Matthew Tate MD, PhD
Expected Graduation Date: 2013
Education, Training, and Previous Positions
- 1998: BS, Louisiana Tech University
2002: PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
2006: MD, Emory University
Professional Memberships
Biomedical Engineering Society
American Association of Neurological Sugeons
Society for Neuro-Oncology
American College of Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Selected Honors and Awards
- 1994-1998: National Merit Scholarship, Louisiana Tech University
1997-1998: ERI Scholarship Award
1998: Cenzig Topakoglu Scholarship, Outstanding Undergraduate in Biomedical Engineering
1998: Summa Cum Laude, Louisiana Tech University
1998-2002: Graduate Research Assistantship, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University
2000-2001: Petit Institute George Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology
2001: Student Award, Honorable Mention, Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting
2001: Student Award, Winner, 8th Annual Conference of the American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair
2001: Eli Lilly Graduate Student Award, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
2005: Student Award, Winner, 9th International Conference on Neural Transplantation and Repair
2005-2006: Joseph B. Whitehead Surgical Scholarship, Emory University
Selected Recent Publications
Tate MC, Banerjee A, Vandenberg SR, Tihan T, Chi JH, Ames CP, Parsa AT. Post-radiation reactive changes in a single vertebral body mimicking metastatic pineoblastoma [published online ahead of print October 20, 2009]. J Neurosurg Pediatr. doi: 10.3171/2009.6.PEDS0926.
Tate MC, Aghi MK. Biology of angiogenesis and invasion in glioma [review]. Neurotherapeutics 2009;6(3):447-57.
Tate CC, Shear DA, Tate MC, Archer DR, Stein DG, Laplaca MC. Laminin and fibronectin scaffolds enhance neural stem cell transplantation into the injured brain. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2009;3(3):208-217.
Tate CC, Tate MC, LaPlaca MC. Fibronectin and laminin increase in the mouse brain after controlled cortical impact injury. J Neurotrauma 2007;24(1):226-30.
Tate MC, Garcia AJ, Keselowsky BG, Schumm MA, Archer DR, LaPlaca MC. Specific beta1 integrins mediate adhesion, migration, and differentiation of neural progenitors derived from the embryonic striatum. Mol Cell Neurosci 2004;27(1):22-31.
Shear DA, Tate MC, Archer DR, Hoffman SW, Hulce VD, Laplaca MC, Stein DG. Neural progenitor cell transplants promote long-term functional recovery after traumatic brain injury. Brain Res 2004;1026(1):11-22.
Tate MC, Shear DA, Hoffman SW, Stein DG, Archer DR, LaPlaca MC. Fibronectin promotes survival and migration of primary neural stem cells transplanted into the traumatically injured mouse brain. Cell Transplant 2002;11(3):283-95.
Tate MC, Shear DA, Hoffman SW, Stein DG, LaPlaca MC. Biocompatibility of methylcellulose-based constructs designed for intracerebral gelation following experimental traumatic brain injury. Biomaterials 2001;22(10):1113-23.
Mavromatis K, Fukai T, Tate M, Chesler N, Ku DN, Galis ZS. Early effects of arterial hemodynamic conditions on human saphenous veins perfused ex vivo. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000;20(8):1889-95.