Michael T. Nelson, Ph.D.

Associate - Boston

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Mike Nelson is an Associate in Foley Hoag’s Business Department. His practice focuses on advising public and private life sciences and technology companies on a wide range of corporate matters including formation, financing, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and strategic alliances, and general corporate matters.

Prior to law school, Mike obtained his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he studied the physiology and pharmacology of ion channels in the somatosensory system. He received several awards for his doctoral dissertation work, including the Michael J. Peach Outstanding Graduate Student Award as the top biomedical sciences graduate student at the University.

Education:

  • Willamette University, B.S. in Sports Medicine, with honors
  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D.
  • Boston University, M.S. in Applied Anatomy & Physiology
  • University of Virginia, Ph.D. in Neuroscience

Law Review Articles

  • Nelson, M.T., Pace v. Swerdlow: Can Expert Witnesses Face Liability for Changing Their Minds? The Tenth Circuit Weighs in on the Element of Proximate Cause in a Claim of Expert Negligence, 86 DENV. U. L. REV. 1199 (2009).

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Articles (Selected)

  • Nelson, M.T., et al. (2010) A modeling study of T-type Ca2+ channel gating and modulation by L-cysteine in rat nociceptors. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL 98: 197-206.
  • Nelson, M.T., et al. (2007) Molecular mechanisms of subtype-specific inhibition of neuronal T-type calcium channels by ascorbate. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 27: 12577-12583.
  • Nelson, M.T., et al. (2007) Reducing agents sensitize C-type nociceptors by relieving high-affinity zinc inhibition of T-type calcium channels. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 27: 8250-8260.
  • Nelson, M.T., Todorovic, S.M. (2006)Is there a role for T-type calcium channels in peripheral and central pain sensitization?  MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY 34: 243-248.
  • Nelson, M.T., et al. (2005)The endogenous redox agent L-cysteine induces T-type Ca2+ channel-dependent sensitization of a novel subpopulation of rat peripheral nociceptors. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 25: 8766-8775.
Honors
  • Denver University Law Review 
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health 
  • Michael J. Peach Outstanding Graduate Student Award, University of Virginia 
  • Outstanding Neuroscience Graduate Student Award, University of Virginia 
  • Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Sciences & Engineering, University of Virginia
Involvement
  • Boston Bar Association, Member 
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member 
  • Society for Neuroscience, Member
  • Invited Speaker, "Corporate and Patent Law Basics for Academic Researchers," F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center Seminar Series, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2012)
  • Panelist, "Google, ISPs and Other Online Intermediaries: Power, Responsibility and Regulation," Silicon Flatirons Roundtable Series, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (2009) 
  • Invited Speaker, "Redox Modulation of T-type Calcium Channels in Nociceptors: Think Zinc," Department of Biology Seminar Series, University of Denver, Denver, CO (2008) 
  • Invited Speaker, "Redox Modulation of T-type Calcium Channels: Think Zinc," Biosciences Society Research Symposium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (2007)
  • Invited Speaker, "Redox Agents Modulate T-type Channel-dependent Excitability in a Novel Subpopulation of Rat Sensory Neurons," Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting: Calcium Channels Symposium, San Diego, CA (2004)
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