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Artur Kania

ResearcherUniversité de Montréal

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Artur Kania

Researcher

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (11 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Research

Spinal Cord Axon Guidance Development Neuronal Connectivity Genetics Neural Circuits Neurodevelopment Sensory Neurons

Latest papers

Long-term optical imaging of the spinal cord in awake behaving mice.
Nature methods · 2024
The TrkC-PTPσ complex governs synapse maturation and anxiogenic avoidance via synaptic protein phosphorylation.
The EMBO journal · 2024
Deep sequencing of Phox2a nuclei reveals five classes of anterolateral system neurons.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Spinal circuits encoding normal and pathological thermoception
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$841,500
The molecular specification of somatotopic organisation in the rodent spinal cord
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,086,300
The Montreal workshop on molecular and genetic analysis of nociceptive circuit function
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$10,000

All 17 grants and awards

11 publications.

Long-term optical imaging of the spinal cord in awake behaving mice.

Ahanonu B, Crowther A, Kania A, Rosa-Casillas M, Basbaum AI

Nature methods2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02476-3 PMID: 39533007

The TrkC-PTPσ complex governs synapse maturation and anxiogenic avoidance via synaptic protein phosphorylation.

Khaled H, Ghasemi Z, Inagaki M, Patel K, Naito Y, Feller B, Yi N, Bourojeni FB, Lee AK, Chofflet N, Kania A, Kosako H, Tachikawa M, Connor S, Takahashi H

The EMBO journal2024

DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00252-9 PMID: 39333774

Deep sequencing of Phox2a nuclei reveals five classes of anterolateral system neurons.

Bell AM, Utting C, Dickie AC, Kucharczyk MW, Quillet R, Gutierrez-Mecinas M, Razlan ANB, Cooper AH, Lan Y, Hachisuka J, Weir GA, Bannister K, Watanabe M, Kania A, Hoon MA, Macaulay IC, Denk F, Todd AJ

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2023

DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.20.553715 PMID: 37786726

Microglia-mediated degradation of perineuronal nets promotes pain.

Tansley S, Gu N, Guzmán AU, Cai W, Wong C, Lister KC, Muñoz-Pino E, Yousefpour N, Roome RB, Heal J, Wu N, Castonguay A, Lean G, Muir EM, Kania A, Prager-Khoutorsky M, Zhang J, Gkogkas CG, Fawcett JW, Diatchenko L, Ribeiro-da-Silva A, De Koninck Y, Mogil JS, Khoutorsky A

Science (New York, N.Y.)2022

DOI: 10.1126/science.abl6773 PMID: 35617374

Genome-wide analysis identifies impaired axonogenesis in chronic overlapping pain conditions.

Khoury S, Parisien M, Thompson SJ, Vachon-Presseau E, Roy M, Martinsen AE, Winsvold BS, HUNT All-In Pain, Mundal IP, Zwart JA, Kania A, Mogil JS, Diatchenko L

Brain : a journal of neurology2022

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab359 PMID: 34788396

Characterisation of lamina I anterolateral system neurons that express Cre in a Phox2a-Cre mouse line.

Alsulaiman WAA, Quillet R, Bell AM, Dickie AC, Polgár E, Boyle KA, Watanabe M, Roome RB, Kania A, Todd AJ, Gutierrez-Mecinas M

Scientific reports2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97105-w PMID: 34504158

DCC Is Required for the Development of Nociceptive Topognosis in Mice and Humans.

da Silva RV, Johannssen HC, Wyss MT, Roome RB, Bourojeni FB, Stifani N, Marsh APL, Ryan MM, Lockhart PJ, Leventer RJ, Richards LJ, Rosenblatt B, Srour M, Weber B, Zeilhofer HU, Kania A

Cell reports2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.01.004 PMID: 29386099

Normal Molecular Specification and Neurodegenerative Disease-Like Death of Spinal Neurons Lacking the SNARE-Associated Synaptic Protein Munc18-1.

Law C, Schaan Profes M, Levesque M, Kaltschmidt JA, Verhage M, Kania A

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1964-15.2016 PMID: 26758845

G-protein coupled receptor BAI3 promotes myoblast fusion in vertebrates.

Hamoud N, Tran V, Croteau LP, Kania A, Côté JF

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313886111 PMID: 24567399

A core transcriptional network composed of Pax2/8, Gata3 and Lim1 regulates key players of pro/mesonephros morphogenesis.

