[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Speaker: Dr. James Zheng - TODAY, Tuesday, May 22nd @ 4:00 pm, Spatial Signaling and Directional Control of Nerve Growth Cones During Axon Guidance

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KILLAM LECTURE

Speaker:       James Zheng, PhD
                   Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
                   University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Title:             Spatial Signaling and Directional Control of Nerve
Growth Cones During Axon Guidance
Place:           de Grandpre Communications Centre
Date:            Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Time:            4:00 pm
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The Killam speaker for May 22, 2007 is Dr. James Q. Zheng from the
Robert Woods Johnson Medical School, Department of Neuroscience and Cell
Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. James' lab
investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying growth cone guidance,
and over the past decade these investigations have provided seminal
insights into the roles of calcium, lipid rafts, protein kinase A, and
protein synthesis in axon extension. James' lecture is entitled, Spatial
signaling and directional control of nerve growth cones during axon
guidance. Please join us for an engaging seminar.

 Tim Kennedy

 

The following is a selection of recent publications from the Zheng
laboratory.

Han J, Han L, Tiwari P, Wen Z, Zheng JQ. Spatial targeting of type II

protein kinase A to filopodia mediates the regulation of growth cone

guidance by cAMP. J Cell Biol. 2007 Jan 1;176(1):101-11.

 

Rui Y, Tiwari P, Xie Z, Zheng JQ. Acute impairment of mitochondrial

trafficking by beta-amyloid peptides in hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci.

2006 Oct 11;26(41):10480-7.

 

Yao J, Sasaki Y, Wen Z, Bassell GJ, Zheng JQ. An essential role for

beta-actin mRNA localization and translation in Ca2+-dependent growth
cone

guidance. Nat Neurosci. 2006 Oct;9(10):1265-73.

 

Gomez TM, Zheng JQ. The molecular basis for calcium-dependent axon

pathfinding.

Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006 Feb;7(2):115-25.

 

Guirland C, Suzuki S, Kojima M, Lu B, Zheng JQ. Lipid rafts mediate

chemotropic guidance of nerve growth cones. Neuron. 2004 Apr
8;42(1):51-62.