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BNI at SfN 2019
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October 23, 2019
Neuroscience 2019 Chicago – Recap
Members from labs across Burke Neurological Institute traveled to Chicago to participate in Neuroscience 2019, the 49th annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience.
Photo of Dianna E. Willis, Ph.D., as Director of Research for the Burke-Blythedale Pediatric Neuroscience Research Collaboration
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Award
Willis Lab
October 7, 2019
Dr. Dianna Willis to Collaborate on a Pain Treatment Project Granted by NIH HEAL Funding
Professors of Weill Cornell Medicine, the Burke Neurological Institute, and the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, have been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project to develop a non-opioid, non-addicting medicine for a hard-to-treat form of pain called neuropathic pain.
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Publications

PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Willis Lab
Kalinski AL, Kar AN, Craver J, Tosolini AP, Sleigh JN, Lee SJ, Hawthorne A, Brito-Vargas P, Miller-Randolph S, Passino R, Shi L, Wong VSC, Picci C, Smith DS, Willis DE, Havton LA, Schiavo G, Giger RJ, Langley B, Twiss JL.
Deacetylation of Miro1 by HDAC6 blocks mitochondrial transport and mediates axon growth inhibition.
J Cell Biol. 2019 May 8. pii: jcb.201702187. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201702187. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract on PubMed
Victor's Photo
Victor Wong, Ph.D.
PUBLICATION: 
Manuscript
Ratan Lab / Willis Lab
Marietta Zille, Amit Kumar, Nandini Kundu, Megan W. Bourassa, Victor S. C. Wong, Dianna Willis, Saravanan S. Karuppagounder and Rajiv R. Ratan
Ferroptosis in neurons and cancer cells is similar but differentially regulated by histone deacetylase inhibitors
eNeuro. 2019 Feb 15;6(1). pii: ENEURO.0263-18.2019. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0263-18.2019. eCollection 2019 Jan-Feb.
Full-Text on Pubmed
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Manuscript
Willis Lab
Wong VSC, Meadows M, Goldberg D, Willis DE.
Semaphorin3A Induces Acute Changes in Membrane Excitability in Spiral Ganglion Neurons In Vitro.
Eur J Neurosci. 2019 Jan 31. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14360. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract on PubMed
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Grants

GRANT: 
Federal
Willis Lab
September 30, 2019 to July 31, 2021
Novel HCN1-Selective Small Molecule Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
Grant Number: 
UG3NS114947-01
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Investigators: 
Peter A. Goldstein, M.D.
Principal Investigator
Dianna E. Willis, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
GRANT: 
Non-Federal
Willis Lab
June 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
Targeting tubulin acetylation in spiral ganglion neurons for the treatment of hearing loss
Hearing Health Foundation
Emerging Research Grants
Investigators: 
Victor Wong, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
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Presentations

PRESENTATION: 
Poster Presentation
Willis Lab
October 19, 2019 to October 21, 2019
Targeting alpha-tubulin acetylation to promote neurite outgrowth and functional recovery after injury
Venue: 
Neuroscience 2019, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago
Featured Researchers: 
Victor Wong, Ph.D. / Cristina Picci, Ph.D. / Michelle Swift, B.S. / David Goldberg, B.A. / Anthony A. Sauve, Ph.D. / Brett C. Langley, Ph.D. / Dianna E. Willis, Ph.D.
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