Dr Greg Neely
Senior Research Fellow, Group Leader, Pain Research, Neuroscience Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Email: g.neely 'at' garvan.org.au
Research Group: Pain Research
Greg joined Garvan in November 2010 where he now continues to use fly, mouse and human model systems to sift through the human genome looking for novel disease genes affecting the nervous and cardiovascular systems.
Education
2004 PhD in Medical Sciences with a specialization in cellular Immunology, University of Calgary
1997 B.Sc in Cellular, Molecular, and Microbial biology, University of Calgary
Awards
2011 NHMRC Marshall and Warren Award
2011 Lawrence Creative Prize Finalist
2004 Marie Curie IIF Fellowship
Selected Publications
Neely et al. TrpA1 regulates thermal nociception in Drosophila. PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e24343.
Schramek et al. The stress kinase MKK7 couples oncogenic stress to p53 stability and tumor suppression. Nat Genet. 2011 Mar;43(3):212-9.
Neely et al. A Genome-wide Drosophila Screen for Heat Nociception Identifies α2δ3 as an Evolutionarily Conserved Pain Gene. Cell. 2010 Nov 12;143(4):628-38.
Neely et al. A global in vivo Drosophila RNAi screen identifies NOT3 as a conserved regulator of heart function. Cell April 2nd, 2010 (Cover).
Pospisilik et al. Drosophila genome-wide obesity screen reveals hedgehog as a determinant of brown versus white adipose cell fate. Cell. 2010 Jan 8;140(1):148-60.
Cronin et al. Genome-Wide RNAi Screen Identifies Genes Involved in Intestinal Pathogenic Bacterial Infection. Science. 2009 Jul 17;325(5938):340-3.
Imai et al. Identification of oxidative stress and Toll-like receptor 4 signaling as a key pathway of acute lung injury. Cell. 2008 Apr 18;133(2):235-49.
Pospisilik et al. Targeted reduction in muscle oxidative phos-phorylation enhances insulin-sensitivity and prevents diabetes and obesity in mice. Cell. Nov.2, 2007 (Cover).
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