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Anne McKinney, PhD
Professeure, Département de pharmacologie et thérapeutique, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, École des sciences biomédicales
Université McGill, Montréal
Disease Mechanisms in Christianson Syndrome and Related Endolysosomal Disorders
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La professeure McKinney présentera les nouvelles données de son groupe sur les mécanismes neuronaux fondamentaux ainsi que de nouvelles études translationnelles visant à améliorer les traitements du syndrome de Christianson. Vous trouverez en pièce jointe un résumé plus complet (information disponible en anglais seulement).
Résumé:
Prof R Anne McKinney is a cellular and molecular neuroscientist investigating the development of brain circuits in both the healthy hippocampus and cerebellum and in animal models of ataxia neurodevelopmental disorders. She completed her BSc (Hons) and D.Phil at the University of Ulster Coleraine. She conducted postdoctoral training in imaging, electrophysiology and synaptic plasticity at the Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich Switzerland. She obtained her own research lab in Zurich before moving to the McGill University in 2005. She is a Full Professor at McGill University, Canada, in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. She has served as the Associate Vice Principle of Research in Health Affairs and Associate Dean in Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University.
One area of research focus is Christianson Syndrome, a neurologic disorder caused by X-linked mutations in the endosomal Na+/H+ Exchanger 6 (NHE6), which is involved in cargo trafficking for the proper function of neurons and neuronal circuitry. Prof McKinney will present new data from her group on basic neuronal mechanisms as well as new translational studies with the goal of improving treatments for Christianson Syndrome.