Professor Penzes, Peter

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NAME Penzes, Peter		POSITION TITLE Assistant Professor of Physiology
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE (if applicable)	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	postdoc	2000-2003	Neuroscience, lab: Richard Huganir
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	postdoc	1997-2000	Neuroscience, lab: Betty Eipper
State University of New York, Buffalo, NY	Ph.D.	1991-1997	Biochemistry, lab: Joseph Napoli
University of Bucharest, Romania	B.Sc.	1987-1991	Biochemistry

Professional Positions

2003- Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Faculty affiliations

· Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN)

· Northwestern University Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC)

Professional activities

Professional memberships

· Society for Neuroscience

· Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society

· Asia-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry

Other professional activities

· Reviewer for Cell, Neuron, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, P.N.A.S., EMBO Journal, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Cell Biology, Hippocampus, Neurobiology

· Grant reviewer: National Science Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Israel Science Foundation

· Symposia chair/co-chair:

o Society for Neuroscience Meeting (minisymposium chair): Mechanisms of Structural Plasticity of Dendritic Spines. San Diego, CA, 2004

o International Society for Neurochemistry Meeting (symposium chair): Molecular mechanisms of dendritic spine formation and plasticity. Innsbruck, Austria, 2005

o Winter Conference of Brain Research (panel chair): Mechanisms of structural plasticity of dendritic spines. Steamboat, CO, 2006

o 7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience (symposium chair): Mechanisms of structural plasticity at excitatory synapses. Melbourne, Australia, 2007

o 8th Biennial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (symposium co-chair): Structural organization of dendritic spines and regulatory mechanisms. Shanghai, China, 2008

· Conference organizer - US-Japan Brain Research Collaborative Program (workshop), Maui, HI, 2006

Honors and Awards

1997 ASBMB Young Scientists’ Travel Award

1997 Biochemistry Dissertation Research Recognition Award, SUNY at Buffalo

2003 Japan Foundation for Aging and Health Award

2003/2004 Patrick Coelingh Investigator, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression

2007 Southwest Florida Investigator, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression

Public Recognition

· printed media: Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, Lancet Neurology, Women’s Health Magazine

· TV News outlets: WBBM-TV (Chicago), WCSH-TV (Portland), WLBZ-TV (Bangor), WLWT-TV (Cincinnati), WP:S-TV (Lake Charles), WTLV-TV (Jacksonville), WVTM-TV (Birmingham), CHEK-TV (Vancouver) KFDX-TV (Wichita Falls), KBSI-TV (Paducah), KOBI-TV (Medford), KMTR-TV (Eugene), KULR-TV (Billings), WICU-TV (Billings), WMTV-TV (Madison), WPTV-TV, (West Palm Beach), WPTZ (Burlington), KNSD-TV (San Diego), WSIL-TV (Paducah)

· Websites: Northwestern NewsCenter Podcast, NARSAD, Schizophrenia Research Forum, AlzForum

Publications

1. X. Wang, P. Penzes, and J. L. Napoli (1996) Cloning of a cDNA Encoding an Aldehyde Dehydrogenase and its Expression in Escherichia Coli: Recognition of Retinal as Substrate. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 16288.

2. P. Penzes, X. Wang, Z. Sperkova, and J. L. Napoli (1997) Cloning of a rat cDNA encoding retinal dehydrogenase isozyme type I and its expression in E.coli. Gene 191, 167.

3. P. Penzes, X. Wang, and J. L. Napoli (1997) Enzymatic characteristics of retinal dehydrogenase type I expressed in Escherichia coli. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1342, 175.

4. P. Penzes and J. L. Napoli (1999) Holo-Cellular Retinol-Binding Protein: Distinction of Ligand-Binding Affinity from Efficiency as Substrate in Retinal Biosynthesis. Biochemistry 38, 2088.

5. P. Penzes, R. C. Johnson, V. Kambampati, M. R. Alam, R. E. Mains, and B. A. Eipper (2000) An Isoform of Kalirin, a Neuronal GDP/GTP Exchange Factor for Rac1, is Enriched the Postsynaptic Density. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 6395.

6. D. Caldwell, D. N. Darlington, P. Penzes, R. C. Johnson, B. A. Eipper, and R. E. Mains (1999) The Novel Kinase P-CIP2 Interacts with the Cytosolic Routing Determinants of the Peptide Processing Enzyme Peptidylglycine alpha-Amidating Monooxygenase. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 34646.

7. R. C. Johnson, P. Penzes, B. A. Eipper, and R. E. Mains (2000) Isoforms of Kalirin, a Neuronal Dbl Family Member, Generated through Use of Different 5'- and 3'-Ends Along with an Internal Translational Initiation Site. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 19324. (责任编辑：泉水)

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