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email:avis@isr.umd.edu
phone:
301.405.0069 (office)
301.405.6909 (lab)
fax:301.314.9358
office:2230 Bio-Psych
graduate programs: Biology, NACS
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research focuses on systems: neural and genomic. I typically use computational and integrational methods to understand the relationship between the parts of the system. My neural systems research is a collaborative effort to put the lamprey back together again - that is, to use mathematical, physiological, behavioral, and biomechanical studies to understand how neural output is integrated with the properties and forces of the muscle, body and water to generate realistic swimming movement. In genomics, my focus is currently immune proteins of the sea urchin.

Recent Publications


A. H. Cohen, M. Abdelnabi, B. Bent, C. Coleman, L. Guan, A. Mitra, M. A. Ottinger, and L. Chakrabarti (2005) Changes in distribution of serotonin induced by spinal injury in larval lampreys: evidence from immunohistochemistry and HPLC. J. Neurotrauma, 22:172-88.

The Genome of the Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus(2006) G. M. Weinstock, R. A. Gibbs, E. Sodergren, E. H. Davidson, R. A. Cameron, The Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Consortium Science A.H. Cohen, ..., 314: 941-952.

D. L. Boothe, Cohen, A. H., Troyer, T. W. (2006) Temporalp pcorrelations in stochastic models of double bursting during simulated plocomotion. J. Neurophysiol. 95: 1556-1570.

Vogelstein, Etienne-Cummings, R.J, Thakor, N.V. and Cohen, A.H. (2006) Phase Dependent Effects of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Locomotor Activity, IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 14:257-65.

Hibino, T., Loza-Coll, M., Messier, C., Majeske, A.J., Cohen, A.H., David P. Terwilliger, D.P., Buckley, K.M., Brockton, V., Nair, S.V. Berney, K., Fugmannf, S.D., Anderson, M.K., Pancer, Z., Cameron, R. A., Smith, L.C., Rast,J.P. (2006) The immune gene repertoire encoded in the purple sea urchin genome. Developmental Biology 300:349.

R. J. Vogelstein, F. Tenore, R. Etienne-Cummings, M. A. Lewis, A. H. Cohen (2006) Dynamic control of the central pattern generator for locomotion, Biol. Cyber. 95:555-566.

H. Kimura, Y. Fukuoka and A. H. Cohen, (2006) Adaptive Dynamic Walking of a Quadruped Robot on Natural Ground Based on Biological Concepts, Int. J. of Robotics Research, 26:475-490.

S. Gelman, A. Ayali, E. D. Tytell, A. H. Cohen (2007) Larval lampreys possess a functional lateral line system. J. Comp. Physiol. A.193(2): 271-7.

H. Kimura, Y. Fukuoka and A. H. Cohen (2007) Biologically Inspired Adaptive Walking of a Quadruped Robot, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Vol.365, No.1850, pp.153-170.