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HUGH BENNETT

Professor – Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine

Contact information:

Telephone: (514) 398-6640
e-mail address: hugh.bennett@mcgill.ca
website: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/endomuhc/Bennett/bennett.html


Projects for Thesis Supervision:

1. Role of progranulin gene expression in zebrafish motor neuron development.

2. Structure and function of zebrafish prohormone convertases.


Recent Publications:

Ryan, C., Baranowski, D., Chitramuthu, B., Malik, S.M., Li, Z., Cao, M.J., Minotti, S., Durham, H.D., Kay, D., Shaw, C.A., Bennett, H.P.J. and Bateman, A. (2009)
Progranulin is expressed within motor neurons of the mouse spinal cord and promotes neuronal cell survival. BMC-Neuroscience, 10: 130.

Chitramuthu, B.P., Baranowski, D., Cadieux, B., Rousellet, E., Seidah, N.G. and Bennett, H.P.J. (2010)
Molecular cloning and embryonic expression of zebrafish PC5 co-orthologues: Functional assessment during lateral line development. Developmental Dynamics 239: 2933-2946, 2010.

Chitramuthu, B.P., Baranowski, D.C., Kay D.G., Bateman, A., and Bennett, H.P.J. (2010)
Progranulin modulates zebrafish motoneuron development and is neurotrophic in vivo.  Molecular Neurodegeneration
5: 41.