Derek van der Kooy, PhD

Professor
Department of Medical Genetics & Microbiology
University of Toronto

Keywords: Neurobiology, brain development, stem cell biology, addiction, motivation, learning, memory

Research interests

  • Development & Stem Cell Biology: from totipotent embryonic stem (blastocyst) cells to neural stem cells to more restricted neural progenitor cells that make neurons and glia

  • The neurobiology of motivation

  • Genes involved in Learning and Memory

Publications
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Contact Information
Email: derek.van.der.kooy@utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978-1960
Fax: (416) 978-2666

Links
View Dr. van der Kooy’s profile on the UofT website
Visit the van der Kooy lab website

Derek van der Kooy, PhD