Dr Vicki Hammond
BSc (Hons) PhD BA
Senior Research Officer
Brain Development Group
Brain Development Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: | |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 5761 |
Fax: | +61 (0)3 9348 1707 |
Research Interests
- Cerebral cortex development
- Molecular control of neuronal migration
- Neurodegeneration and disease
Laboratory Techniques
- Cell culture of primary and continuous cell lines and embryonic stem cells
- All techniques involved in the production and analysis of "knockout" cell lines and animals
- Analysis of gene expression by, Northern blot and Q-PCR
- Immunocytochemistry and fluorescence microscopy
- In vivo brain electroporations
- In vitro brain slice confocal time-lapse imaging
Publications & Articles
Please see PubMed.
Hammond V., Howell B., Godinho L. and Tan S-S. (2001) disabled –1 Functions cellAutonomously during Radial Migration and Cortical Layering of Pyramidal Neurons. J Neurosci 21:8798-8808.
Hammond V., Tsai L-H. & Tan S-S. (2004) Control of Cortical Neuron Migration and Layering: Cell and Non Cell-Autonomous Effects of p35. J. Neurosci 24:576-587.
Hammond V., So E., Gunnersen J., Valcanis, H., Kalloniatis M., and Tan S-S. (2006) Layer positioning of late-born cortical interneurons is dependent on Reelin but not p35 signaling. J Neurosci. 26:1646-1655.
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