New Modes of GPCR Signalling

INVITED SPEAKER’S INFO
Prof. Craig Montell
PhD, Professor, Director
Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neuroscience
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
855 N. Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel: (410) 955-1199;
FAX: (410) 287-7672
E-mail: cmontell@jhmi.edu
Education
1978 B.A., Department of Bacteriology, University of California, Berkeley
1983 Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, University of California, Los Angeles
Honorary Degree
2010 March Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
Appointments
1983-1988 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biochemistry,
University of California, Berkeley, CA.
1988-1994 Assistant Professor,Dept. of Biological Chemistry &Neuroscience,
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
1994-1998 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Chemistry &Neuroscience,
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
2000-2006 Director, BCMB Graduate Program
1998- Professor, Dept. of Biological Chemistry &Neuroscience,
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Selected Publications over 100
1. Montell, C., Fisher, E.F., Caruthers, M.H. and Berk, A.J. 1982. Resolving the
functions of overlapping viral genes by site-specific mutagenesis at a mRNA splice
site. Nature 295, 380-384.
2. Montell, C., Fisher, E.F., Caruthers, M.H. and Berk, A.J. 1983. Inhibition of RNA
cleavage but not polyadenylation by a point mutation in mRNA 3' consensus
sequence AAUAAA. Nature 305, 600-605.
3. Montell, C. 2000. PLC fills a GAP in G protein coupled signaling. Nature Cell
Biol. 2, E82-83.
4. Montell, C. 2000. A PDZ protein Ushers in new links. 2000. Nature Genet. 26,
6-7.
5. Montell, C., Courtois, G., Eng, C., and Berk, A.J. 1984. Complete transformation
by adenovirus 2 requires both E1A proteins. Cell 36, 951-961.
6. Montell, C. and Rubin, G. 1988. The Drosophila ninaC locus encodes two