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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Education:
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24 50 Intern in Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1982-1983.
24 52 Resident in Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1983-1984.
24 4c Resident in Neurology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1984-1987.
24 6d Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1987-1990.
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24 52 Resident in Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1983-1984.
24 4c Resident in Neurology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1984-1987.
24 6d Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1987-1990.
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390 During development synaptic activity refines and patterns connections among neurons and this is required for precise high-level behavior. We have found that glutamatergic synapses that include the GluA1 subunit have a privileged role in this process likely a function of specific electrophysiological properties and through the assembly of a large multi-protein complex in the sub-synaptic domain. A critical molecular component of this complex is SAP97, a scaffolding protein with >90 known binding partners. We have taken a variety of approaches to identifying the critical binding partners of SAP97 that transduce activity of glutamate receptors assembled with GluA1 into dendrite growth, synapse specification and circuit function. Insight in the molecular logic of SAP97 function will have implications for childhood maladies such as intellectual disability and autism/autism-spectrum disorders.
2e8 Mutations in protein such as Cu++/Zn++ SOD and TDP43 cause adult onset neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. We have found that these mutant proteins evoke maladaptive changes in cellular and organismal intermediary metabolism – re-wiring metabolism can blunt the adverse effects on neuronal survival. We have made parallel observations in an infantile/childhood motor neuron disease called Spinomuscular atrophy. In addition, mutant protein misfolding can be injurious to neurons by disrupting cellular protein homeostasis and we have identified suppressors of this toxicity. Targeting proximal events in neurodegenerative diseases will lead to novel therapeutic approaches.
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Description of Clinical Expertise
10c I am a Board Certified Adult Neurologist who has been in active and continuous practice since 1987. I have facility in the treatment of a broad range of Neurological Disorders. I have special expertise in the diagnosis and management of ALS patients.71
Description of Research Expertise
16c Research in my lab focuses on two topics: 1) activity-dependent development of circuits in the central nervous system and 2) healthful compensatory responses of cells and organisms to stressful conditions. We use genetically manipulated mice, primary neuron tissue culture and C.elegans in our studies; our approach is cell and molecular biology.390 During development synaptic activity refines and patterns connections among neurons and this is required for precise high-level behavior. We have found that glutamatergic synapses that include the GluA1 subunit have a privileged role in this process likely a function of specific electrophysiological properties and through the assembly of a large multi-protein complex in the sub-synaptic domain. A critical molecular component of this complex is SAP97, a scaffolding protein with >90 known binding partners. We have taken a variety of approaches to identifying the critical binding partners of SAP97 that transduce activity of glutamate receptors assembled with GluA1 into dendrite growth, synapse specification and circuit function. Insight in the molecular logic of SAP97 function will have implications for childhood maladies such as intellectual disability and autism/autism-spectrum disorders.
2e8 Mutations in protein such as Cu++/Zn++ SOD and TDP43 cause adult onset neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. We have found that these mutant proteins evoke maladaptive changes in cellular and organismal intermediary metabolism – re-wiring metabolism can blunt the adverse effects on neuronal survival. We have made parallel observations in an infantile/childhood motor neuron disease called Spinomuscular atrophy. In addition, mutant protein misfolding can be injurious to neurons by disrupting cellular protein homeostasis and we have identified suppressors of this toxicity. Targeting proximal events in neurodegenerative diseases will lead to novel therapeutic approaches.
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156 Zhai, J.,Zhang, L., Mojsilovic-Petrovic, J., Jian, X., Thomas, J.,Homma, K., Schmitz, A., Famulok, M., Ichijo, H., Argon, Y., Randazzo, P.A. and Kalb, R. G: Inhibition of cytohesins protects against genetic models of motor neuron disease. Journal of Neuroscience 2015.
e5 Boccitto, M., Doshi, S., Maronski, M., Zhai, J., Zhang, L. and Kalb, R.: Opposing Actions of SAP97 and DISC1 on Wnt/β-catenin Signaling. Neuroscience 2015.
122 White, S., Ortinski, P., Shayna H., Friedman, S.H., Neve,R. L., Kalb, R. G., Schmidt, H.D., and Pierce, R. C.: A Critical Role for the GluA1 Accessory Protein, SAP97, in Cocaine Seeking. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015.
132 Zhang, L., Hsu,F.-C., Mojsilovic-Petrovic, J., Jablonski, A.M., Zhai, J., Coulter, D.A. and Kalb, R.G. : Structure-Function Analysis Of SAP97, A Modular Scaffolding Protein That Drives Dendrite Growth. Mol Cell Neuroscience 65, 2015.
