Garcia Marin, Virginia
Assistant Professor
Biology
Phone: 718-262-3822
Office Location: AC-4E07
vgarciamarin@york.cuny.edu
Office Hours | |
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Tuesday | 10-12 |
Wednesday | 10-11 |
Education
Degree | Institution | Field | Dates |
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MS | New York University | Clinical Research | 2019 |
PhD | Complutense University of Madrid | Neuroscience | 2006 |
BS | Complutense University of Madrid | Biology | 2000 |
Areas of Expertise
- Neuroscience, neuroanatomy, history of neuroscience and clinical research
Books in Field Of Expertise
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Articles in Field Of Expertise
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Michael Hawken, Robert Shapley, Anita Disney, Andrew Henrie, Christopher Henry, Virginia Garcia-Marin, Elizabeth Johnson, Siddhartha Joshi, Jenna Kelly, Dario Ringach, and Dajun Xing. "Functional clusters of neurons in layer 6 of macaque V1." Journal of Neuroscience. 40 2020: 2445-2457.
García-Marín V, Kelly JG, MJ Hawken. "Dominant feedforward thalamic input into layer 4C of primary visual cortex in primate." Cereb Cortex.. 29 2019: 134-149.
Kelly JG, García-Marín V, Rudy B, Hawken MJ.. "Densities and Laminar Distributions of Kv3.1b-, PV-, GABA-, and SMI-32-Immunoreactive Neurons in Macaque Area V1.." Cereb Cortex.. 29 2018: 1921-1937.
Christopher Shooner, Luke Hallum, Romesh Kumbhani, Virginia Garcia-Marin, Jenna Kelly, Najib Majaj, J. Movshon, and Lynne Kiorpes. "Asymmetric dichoptic masking in visual cortex of amblyopic macaque monkeys." J Neurosci.. 37 2017: 8734-8741.
Luke E Hallum, Christopher Shooner, Romesh D Kumbhani, Jenna G Kelly, Virginia García-Marín, Najib J Majaj, J Anthony Movshon, Lynne Kiorpes. "Altered balance of receptive field excitation and suppression in visual cortex of amblyopic macaque monkeys." Journal of Neuroscience. 37 2017: 8216-8226.
Christopher Shooner, Luke E Hallum, Romesh D Kumbhani, Corey M Ziemba, Virginia Garcia-Marin, Jenna G Kelly, Najib J Majaj, J Anthony Movshon, Lynne Kiorpes. "Population representation of visual information in areas V1 and V2 of amblyopic macaques." Vision research. 114 2015: 56-67.
García-Marín V, Sandiang M and Hawken M.. "Reduced Density of Geniculocortical Terminals in Foveal Layer 4A in the Macaque Primary Visual Cortex: Relationship to S-cone Density.." Brain Structure and Function. 220 2014: 2783-96.
García-Marín V, Ahmed T. Azfal Y and Hawken M.. "Distribution of Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 2 (VGlut2) in Primary Visual Cortex of the Macaque and Human." Journal of Comparative Neurology. 521 2013: 130-151.
Blazquez-Llorca L, Garcia-Marin V, Merino-Serrais P, Avila J and DeFelipe J.. "Abnormal phosphorylation of tau in thorny excrescences of CA3 hippocampal neurons in Alzheimer’s disease patients.." Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 26 2011: 683-698.
García-López P, García-Marín V, and Freire M.. "The histological slides and drawings of the Cajal Museum." Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 4 2010: 9. doi: 10.3389/neuro.05.009.2010.
García-López P, García-Marín V, Martinez-Murillo R, and Freire M.. "Cajal’s achievements in the field of the development of dendritic arbors.." International Journal of Developmental Biology. 54 2010: 1405-1417.
Blazquez-Llorca L, Garcia-Marin V, and DeFelipe J. "Pericellular innervation of neurons expressing abnormally hyperphosphoryolated tau in the hippocampal formation of Alzheimer’s disease patients." Frontiers in Neuroanatomy,. 4 2010: 20. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2010.00020.
García-Marín V, Blazquez-Llorca L, Rodriguez JR, Gonzalez-Soriano J and DeFelipe J. "Differential distribution of neurons in the gyral white matter of the human cerebral cortex.." Journal of Comparative Neurology. 518 2010: 4740-4759.
