[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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Killam Lecture

Speaker:  William Snider, PhD, Director, UNC Neuroscience Center, UNC
School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

Title:  Genetic Dissection of GSK-3 and ERK/MAPK Pathway Functions
during Brain Development

Date:  TOMORROW - Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Place:  de Grandpre Communications Centre

Time:  4:00 pm

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Dear Colleagues,

Bill Snider will be visiting on March 3rd to give the Killam Seminar.
Dr. Snider is the director of the University of North Carolina
Neuroscience Center.  His lab is interested in understanding the role of
neuronal growth factors in the development and regeneration of axons.
They use sensory neurons of the DRG as a model system.  The 3 main
pillars of their lab are 1.  Neurotrophin signaling mediators in the
development of axon projections.  2.  Neurotrophin signaling and the
axon cytoskeleton.  3.  Mouse genetic studies of axon regeneration.  A
list of his publications are provided below for your reference.  Please
join us for this exciting seminar.

Kim WY, Zhou FQ, Zhou J, Yokota Y, Wang YM, Yoshimura T, Kaibuchi K,
Woodgett JR, Anton ES, Snider WD. (2006) Essential roles for GSK-3s and
GSK-3 primed substrates in neurotrophin-induced and hippocampal axon
growth. Neuron 52(6): 981-96.

Zhou FQ, Snider WD. (2006) Intracellular control of developmental and
regenerative axon growth. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci.
361(1473):1575-92.

Zhou FQ, Walzer M, Wu YH, Zhou J, Dedhar S, Snider WD. (2006)
Neurotrophins support regenerative axon assembly over CSPGs by an
ECM-integrin-independent mechanism. J Cell Sci. 119(13): 2787-96.

Zhong J, Pevny L, Snider WD. (2006) "Runx"ing towards sensory
differentiation. Neuron 49(3):325-7.

Zhou FQ, Snider WD. (2005) GSK-3Beta and microtubule assembly in axons.
Science 308: 211-214. 

Zhou FQ, Walzer MA, Snider WD. (2004) Turning on the machine: genetic
control of axon regeneration by c-Jun. Neuron 43: 1-2. 

Zhou FQ, Zhou J, Dedhar S, Wu YH, Snider WD. (2004) NGF-induced axon
growth is mediated by localized inactivation of GSK-3Beta and functions
of the microtubule plus end binding protein, APC. Neuron 42: 897-912
(with Preview, selected by Faculty of 1000). 

Zhou FQ, Zhong J, Snider WD. (2003) Extracellular crosstalk: when GDNF
meets N-CAM. Cell. 113(7): 814-816. 

Patel, TD, Kramer, I., Kucera, J., Niederkofler, V., Jessel, T., Arber,
S., and W.D. Snider (2003) Peripheral NT3 signaling is required for ETS
protein expression and central patterning of proprioceptive afferents.
Neuron 38: 403-416 (selected by Faculty of 1000). 

Markus, A, Patel, TD, and W.D. Snider (2002) Neurotrophic factors and
axonal growth. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 12: 523-531.

Snider, W.D., Zhou, F.-Q., Zhong, J., and A. Markus (2002) Signaling the
Pathway to Regeneration. Neuron 35: 13-16. 

Markus, A, Zhong J and W.D. Snider (2002) Raf and Akt mediate distinct
aspects of sensory axon growth. Neuron 35: 65-76. 

Keller-Peck, C.R., Feng, G., Sanes, J.R., Yan, Q., Lichtman, J.W. and
W.D. Snider (2001) GDNF administration in postnatal life results in
motor unit enlargement and continuous synaptic remodeling at the
neuromuscular junction. J. Neurosci. 21: 6136-6147. (Cover Figure) 

Liu, R-Y, and W.D. Snider (2001) Different signaling pathways mediate
regenerative versus developmental sensory axon growth. J. Neurosci. 21:
RC164 

Patel, T., Rice, F, Kucera, J. and W.D. Snider (2000).Sensory neuron
development in the absence of NGF/trkA signaling in vivo, Neuron. 25:
345-357. (Cover Figure)

 

Alyson Fournier, PhD
Assistant Professor
Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
Montreal Neurological Institute
3801 Rue University, BT-109
Montreal, Quebec
H3A2B4
514-398-3154 (Tel)
514-398-6547 (Fax)
alyson.fournier at mcgill.ca