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Barbara Germin, M.D.

Instructor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Neuropathology
Neural Precursor Cells

URMC Labs
601 Elmwood Ave., Rm 1-6429
Rochester, NY 14642-8626
Tel: (585) 273-4581
Fax: (585) 273-1027

Barbara_Germin@urmc.rochester.edu

Dr. Germin's particular interests include neural stem cells and the biology of CNS tumors, especially tumors of the pineal gland.

Qualifications and Professional Activities

M.D., University of Saskatchewan 1981
Rotating Internship, Saskatoon City Hospital 1981-82
Surgical Residency, University of Saskatchewan 1982-85
Pathology Residency, Anatomic and Neuropathology, University of Rochester 2000-04

Research Overview

Dr. Germin has been recently working on the induction of neural precursor cells in the adult primate brain with the Steven Goldman laboratory.

Publications

Germin BI, Powers JM, Han R, Vella S. Neuropathologic correlation with clinical presentation in a patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Libman-Sacks Endocarditis. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, Vol. 31, No. 4, November 2004.

Germin BI, Powers JM, Anandarajah A, Richfield EK. Demyelinating Myelopathy associated with Sjogren's syndrome/systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE). The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, Vol. 30, No. 4, November 2003.

Germin BI, Powers JM. A fatal Bickerstaff-like disease in a patient with AIDS. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, Vol. 62, No. 5, May 2003:117.

Ryan CK, Johnson LA, Germin BI, Marcos A. One hundred consecutive hepatic biopsies in the workup of living donors for right lobe liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2002 Dec;8(12):1114-22.