Vanessa Auld

Professor

mail auld@zoology.ubc.ca

call 604-822-1977

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Research Focus Teams

Cancer, Diabetes, Autism, Alzheimer's, Rare Diseases

Research Interests

Development of the nervous system, Neuroscience

Departments

Zoology

Bio

Internationally recognized for her research in neuroscience, cell and developmental biology, Auld earned her BSc in Microbiology from UBC and her PhD from the University of Toronto. She has twice served as UBC Science's Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, leading equity and diversity initiatives across the Faculty and at the university level.

During her terms as associate dean, Auld led a comprehensive survey of the Faculty's working climate, coordinated external department reviews, oversaw faculty recruiting, promotion and tenure, and peer review of teaching initiatives. Auld also worked closely with units to develop important policies around faculty mentoring, workload, and maternal, parental and adoptive leaves.

Auld's research has been published in top journals including Cell and Neuron. She has held continuous operating grants from both CIHR and NSERC for the past two decades and was awarded an HHMI International Scholarship. She has successfully supervised five post-doctoral fellows, 18 PhD and MSc students, and 48 undergraduate research students. Auld has taught core courses in cell physiology, developmental biology, and neuroscience at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

After a post-doctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, she joined UBC as an assistant professor in 1994 and was promoted to associate professor (2001) and to professor (2007).

Recent Publications

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Dystroglycan mediates polarized deposition of Laminin and axon ensheathment by wrapping glia

Glia as Functional Barriers and Signaling Intermediaries

Proximity Ligation Assay (PLA) for Fillets of Drosophila Larvae

Whole-Larva Cryosectioning and Immunolabeling of Drosophila Larvae

Dissection and Immunolabeling of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of Drosophila Larvae

Cell Biology Techniques for Studying Drosophila Peripheral Glial Cells

Innexin-mediated adhesion between glia is required for axon ensheathment in the peripheral nervous system