Last Update 3/28/01
GARNER LAB HOME PAGE!
* Note: Beautiful diagrams in "a" and "b" are modified from diagrams by
Jennifer H. LaVail, Ph.D. jhl@itsa.ucsf.edu
while beautiful pictures in "c" are by Kimberly Topp, Ph.D.kstopp@itsa.ucsf.edu ,
Judy A. Garner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Neurobiology
1333 San Pablo St.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 442-1279 (T)
(323) 442-3083 (F)
OFFICE: McKibben Annex 351
LAB: McKibben Annex 349
Course Director: INTD 531, Advanced Cell Biology.
CNB 521 Human Neuroanatomy
Year I Medical Student Neuroanatomy/Neurophysiology (includes Year I Neurosciences Schedule)
Areas of Research Interest and Activity:
Intracellular transport mechanisms for alpha herpesviruses in central nervous system neurons.
Molecular mechanisms of intracellular transport and trafficking.
Organization of cytoskeletal proteins in the growth cone and presynaptic terminal of central nervous system neurons.
Pilot studies of nonabundant mRNA species expressed during initiation of regeneration by peripheral dorsal root ganglion neurons.
Recent publications:
Garner, J.A., K. D. Linse, and R.K. Polk, “Type I Brain hexokinase, axonal transport and membrane associations within central nervous system presynaptic terminals.” J. Neurochem.67: 845-856 (1996)
Hinton, D.R., R.K. Polk, K.D. Linse, M.H. Weiss, K. Kovacs, and J.A. Garner. “Characterization of spherical amyloid protein from a prolactin-producing pituitary adenoma” Acta Neuropathologica 93: 43-49 (1997).
LaVail, J.H., K.S. Topp, P.A. Giblin, and J. A. Garner. “Factors that contribute to the efficiency of transneuronal spread of herpes simplex virus” J. Neurosci. Res. 49: 485-496 (1997)
He, P.M., S. He, J. A. Garner, S.J. Ryan, and D.R. Hinton. Retinal pigment epithelial cells secrete and respond to hepatocyte growth factor. BBRC 249:253-257 (1998).
Garner, J.A., and J.H. LaVail. Differential anterograde spread of HSV Type 1 viral strains in the murine optic pathway . J. Neurovirology 5 (2): 140-1550 (1999).
Garner, J.A., Centrifugation: Subcellular Fractionation of Organelles. In The Encyclopedia of Separation Science, Academic Press, London (In Press).