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Research
Latest papers
Embryonic exposure to environmental levels of roundup affects neurodevelopment in zebrafish.
Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026 · senior author
Glycolytic flux controls retinal progenitor cell differentiation via regulating Wnt signaling.
eLife · 2025
Biofilm exopolysaccharides alter sensory-neuron-mediated sickness during lung infection.
Cell · 2024
Latest funding
- $6,000
Characterization of iNeurons in a Mouse Model of Epilepsy
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
- $1,017,450
Development Candidate Identification of a Novel Negative Allosteric Modulator of Phosphodiesterase 4B for Treatment of Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathies
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $1,216,350
Tanycyte stem cells: a new stem population in the developing hypothalamus
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
10 publications.
Embryonic exposure to environmental levels of roundup affects neurodevelopment in zebrafish.
Lacroix R, Almanza V, McKenzie S, Armstrong M, Kurrasch D
Glycolytic flux controls retinal progenitor cell differentiation via regulating Wnt signaling.
Hanna J, Touahri Y, Pak A, Belfiore L, van Oosten E, David LA, Han S, Ilnytskyy Y, Kovalchuk I, Kurrasch D, Okawa S, Del Sol A, Screaton RA, Aubert I, Schuurmans C
Biofilm exopolysaccharides alter sensory-neuron-mediated sickness during lung infection.
Granton E, Brown L, Defaye M, Moazen P, Almblad H, Randall TE, Rich JD, Geppert A, Abdullah NS, Hassanabad MF, Hiroki CH, Farias R, Nguyen AP, Schubert C, Lou Y, Andonegui G, Iftinca M, Raju D, Vargas MA, Howell PL, Füzesi T, Bains J, Kurrasch D, Harrison JJ, Altier C, Yipp BG
The structural and functional complexity of the integrative hypothalamus.
Fong H, Zheng J, Kurrasch D
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is prevented by blocking postictal hypoxia.
George AG, Farrell JS, Colangeli R, Wall AK, Gom RC, Kesler MT, Rodriguez de la Hoz C, Villa BR, Perera T, Rho JM, Kurrasch D, Teskey GC
The effects of prenatal bisphenol A exposure on brain volume of children and young mice.
Zheng J, Reynolds JE, Long M, Ostertag C, Pollock T, Hamilton M, Dunn JF, Liu J, Martin J, Grohs M, Landman B, Huo Y, Dewey D, Kurrasch D, Lebel C
Ascl1 phospho-site mutations enhance neuronal conversion of adult cortical astrocytes in vivo.
Ghazale H, Park E, Vasan L, Mester J, Saleh F, Trevisiol A, Zinyk D, Chinchalongporn V, Liu M, Fleming T, Prokopchuk O, Klenin N, Kurrasch D, Faiz M, Stefanovic B, McLaurin J, Schuurmans C
Proneural genes define ground-state rules to regulate neurogenic patterning and cortical folding.
Han S, Okawa S, Wilkinson GA, Ghazale H, Adnani L, Dixit R, Tavares L, Faisal I, Brooks MJ, Cortay V, Zinyk D, Sivitilli A, Li S, Malik F, Ilnytskyy Y, Angarica VE, Gao J, Chinchalongporn V, Oproescu AM, Vasan L, Touahri Y, David LA, Raharjo E, Kim JW, Wu W, Rahmani W, Chan JA, Kovalchuk I, Attisano L, Kurrasch D, Dehay C, Swaroop A, Castro DS, Biernaskie J, Del Sol A, Schuurmans C
A non-canonical role for the proneural gene Neurog1 as a negative regulator of neocortical neurogenesis.
Han S, Dennis DJ, Balakrishnan A, Dixit R, Britz O, Zinyk D, Touahri Y, Olender T, Brand M, Guillemot F, Kurrasch D, Schuurmans C
Neurog1 and Neurog2 control two waves of neuronal differentiation in the piriform cortex.
