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

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2017

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

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

    • 2016

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

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

    • 2012

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

      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."

      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."

      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."

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

    • 2004

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

      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."

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

  • Professional Service
    • 2021 - present

      Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
      PLOS One

  • Public Service
    • 2023 - 2023

      Judge
      Choose Ohio First Regional Symposium
      Youngstown, OH

    • 2022 - 2022

      Judge
      Buckeye Science and Engineering Fair
      Virtual, OH

    • 2022 - present

      Judge
      Ohio Academy of Science District Science Day
      Virtual, OH

    • 2021 - 2021

      Judge
      Ohio Academy of Science District Science Day
      Virtual, OH