121 Ozek, C., Zimmer, D.J., De Jonghe, B.C., Kalb, R.G., and Kendra K. Bence, K.K.: Ablation of intact hypothalamic and/or hindbrain TrkB signaling leads to perturbations in energy balance. Molecular Metabolism 2015.
a0 Goran Periz, Jiayin Lu, Tao Zhang, Mark W. Kankel, Angela M. Jablonski, Robert Kalb, Alexander McCampbell, Jiou Wang 65 : Regulation of Protein Quality Control by UBE4B and LSD1 through p53-Mediated Transcription 2b Plos Biology 2015.
8d Alondra Schweizer Burguete Sandra Almeida Fen-Biao Gao Robert Kalb Michael R Akins Nancy M Bonini a5 : GGGGCC microsatellite RNA is neuritically localized, induces branching defects, and perturbs transport granule function. eLife 2015.
124 Nazila Tehrani, John Del Rosario, Moises Dominguez, Robert Kalb, Itzhak Mano: The Insulin/IGF signaling regulaotrs cytohesin/GRP-1 and PIP5K/PPK-1 modulate susceptibility to excitotoxicity in C. elegans. PloOne 9, 2014.
15f Lim, M.A., Bence, K.K, Sandesara, I., Andreux, P., Auwerx, J., Ishibashi, J., Seale,P. and Kalb, R.G.: Genetically altering organismal metabolism by leptin-deficiency benefits a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Human Molecular Genetics doi:10:1093/hmg/ddu214, 2014.
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1a6 Jablonski, A.M., Lamitina, T., Liachko, N.F., Sabatella, M., Liu, J., Zhang, L., Ostrow, L.W., Gupta, P., Wu, C.-Y., Doshi, S., Mojsilovic-Petrovic, J., Lans, H., Wang, J., Brian C Kraemer, B.C., and Kalb, R.G: Loss of RAD-23 Protects Against Models of Motor Neuron Disease by Enhancing Mutant Protein Clearance. Journal of Neuroscience 2015.156 Zhai, J.,Zhang, L., Mojsilovic-Petrovic, J., Jian, X., Thomas, J.,Homma, K., Schmitz, A., Famulok, M., Ichijo, H., Argon, Y., Randazzo, P.A. and Kalb, R. G: Inhibition of cytohesins protects against genetic models of motor neuron disease. Journal of Neuroscience 2015.
e5 Boccitto, M., Doshi, S., Maronski, M., Zhai, J., Zhang, L. and Kalb, R.: Opposing Actions of SAP97 and DISC1 on Wnt/β-catenin Signaling. Neuroscience 2015.
122 White, S., Ortinski, P., Shayna H., Friedman, S.H., Neve,R. L., Kalb, R. G., Schmidt, H.D., and Pierce, R. C.: A Critical Role for the GluA1 Accessory Protein, SAP97, in Cocaine Seeking. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015.
132 Zhang, L., Hsu,F.-C., Mojsilovic-Petrovic, J., Jablonski, A.M., Zhai, J., Coulter, D.A. and Kalb, R.G. : Structure-Function Analysis Of SAP97, A Modular Scaffolding Protein That Drives Dendrite Growth. Mol Cell Neuroscience 65, 2015.
121 Ozek, C., Zimmer, D.J., De Jonghe, B.C., Kalb, R.G., and Kendra K. Bence, K.K.: Ablation of intact hypothalamic and/or hindbrain TrkB signaling leads to perturbations in energy balance. Molecular Metabolism 2015.
a0 Goran Periz, Jiayin Lu, Tao Zhang, Mark W. Kankel, Angela M. Jablonski, Robert Kalb, Alexander McCampbell, Jiou Wang 65 : Regulation of Protein Quality Control by UBE4B and LSD1 through p53-Mediated Transcription 2b Plos Biology 2015.
8d Alondra Schweizer Burguete Sandra Almeida Fen-Biao Gao Robert Kalb Michael R Akins Nancy M Bonini a5 : GGGGCC microsatellite RNA is neuritically localized, induces branching defects, and perturbs transport granule function. eLife 2015.
124 Nazila Tehrani, John Del Rosario, Moises Dominguez, Robert Kalb, Itzhak Mano: The Insulin/IGF signaling regulaotrs cytohesin/GRP-1 and PIP5K/PPK-1 modulate susceptibility to excitotoxicity in C. elegans. PloOne 9, 2014.
15f Lim, M.A., Bence, K.K, Sandesara, I., Andreux, P., Auwerx, J., Ishibashi, J., Seale,P. and Kalb, R.G.: Genetically altering organismal metabolism by leptin-deficiency benefits a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Human Molecular Genetics doi:10:1093/hmg/ddu214, 2014.
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