Kevin Kanning

Assistant Professor
Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University
United States of America

Professor Pathology
Biography

Kevin Kanning, is a Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, areas of interest research determining the variables that direct the diversification of spinal motor neurons (MNs) into functional subtypes, how this variation is translated into connections within specific circuits, and how this diversification renders some MN subtypes more vulnerable to stress and disease.

Research Intrest

Pathology

List of Publications
Kanning KC, Kaplan A, Henderson CE(2010) Motor neuron diversity in development and disease. Annu Rev Neurosci 33:409-440.
Kaplan A, Spiller KJ, Towne C, Kanning KC, Choe GT, et al.(2014) Neuronal matrix metalloproteinase-9 is a determinant of selective neurodegeneration. Neuron 81:333-348.
Machado CB, Kanning KC, Kreis P, Stevenson D, Crossley M,et al.(2014) Reconstruction of phrenic neuron identity in embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons. Development 141:784-794.