Associate professor
Affiliation
Université de Montréal
Research Axes
Team
- Andrea Barabino
- Rimi Hamam
- Roy Hanna
- Benoît Jacques
- Mahya Jamshidikia
- Asmae Mourslé
- Patrick Nkanza Makala
- Alain Rheault
- Simindokht Salavitabar
- Boris Tripier
With a PhD in molecular biology, Gilbert Bernier is the director of the Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Aging Research Unit. His research focuses on brain aging and related diseases; vision and diseases such as macular degeneration; Alzheimer's; and brain cancer. Gilbert Bernier is also an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Université de Montréal.
Research Unit
Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Aging
Research interests
- Molecular mechanisms for controlling neuronal aging in the brain and retina in humans and mice: implications in age-related neurodegenerative diseases.
- Study of the differentiation and survival mechanisms of photoreceptors.
- Use of human embryonic stem cells to produce and transplant photoreceptors to treat retinal degenerative diseases.
Publications
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Duparc, R.H., David, J., Abdouh, M., Lépine, M., Tétreault, N., and Bernier, G. (2007). "Pax6 Controls the Proliferation Rate of Neuroepithelial Progenitors from the Mouse Optic Vesicle". Developmental Biology. 301, 374-387.
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Duparc, R.H., Boutemmine, D., Champagne, M., Tétreault, N. and Bernier, G. (2006). "Pax6 is Required for Delta-Catenin/Neurojugin Expression During Retinal, Cerebellar and Cortical Development in Mice". Developmental Biology. 300, 647-655.
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Lord-Grignon, J., Abdouh, M. and Bernier, G. (2006). "Identification of Genes Expressed in Retinal Progenitor/Stem Cell Colonies Isolated from the Ocular Ciliary Body of Adult Mice". Gene Expression Patterns. 6, 992-998
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Abdouh M. and Bernier, G. (2006). "Reactivation of a Quiescent Cell Population Located in the Ocular Ciliary Body of Adult Mammals". Experimental Eye Research. 83, 153-164.
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Pool, M., Boudreau-Larivière, C., Bernier, G., Young, K.G., and Kothary, R. (2005). "Reduced transcript expression in dt alleles with distinct genetic alterations". Mammalian Genome. 16, 909-917.
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Lord-Grignon, J., Tétreault, N., Mears, A. J., Swaroop, A., and Bernier, G. (2004). "Characterization of new transcripts enriched in the mouse retina and identification of candidate retinal disease genes". Invest. Ophthalmo. Vis. Sci. 45 (9), 3313-3319.
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Education
Postdoctoral fellowship
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
PhD in molecular biology
Université de Montréal
Awards
- 2005 Junior 2 Research Scholar (FRQS)
- 2002 Junior 1 Research Scholar (FRQS)
- 2001 “Relève 2000” Bursary (Université de Montréal)
- 1998 Long-term postdoctoral fellowship (European Molecular Biology Organization, EMBO)