Dr Joanne Britto
BSc (Hons) DipEd PhD
Senior Research Officer
Brain Development Group
Brain Development Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: | |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 7327 (office) |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 7321 (laboratory) |
Fax: | +61 (0)3 9348 1707 |
Research Interests
- Cerebral cortex development
- Neuronal migration
Dynamic migration of cortical interneurons
Laboratory Techniques
- Time-lapse imaging
- Confocal microscopy
- Fluorescent labelling of neurons
- Molecular biology (DNA, RNA protein)
- Cell culture
- Immunohistochemistry
Additional Information
- 2006 Convener: Postdoctoral Association Howard Florey Institute
Publications and Articles
Please see PubMed.
Britto JM, Tannahill D and Keynes RJ (2000) Life, Death and Sonic hedgehog. Bioessays 22:499-502.
Britto JM, Tannahill D and Keynes RJ (2002) A critical role for sonic hedgehog signalling in the early expansion of the developing brain. Nature Neuroscience 5:103-110.
Britto JM, Lukehurst S, Weller R, Fraser C, Hertzog P and Busfield SJ (2004) Generation and Characterization of Neuregulin-2 Deficient Mice. Molecular and Cellular Biology 24:8221-8226.
Britto JM, Obata K, Yanagawa Y and Tan SS (2006) Migratory response of interneurons to different regions of the developing cortex. Cerebral cortex 16 Suppl 1:i57-63.
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