Boualia SK, Gaitan Y, Tremblay M, Sharma R, Cardin J, Kania A, Bouchard M

Developmental biology2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.07.028 PMID: 23920117

Spinal circuits encoding normal and pathological thermoception

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wang, Feng

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Cold Hypersensitivity; In Vivo Functional Imaging; Mice Behavior Testing; Neural Circuits; Sensory Encoding; Spinal Cord Projection Neurons; Thermosensation

$841,500

The molecular specification of somatotopic organisation in the rodent spinal cord

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kania, Artur

Keywords: Dorsal Horn; Latrophilin; Neurodevelopment; Neuronal Connectivity; Neuronal Migration; Sensory Neurons; Somatosensation; Somatotopic Maps; Spinal Cord; Teneurin

$1,086,300

The Montreal workshop on molecular and genetic analysis of nociceptive circuit function

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kania, Artur

Keywords: Acute Pain; Animal Models; Brain; Brain Stem; Chronic Pain; Neural Circuits; Neuroanatomy; Sensory Neurons; Spinal Cord

$10,000

Understanding how abnormal intracellular signaling causes a new neurodevelopmental spectrum disorder

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Banerjee, Sara L

Keywords: Axon Guidance; Eph Receptor / Ephrin Signaling; Human Ipsc-Derived Neurons; Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics; Mycbp2 Signaling Hub; Mycpb2 Patient Mutations; Nervous System Development; Neurodevelopmental Disorders And Neurological Diseases; Neuronal Signaling Pathways; Protein-Protein Interactions

$135,000

The Role of Opposing Teneurin-3 and Latrophilin-2 Gradients in Establishing Dorsal Horn Somatotopy

SupervisorCIHR2022Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Sangster, Kevin T

Keywords: Animal Models; Axon Guidance; Cns; Development; Embryonic Development; Pain; Somatosensation; Somatotopy; Spinal Cord

$105,000

Sommet Francophone de la Recherche sur la Douleur

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Sharif-Naeini, Reza

Keywords: Collaboration Scientifique; Douleur; Reseautage; Sciences Cliniques; Sciences Fondamentales

$10,000

Functional characterisation of a spinothalamic pathway for somatosensory integration during locomotion

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kania, Artur

Keywords: Circuit Tracing; Crude Touch; Locomotion; Neuronal Circuit; Optogenetics; Proprioception; Sensory-Motor Integration; Spinal Cord; Spinothalamic

$784,126

MYCBP2 as a pleiotropic effector of developmental EphB tyrosine kinase signalling

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kania, Artur

Keywords: Axon Guidance; Cytoskeleton; Eph Receptors; Growth Cone; Intracellular Signalling; Motor Neurons; Mycbp2; Neurodevelopment; Tyrosine Kinase

$849,150

A genetic analysis of the development of nociceptive topognosis.

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kania, Artur

Keywords: Axon Guidance; Behaviour; Commissural; Dcc; Development; Localisation; Mouse; Neuronal Connectivity; Pain; Spinal Cord

$100,000

A genetic analysis of the development of nociceptive topognosis.

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kania, Artur

Keywords: Axon Guidance; Behaviour; Commissural; Development; Embryonic; Neuronal Connectivity; Pain; Postnatal; Somatotopy; Spinal Cord

$799,425

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Artur Kania

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Latest funding

Long-term optical imaging of the spinal cord in awake behaving mice.

The TrkC-PTP&#x3c3; complex governs synapse maturation and anxiogenic avoidance via synaptic protein phosphorylation.

Deep sequencing of Phox2a nuclei reveals five classes of anterolateral system neurons.

Microglia-mediated degradation of perineuronal nets promotes pain.

Genome-wide analysis identifies impaired axonogenesis in chronic overlapping pain conditions.

Characterisation of lamina I anterolateral system neurons that express Cre in a Phox2a-Cre mouse line.

DCC Is Required for the Development of Nociceptive Topognosis in Mice and Humans.

Normal Molecular Specification and Neurodegenerative Disease-Like Death of Spinal Neurons Lacking the SNARE-Associated Synaptic Protein Munc18-1.

G-protein coupled receptor BAI3 promotes myoblast fusion in vertebrates.

A core transcriptional network composed of Pax2/8, Gata3 and Lim1 regulates key players of pro/mesonephros morphogenesis.

Frequent collaborators

Luda Diatchenko

Martin Lévesque

Hideto Takahashi

Yves De Koninck

Alfredo Ribeiro-Da-Silva

Mathieu Roy

Masha Prager-Khoutorsky

Ji Zhang

Mathieu Roy

Arkady Khoutorsky

Myriam Srour

Yves De Koninck

Etienne Vachon-Presseau

Maxime Bouchard

Myriam Srour

Stefano Stifani

The TrkC-PTPσ complex governs synapse maturation and anxiogenic avoidance via synaptic protein phosphorylation.