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Research
Latest papers
A novel molluscan CNS organ culture for the examination of adult nerve regeneration.
Journal of neuroscience methods · 2026 · senior author
Influence of metabolic stress and metformin on synaptic protein profile in SH-SY5Y-derived neurons.
Physiological reports · 2023
Cloning and expression of a retinoic acid receptor β2 subtype from the adult newt: evidence for an early role in tail and caudal spinal cord regeneration.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2011
Latest funding
- $17,702
Urgent replacement of a failed camera on a cell imaging and recording rig to study the role of retinoids in nervous system function.
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $107,438
Essential upgrade to a cell culture imaging and recording rig to study the role of retinoids (Vitamin A metabolites) in nervous system function
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $200,000
Understanding how retinoic acid affects neurite outgrowth and synaptic function using invertebrate neurons.
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
A novel molluscan CNS organ culture for the examination of adult nerve regeneration.
Lif A, Hawton V, Spencer G
Influence of metabolic stress and metformin on synaptic protein profile in SH-SY5Y-derived neurons.
Yang AJT, Mohammad A, Finch MS, Tsiani E, Spencer G, Necakov A, MacPherson REK
Cloning and expression of a retinoic acid receptor β2 subtype from the adult newt: evidence for an early role in tail and caudal spinal cord regeneration.
Carter C, Clark A, Spencer G, Carlone R
Urgent replacement of a failed camera on a cell imaging and recording rig to study the role of retinoids in nervous system function.
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Keywords: axon pathfinding; electrophysiology; fluorescent imaging; growth cones; microRNAs; neuronal cell culture; neuronal regeneration; neuroscience; retinoids; synaptic recordings
Essential upgrade to a cell culture imaging and recording rig to study the role of retinoids (Vitamin A metabolites) in nervous system function
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Understanding how retinoic acid affects neurite outgrowth and synaptic function using invertebrate neurons.
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Keywords: invertebrate; learning and memory; electrophysiology; synapses; growth cone; retinoic acid; neurobiology; local protein synthesis; ion channels; cell culture
Electrophysiological recording equipment for the study of neural networks during memory formation
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Mechanisms underlying the effects of retinoic acid on neurite outgrowth and network plasticity
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Purchase of a cryotome for studies of nerve regeneration and effects of temperature on growth.
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Phase imaging upgrade for inverted olympus confocal microscope
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Mechanisms underlying the trophic and chemotropic effects of retinoic acid
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Mechanisms underlying the trophic and chemotropic effects of retinoic acid
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
Voltage clamp elecrophysiological set-up for cultured neurons
Principal investigators: Spencer, Gaynor
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
- Evangelia Tsiani and Aleksandar Necakov: 3 shared papers
- Evangelia Tsiani and Gaynor Spencer: 1 shared paper
- Aleksandar Necakov and Gaynor Spencer: 1 shared paper
- Robert Carlone and Gaynor Spencer: 1 shared paper
- Biological Sciences
- Biological Sciences Department
- Health Sciences
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