Taasin Srivastava, Ph.D. is a research assistant professor in the department of pediatrics. He completed undergraduate studies in zoology and a master’s degree in Biochemistry at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in India. He earned his Ph.D. in neurobiology at the University of Arkansas with Angnus MacNicol studying CPEB1-mediated signaling pathways initiated by NGF that regulated neuronal RNA translation. He pursued postdoctoral studies with Tom Soderling at the Vollum Institute where he defined roles of CaMK I in the regulation of mRNA translation in hippocampal neurons. He pursued additional postdoctoral studies in the Back lab where he identified novel forms of hyaluronan that block oligodendrocyte progenitor maturation in the newborn and adult brain. He is now pursuing studies to defining signaling mechanisms mediated by the proteoglycan TSG-6 that regulate susceptibility to stroke in preterm neonates and adults.