Francisco J. Tejedor Rescalvo

Principal Investigator
Developmental Neurobiology
The Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante
Spain

Scientist Neurology
Biography

Degree: 1979 MS Organic Chemistry, Universidad de Granada, Spain Ph.D program: 1983 PhD, Centro de Biología Molecular, CSIC-Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain Posdoctoral Positions: 1985-88 Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Washington, USA 1988-89 Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, RFA Previous positions: 1990-95 Staff Scientist, Instituto Cajal - CSIC, Madrid, Spain Current Position: Research Group Leader

Research Intrest

Research Fields: Molecular biology of ionic channels in the nervous system. Brain Development. Neuropathologies. Down syndrome.

List of Publications
Shaikh MN , Gutierrez-Aviño F, Colonques J, Ceron J, Hämmerle B, Tejedor FJ " Minibrain drives the Dacapo-dependent cell cycle exit of neurons in the Drosophila brain by promoting asense and prospero expression. " Development . 143(17) , 3195 - 205. doi: 10.1242/dev.134338 ( 2016 ) Hammerle B. , Ulin E.,Guimera J.,Becker W, Guillemot F and Tejedor FJ. " Transient expression of Mnb/Dyrk1a couples cell cycle exit and differentiation of neuronal precursors by inducing p27KIP1 expression and suppressing NOTCH signalling " Development . 138 , 2543 - 2554 ( 2011 ) Colonques J. , Ceron J.,Reichert H. and Tejedor FJ. " A Transient Expression of Prospero Promotes Cell Cycle Exit of Drosophila Postembryonic Neurons Through the Regulation of Dacapo. " PLoS ONE . 6(4) , e19342 - ( 2011 ) Hammerle B. , Tejedor FJ. " A novel function of DELTA-NOTCH signalling mediates the transition from proliferation to neurogenesis in neural progenitor cells. " PLos ONE . 2(11) , e1169 - doi10.1371 ( 2007 ) Tejedor, F. , Zhu XR, Kaltenbach E, Ackermann A, Baumann A, Canal I, Heisenberg M, Fischbach KF, Pongs O. " minibrain: A new protein-kinase family involved in postembryonic Neurogenesis in Drosophila. " Neuron . 14 , 287 - 301 ( 1995 )