Dixit R, Wilkinson G, Cancino GI, Shaker T, Adnani L, Li S, Dennis D, Kurrasch D, Chan JA, Olson EC, Kaplan DR, Zimmer C, Schuurmans C
Characterization of iNeurons in a Mouse Model of Epilepsy
Principal investigators: Alcindor, Elliott
Keywords: Brain; Epilepsy; Inhibitory Systems; Neural Circuits
Development Candidate Identification of a Novel Negative Allosteric Modulator of Phosphodiesterase 4B for Treatment of Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathies
Principal investigators: Kurrasch, Deborah
Keywords: Cognition; Developmental Epilepsies; Drug Development; Epilepsy; Experimental Therapeutics; Pharmacology; Psychiatric; Seizures; Small Molecule Drug Discovery; Toxicology
Tanycyte stem cells: a new stem population in the developing hypothalamus
Principal investigators: Kurrasch, Deborah
Keywords: Fetal Programming; Hypothalamus; Neural Stem Cells; Neurodevelopment; Neurogenesis; Neuronal Plasticity
Using patient-derived brain organoids to rescue the trafficking defect of NLGN4X Autism
Principal investigators: Courraud, Jérémie
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Brain Organoids; Calcium Imaging; Drug Discovery; Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Mitochondrial Activity; Protein Trafficking
Dissecting neurodevelopmental mechanisms using ultracentrifugation
Principal investigators: Yang, Guang
Keywords: brain development; cell differentiation; cilium; environmental factors; gene expression; mRNA translation; neural stem cells; neurodevelopment; subcellular organelles; ultracentrifugation
Oxytocinergic regulation of bi-directional social contagion and social buffering during stress recall
Principal investigators: Akinrinade, Ibukun
Keywords: Buffering; Contagion; Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone; Hypothalamus; Lateral Septum; Neural Circuit; Oxytocin; Paraventricular Nucleus; Social Behaviour; Stress
Capturing electrical activity in cortical assembloids
Principal investigators: Kurrasch, Deborah
The role of immature neurons in hypothalamic plasticity from small to large brain mammals
Principal investigators: Kurrasch, Deborah
A pipeline approach for the rational design of neuronal lineage conversion approaches to treat neurological disorders
Principal investigators: Schuurmans, Carol
Keywords: neurodegenerative disease,; Alzheimer's disease; direct neuronal reprogramming; transcription factors; gene regulatory networks ; computer-guided design; nanoparticles; epigenomics ; neurological disorders; self-amplifying RNA; bacteriophage; astrocytes; stroke; epilepsy; focused ultrasound
Sexual differentiation of vasopressin in the embryonic hypothalamus
Principal investigators: Kurrasch, Deborah
Keywords: Hypothalamus; Neurodevelopment; Sex Dimorphism; Social Behaviors; Vasopressin
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Deborah Dewey and Catherine Lebel: 37 shared papers
- Bojana Stefanovic and Joanne McLaurin: 31 shared papers
- Carol Schuurmans and Carol Schuurmans: 17 shared papers
- Isabelle Aubert and Joanne McLaurin: 10 shared papers
- Isabelle Aubert and Carol Schuurmans: 6 shared papers
- Deborah Kurrasch and Carol Schuurmans: 5 shared papers
- Bojana Stefanovic and Isabelle Aubert: 3 shared papers
- Deborah Kurrasch and Carol Schuurmans: 3 shared papers
- Carol Schuurmans and Marjorie Brand: 3 shared papers
- Marjorie Brand and Carol Schuurmans: 3 shared papers
- Joanne McLaurin and Carol Schuurmans: 2 shared papers
- Christophe Altier and Deborah Kurrasch: 1 shared paper
- Christophe Altier and Jaideep Bains: 1 shared paper
- Christophe Altier and Jaideep Bains: 1 shared paper
- Bojana Stefanovic and Deborah Kurrasch: 1 shared paper
- Bojana Stefanovic and Maryam Faiz: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Jonathan Martin: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Jaideep Bains: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Deborah Dewey: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Liliana Attisano: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Isabelle Aubert: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Catherine Lebel: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Joanne McLaurin: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Marjorie Brand: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Maryam Faiz: 1 shared paper
- Deborah Kurrasch and Jaideep Bains: 1 shared paper
- Jonathan Martin and Deborah Dewey: 1 shared paper
- Jonathan Martin and Catherine Lebel: 1 shared paper
- Carol Schuurmans and Liliana Attisano: 1 shared paper
- Jaideep Bains and Jaideep Bains: 1 shared paper
- Liliana Attisano and Carol Schuurmans: 1 shared paper
- Joanne McLaurin and Maryam Faiz: 1 shared paper
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Medical Genetics
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Department of Medical Biophysics
- Radiology
- Pediatrics
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Carol Schuurmans
Faculty
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Carol Schuurmans
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Deborah Dewey
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Liliana Attisano
Department of Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Isabelle Aubert
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Catherine Lebel
Radiology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Joanne McLaurin
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Marjorie Brand
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Maryam Faiz
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jonathan Martin
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jaideep Bains
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Jaideep Bains
Physiology and Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Christophe Altier
Physiology and Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Bojana Stefanovic
Department of Medical Biophysics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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