Neuroscience Scholar Program (NSP) (Associated) Fellow,听2019
  • Biomedical Science Careers Conference Travel Award,听2018
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) / UNCF Travel Award,听2018
  • NIH Postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Fellowship,听2014-2017
  • Institutional Research and Academic Career Development (IRACDA) Travel Award,听2017
  • Future Faculty Workshop Travel Award, University of Delaware/Hampton University,听2016
  • The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Travel Award, Puerto Rico,听2014听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
  • University of California San Francisco (UCSF) 鈥淧ostDoc Bootcamp鈥 Award,听2011
  • First Place Abstract Poster Award, Pharmacology Poster Day, Cornell University,听2010
  • State University of New York (SUNY) Diversity Fellowship,听2007-2009
  • First Place Abstract Acre of Diamonds Award, Temple University,听2004
  • Clark Atlanta University Institutional Scholarship,听2000-2001
  • Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) U*STAR Fellowship,听1999-2001
  • United Negro College Fund (UNCF)/Bristol-Myers Scholarship,听1998-2001
  • Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Scholarship,听1996-1997
  • Abyssinian Baptist Church Book Scholarship (Harlem),听1997
  • Cornell University Summer Honors Program Scholarship,听1996