Blazquez-Llorca L, Garcia-Marin V, and DeFelipe J.. "GABAergic complex basket formations in the human neocortex." Journal of Comparative Neurology. 518 2010: 4917-4937.
García-López P, García-Marín V, and Freire M.. "Dendritic Spines and development: Towards a unifying model of spinogenesis –A present day review of Cajal’s histological slides and drawings." Neural Plasticity.. 2010: doi:10.1155/2010/769207.
García-Marín V, Blazquez-Llorca L, Rodriguez JR, Ferrer I, Boluda S, Santpere G and DeFelipe J. "Diminished perisomatic GABAergic terminals on cortical neurons adjacent to amyloid plaques." Frontiers in Neuroanatomy,. 3 2009: 28. doi:10.3389/neuro.05.028.2009.
Garcia-Lopez P, Garcia-Marin V, Martinez-Murillo R, Freire M,. "Updating old ideas and recent advances regarding the Interstitial Cells of Cajal." Brain Research Reviews. 61 2009: 154-169.
García-Marín V, García-López P. and Freire M.. "The growth cone as seen through Cajal´s original histological preparations and publications.." Journal of History of Neuroscicence. 18 2009: 197-210.
García-Marín V, García-López P. and Freire M. "Cajal´s contributions to the study of Alzheimer´s Disease." Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 12 2007: 161-174.
García-López P, García-MarínV, and Freire M.. "The discovery of dendritic spines by Cajal in 1888 and its relevance in present-day neuroscience.." Progress in Neurobiology. 83 2007: 110-130.
García-Marín V, García-López P and Freire M. "Cajal´s contributions to glia research." Trend in Neuroscience. 30 2007: 479-487.
García-López P, García-Marín V, and Freire M.. "3D reconstruction of cerebral cortex pyramidal cell of a Cajal histological preparation." Journal of Neuroscience. 26 2006: 11249-11525.
Martínez A, Marín VG, Ramón y Cajal Junquera S, Martínez-Murillo R and Freire M. "The contributions of Santiago Ramón y Cajal to cancer research – 100 years on." Nature Reviews Cancer. 5 2005: 904-909.
Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances
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" Keynote Speaker in Opening Ceremony of Science Day at Hostos. Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, CUNY " 11/13/2018: .
" Organization of the LGN thalamic afferents into primary visual cortex in human and macaque monkey V1. Biology Colloquium, City College of New York, CUNY " 12/05/2016: .
" Alterations in the pericellular synaptic innervation of neurons in contact with plaques. Society for Neuroscience. Chicago, IL, USA " 10/21/2009: .
" . Cajal also study Alzheimer Disease. The Legacy of Cajal. Chesnut Hill College, School of Undergraduate Studies, Philadelphia, USA, PA " 10/05/2006: .
" Cajal and his studies about Alzheimer Disease. School of Anatomy and Human Biology, Univ. Western Australia, Perth, Australia " 08/2006: .
Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships
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Grants-In-Aid
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Department of Defense-Air Force Office of Scientific Research, ‘Superresolution confocal microscopy for research on the central nervous system: cortical circuit organization and neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells in glaucoma. 2020 (pending): $313,096.
NIH Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Research Continuance Award (SC3), Understanding the microcircuits in monkey sensory cortices: a connectomic approach. 2020 (pending): $363,386.
PSC-CUNY, UNCOVERING SPECIFIC CELL TYPES IN HUMAN AND MACAQUE VISUAL CORTEX. 2019 (pending): $6,000.
NIH R01 (Co-PI), Understanding the microcircuits in visual cortex of human and macaque: a connectomic analysis of V1 and V2. 2019 (pending): $2,081,427.
CUNY-JFRASE, CHARATERIZING AUDITORY AND SOMATOSENSORY INPUT IN MACAQUE BRAIN. 2019 (pending): $50,000.
NARSAD Young Investigator Grant, Brain& Behavior Research Foundation, Dissecting the Human Magnocellular Visual Pathway in perceptual disorders. 2015-2016: $61,000.
NIH R21 exploratory Grant (Postdoc), The Canonical Cortical Microcircuit: an Ultrastructural Re-examination. 2014-2016: $446,981.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Spanish Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, . 2011-2012: .
Travel grant, 12th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, . 2008: .
Universidad Complutense of Madrid Dean Grant, . 2002-2004: .