About Mike
Michael Nelson's practice focuses on advising emerging and growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, and the funds that invest in them, on matters relating to corporate finance, corporate governance, licensing and other intellectual property-based transactions and mergers and acquisitions.
Publications (selected):
- Nelson, M.T., Milescu, L.S., Todorovic, S.M., Scroggs, R.S., A modeling study of T-type Ca2+channel gating and modulation by l-cysteine in rat nociceptors, Biophysical Journal 98: 197-206 (2010)
- Nelson, M.T., Joksovic, P.M., Su, P., Kang, H-W., Van Deusen, A., Baumgart, J.P., David, L.S., Snutch, T.P., Barrett, P.Q., Lee, J-H., Zorumski, C.F., Perez-Reyes, E., Todorovic, S.M., Molecular mechanisms of subtype-specific inhibition of neuronal T-type calcium channels by ascorbate, Journal of Neuroscience, 27:12577-12583 (2007)
- Nelson, M.T., Woo, J., Kang, H-W., Vitko, I., Barrett, P.Q., Perez-Reyes, E., Lee, J-H., Shin, H-S., Todorovic, S.M., Reducing agents sensitize C-type nociceptors by relieving high-affinity zinc inhibition of T-type calcium channels, Journal of Neuroscience, 27: 8250-8260 (2007)
- Nelson, M.T., Todorovic, S.M., Is there a role for T-type calcium channels in peripheral and central pain sensitization? Molecular Neurobiology 34: 243-248 (2006)
- Nelson, M.T., Todorovic, S.M., Perez-Reyes, E., The role of T-type calcium channels in epilepsy and pain, Current Pharmaceutical Design 12: 2189-2197 (2006)
- Nelson, M.T., Joksovic, P.M., Perez-Reyes, E., Todorovic, S.M., 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 (2005)
Education
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
JD, 2010
University of Virginia
PhD, 2007, Neuroscience
Boston University
MS, 2002, Applied Anatomy and Physiology
Willamette University
BS, 2000, Exercise Science, with honors
Memberships & affiliations
Colorado Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
American Bar Association
Society for Neuroscience
American Association for the Advancement of Science