Professor

Philippe Monnier

Neuroscience Platform

PhD

Address
Toronto Western Research Institute, Krembil Discovery Tower, 60 Leonard St., Room 8-428, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 2S8
Research Interests
Brain, Molecular Biology, central nervous system, development.

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