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ARTUR KANIA

Professor – University of Montreal

Associate Member – Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine

Adjunct Professor - Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Contact information:

Telephone: (514) 987-5526
e-mail address: artur.kania@ircm.qc.ca
website : http://www.ircm.qc.ca/en/recherche/statique/unite38.html


Projects for Thesis Supervision:

1. Molecular control of motor axon pathfinding: Identify and characterize molecules controlling how spinal motor neurons direct their axonal projections within the limb mesenchyme.

2. Cell and molecular biology of neuronal migration: Characterize the cellular and molecular mechanisms operating within spinal motor neurons to coordinate the precise positioning of their cell bodies.

3. Imaging nervous system development: Develop new molecular tools to visualize in vivo the development of specific subsets of spinal motor neurons.


Recent Publications:

SJ.P. Thaler, S. J. Koo, A. Kania, K. Lettieri. S. Andrews, C. Cox, T. M. Jessell, and S. L. Pfaff.
A postmitotic role for Isl-class LIM homeodomain proteins in the assignment of visceral spinal motor neuron identity. (2004). Neuron 41:337-350.

Y.-Q. Ding, J. Yin, A. Kania, H.-M. Xu, T. M. Jessell, R. Johnson, and Z.-F. Chen.
Lmx1b controls the differentiation of laminae I-II cells and subsequent projection of cutaneous afferents in the spinal cord. (2004). Development 131:3693-3703.

A. Kania and T. M. Jessell.
Topographic Motor Projections into the Limb Imposed by LIM Homeodomain Protein Regulation of Ephrin-A:EphA Interactions. (2003). Neuron 38:581-596.