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Dr. Rao is a world leader in glial stem cell biology and serves as Chief Scientific Consultant. Dr. Rao received his M.D. from Bombay University in India, his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, and did his postdoctoral studies at Case Western Reserve University. From 1994 to May 2001, he was a professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine, where his research focused on stem cells of the central nervous system. Dr. Rao served as stem cell section chief in the Laboratory of Neuroscience at NIH’s National Institute of Aging until October 2005, and joined Invitrogen as head of stem cell research in 2006. He was also a member of the Biological Response Modifiers Committee (BRMC) that plays an advisory role to the FDA on cell-based therapies. Dr. Rao currently is Vice President of Stem Cell Research at Invitrogen, Inc | 