Daniel J. Bernard, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Tel: 514-398-2525 daniel.bernard [at] mcgill.ca Ìý |
Biographical Sketch
Prof. Bernard earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University and then conducted post-doctoral research in molecular endocrinology at Northwestern University. His first independent position was as a Staff Scientist at the Population Council’s Center for Biomedical Research at The Rockefeller University. He then moved his lab to Â鶹AV in April 2006.ÌýÌý
Keywords
Pituitary, neuroendocrinology, reproductive biology, signal transduction, transcription, mouse genetics, cell cultureÌý
Research or Clinical Activities
TheÌýBernardÌýlab investigates molecular mechanisms of pituitary hormone synthesis and action using in vitro and in vivo approaches. Projects in the lab concern: 1) signal transduction mechanisms through which members of the transforming growth factor β superfamily regulate pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) synthesis, 2) mechanisms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) signaling in pituitary gonadotrope cells, 3) extragonadal actions of FSH, and 4) hypothalamic-pituitary control of thyroid hormone production.
Selected Recent Publications
Sun Y, Bak B, Schoenmakers N, van Trotsenburg AS, Oostdijk W, Voshol P, Cambridge E, White JK, le Tissier P, Gharavy SN, Martinez-Barbera JP, Stokvis-Brantsma WH, Vulsma T, Kempers MJ, Persani L, Campi I, Bonomi M, Beck-Peccoz P, Zhu H, Davis TM, Hokken-Koelega AC, Del Blanco DG, Rangasami JJ, Ruivenkamp CA, Laros JF, Kriek M, Kant SG, Bosch CA, Biermasz NR, Appelman-Dijkstra NM, Corssmit EP, Hovens GC, Pereira AM, Dunnen JT, Wade MG, Breuning MH, Hennekam RC, Chatterjee K, Dattani MT, Wit JM,ÌýBernardÌýDJÌý(2012)ÌýÌýNature GeneticsÌý44(12):1375-1381.Ìý
Toufaily C, Fortin J, Alonso CAI, Lapointe E, Zhou X, Santiago-Andres Y, Lin Y-F,ÌýCui Y,ÌýWang Y, Devost D, Roelfsema F, Steyn F, Hanyaloglu AC, Hébert TE, Fiordelisio T, Boerboom D,ÌýBernardÌýDJÌý(2021)ÌýÌýeLife,Ìý10:e72937.
Ruf-Zamojski F, Zhang Z, Zamojski, Smith GR, Mendelev N, Liu H, Nudelman G, Moriwaki M, Pincas H, Castanon RG, Nair VD, Seenarine N, Amper MAS, Zhou X, Ongaro L, Toufaily C, Schang G, Nery JR, Bartlett A, Aldridge A, Jain N, Childs GV, Troyanskaya OG, Ecker JR, Turgeon JL, Welt CK,ÌýBernardÌýDJ, Sealfon SC (2021) ÌýNature CommunicationsÌý12:Ìý2677.
Brûlé E, Wang Y, Li Y, Lin Y-F, Zhou X, Ongaro L, Alonso CAI, Buddle ERS, Schneyer AL, Byeon C-H, Hinck CS, Mendelev N, Russell JP, Cowan M, Boehm U, Ruf-Zamojski F, Zamojski M, Andoniadou CL, Sealfon SC, Harrison CA, Walton KL, Hinck AP,ÌýBernardÌýDJÌý(2021) ÌýScience AdvancesÌý7(51): eabl4391.Ìý