Biographies of Authors and Editors
Sylvia, Victor L. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Orthopaedics
(Mail Code 7774), 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
E-mail: sylvia@uthscsa.edu
Web-site: www.uthscsa.edu
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In 1992, he joined Drs. Barbara Boyan and Zvi Schwartz to investigate signal transduction pathways initiated by hormones and growth factors in growth plate chondrocytes and osteoblasts. Dr. Sylvia's areas of research interest include elucidation of the mechanisms of rapid actions of steroid hormones, mechanisms controlling cell proliferation and differentiation, and the etiology of pathologic processes of bone and cartilage. Currently, he is comparing the rapid actions of estrogen in chondrocytes with those in breast carcinoma cells. In addition, he is interested in the mechanisms of osteoblast responses to surface roughness and wear debris particles. Before joining Dr. BoyanÕs research group, Dr. Sylvia investigated mechanisms of DNA tumor virus action at the University of Texas at Austin, and the mechanism of DNA repair initiation at Texas A&M University.
