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Christopher Blackwood Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | CHEM | 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.Oxycodone self-administration activates the mitogen-activated protein kinase/ mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase (MAPK-MSK) signaling pathway in the rat dorsal striatum.Scientific Reports, 2021
  • Salisbury A.J.,Blackwood C.A, Cadet J.L.Prolonged Withdrawal from Escalated Oxycodone is Associated with Increased Expression of Glutamate Receptors in the Rat Hippocampus.Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020
  • BlackwoodC.A,Bailetti A,NandiS, GridleyT, HébertJ.M.NotchٴDz:Jagged1haploinsufficiency is associated with reduced neuronal division and disruption of periglomerular interneurons.Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology,2020.
  • 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.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.Neuroscience, 2019
  • Blackwood C.A.Quantitative approach to numbers and sizes: Generation of primary neurospheres from the dorsal lateral ganglionic eminence of late embryonic mice.F1000Research, 2019.
  • Blackwood C.A.Jagged1is essential for maintaining radial glial cells in the cortical ventricular zone.Neuroscience, 2019
  • Blackwood C.A,Hoerle R, Leary M, Schroeder J, Job M.O, McCoy M.T, Ladenheim B, Jayanthi S, and Cadet J.L.Molecular adaptations in the rat dorsal striatum and hippocampus following abstinence-induced incubation of drug seeking after escalated oxycodone self-administration.Molecular Neurobiology, 2019
  • NandiS, GutinG.,BlackwoodC.A, KamatkarN.G, LeeK.W, WangF, FishellG, GoldfarbM,Hébert,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,Blackwood C.A, Battey JF, Sullivan SL. Two novel genes,Gpr113, which encodes a family 2 G-protein-coupled receptors, andTrcg1, are selectively expressed in taste receptor cells.Genomics, 2005

Published conference and dissertation papers

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

Grants and Sponsored Research

  • NIDA Intramural Research Training Awards (IRTA) Fellowship,2017-2020
  • IRACDA-BETTR(K12)Fellowship(5K12GM102779-06), 2014-2017
  • 鳧()31Ƿɲ󾱱(ɴǴǻ,ʱ)(531ٰ011709-03)($75,000),2011-2013
  • Cornell University Provost Diversity Fellowship,2011-2012
  • Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship($21,000),2011-2012
  • NIHPre-IRTA Fellowship,2003-2006
  • Fogarty Minority International Research Training Fellowship,2000
  • Minority Access to ResearchCareers(MARC)Fellowship,1999-2001

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

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