Dr. Carmen Panaitof

Assistant Professor
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Dr. Carmen Panaitof

Assistant Professor

Chemical & Biological Sciences

Ward Beecher Hall 4020

phone: (330) 941-2895

scpanaitof@ysu.edu

  • Education

    • 2006

      Ph D, Zoology

      University of New Hampshire

    • 1999

      MS, Neurobiology

      University of Bucharest, Romania

    • 1997

      BS, Biology

      University of Bucharest, Romania

  • Awards and Honors

    • 2008

      The Foundation for Psychocultural Research

      Fellowship

    • 2006

      Autism Speaks

      Fellowship

  • Professional Positions

    • 2010 - 2011

      USC

      Posdtoctoral Research Associate

    • 2006 - 2010

      UCLA

      Posdoctoral Fellow

  • Intellectual Contributions

    • 2017

      "Netrin1 produced by neural progenitors, not floor plate cells, is required for axon guidance in the spinal cord."

      S. Varadarajan, J. Kong, K. Phan, T. Kao, S. Panaitof, J. Cardin, H. Eltzschig, A. Kania, B. Novitch, S. Butler

      Neuron, volume 94, issue 4, p. 790-799

    • 2016

      "Biparental behavior in the burying beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis: a role for dopamine?"

      S. Panaitof, J. Yaeger, J. Speer, K. Renner

      Current Zoology, volume 62, issue 3, p. 285-291

    • 2012

      "A songbird animal model for dissecting the genetic bases of autism spectrum disorder."

      S. Panaitof

      Disease Markers, volume 33, issue 5, p. 241-249

    • 2010

      "Language-related Cntnap2 gene is differentially expressed in sexually dimorphic song nuclei essential for vocal learning in songbirds."

      S. Panaitof, B. Abrahams, H. Dong, D. Geschwind, S. White

      Journal of Comparative Neurology, volume 518, issue 11, p. 1995-2018

    • 2006

      "Effect of juvenile hormone on vitellogenin gene expression in the fat body of burying beetles, Nicrophorus orbicollis."

      S. Panaitof, M. Scott

      Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, volume 63, issue 2, p. 82-91

    • 2005

      "Quantification of vitellogenin-mRNA during maturation and breeding of a burying beetle."

      M. Scott, S. Panaitof, K. Carleton

      Journal of Insect Physiology, volume 51, issue 3, p. 323-331

    • 2004

      "Social stimuli affect juvenile hormone in biparental burying beetles (Silphidae:Nicrophorus)."

      M. Scott, S. Panaitof

      Hormones and Behavior, volume 45, issue 3, p. 159-167

    • 2004

      "Plasticity in juvenile hormone in male burying beetles during breeding: physiological consequences of the loss of a mate."

      S. Panaitof, M. Scott, D. Borst

      Journal of Insect Physiology, volume 50, issue 8, p. 715-724

  • Professional Service

    • 2021 - present

      Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
      PLOS One

  • Public Service

    • 2024 - 2024

      Judge
      Lake to River District Science Day

    • 2023 - 2023

      Judge
      Choose Ohio First Regional Symposium

    • 2022 - 2022

      Judge
      Buckeye Science and Engineering Fair

    • 2022 - present

      Judge
      Ohio Academy of Science District Science Day

    • 2021 - 2021

      Judge
      Ohio Academy of Science District Science Day