Philippe Monnier
PhD
Research Synopsis
Research Interests: Dr. Monnier studied biochemistry and business management at the University of Nancy (France). He wrote his doctoral thesis on the purification and characterization of membrane proteins and their role in axon guidance at the University Eye Hospital, Tuebingen. After spending one year as a postdoctoral fellow in the research group of Dr. Mueller at the MPI for Dev. Biology, he was head of the proteomics and assay development group.
METHODS USED
Cell and tissue culture: Brain slice, neurons.
Procedures: Elisa, qRT-PCR, RT-PCR, siRNA, western blot
EQUIPMENT USED
Cryostat, deconvolution fluorescence microscope, dissecting microscope, fluorescence microscope, fresh tissue sectioning systems, gel apparatus, vibratome.
PRESENT TRAINEES
Jason Charish
Robin Vigouroux
Nardos Tassew
Paromita Banerjee
Ali Sabanzadeh
PRESENT COLLABORATIONS
Within the Department of Physiology:
James Eubanks
Shuzo Sugita
Outside the Department of Physiology:
Rod Bremner
Recent Publications
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25950474