[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Thursday- GDNF signaling pathways regulating neuronal differentiation, migration and synaptogenesis

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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Jennifer Chew
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
MNI - WB317
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Subject: Killam Lecture - Thursday

KILLAM LECTURE
 
Speaker:  Carlos Ibanez, Ph.D.
Karolinska Institute, 
Stockholm, Sweden
 
Title:  GDNF signaling pathways regulating neuronal differentiation, migration and synaptogenesis. 
 
**Date:  Thursday, March 30, 2006**
 
Place:  de Grandpre Communication Centre
 
Time:  4:00 pm
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Dear Colleagues,  
 
Dr. Carlos Ibanez, Professor in Molecular Neurobiology at the Karolinska Institute will be speaking at this week's Killam lecture  on March 30, 2006. 

Carlos' lab focuses on cellular events that regulate neuronal survival and pathfinding, with an emphasis on the roles of the neurotrophins, the TGFb family and the GDNF family. His group uses a wide array of techniques to address molecular details of the pathways activated by these ligands in vitro and in vivo. I have listed some of his recent publications below. 

Carlos is an engaging speaker and I am sure that his seminar will be both informative and entertaining. I hope to see you there.

Best regards,
Phil Barker



Vilar M, Murillo-Carretero M, Mira H, Magnusson K, Besset V, Ibanez CF.  
Bex1, a novel interactor of the p75 neurotrophin receptor, links neurotrophin signaling to the cell cycle. 
EMBO J. 2006 Mar 22;25(6):1219-30

Pozas E, Ibanez CF.  
GDNF and GFRalpha1 promote differentiation and tangential migration of cortical GABAergic neurons. 
Neuron. 2005 Mar 3;45(5):701-13. 

Jornvall H, Reissmann E, Andersson O, Mehrkash M, Ibanez CF.  
ALK7, a receptor for nodal, is dispensable for embryogenesis and left-right patterning in the mouse. 
Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Nov;24(21):9383-9. 

Ibanez CF.  
Lipid rafts as organizing platforms for cell chemotaxis and axon guidance.
Neuron. 2004 Apr 8;42(1):3-5. 

Blokzijl A, Dahlqvist C, Reissmann E, Falk A, Moliner A, Lendahl U, Ibanez CF. 
Cross-talk between the Notch and TGF-beta signaling pathways mediated by interaction of the Notch intracellular domain with Smad3.
J Cell Biol. 2003 Nov 24;163(4):723-8. 

Paratcha G, Ledda F, Ibanez CF. 
The neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM is an alternative signaling receptor for GDNF family ligands.
Cell. 2003 Jun 27;113(7):867-79. 


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