Shernaz Bamji

Professor

mail shernaz.bamji@ubc.ca

call 604-822-4746

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Research Focus Teams

Autism, Alzheimer's

Research Interests

Alzheimer's Disease, Cadherins, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Cell Signalling, Confocal Imaging, Growth Factors, Learning and Memory, Nervous System Development, Neuronal Communication, Neurotransmission

Departments

Cellular and Physiological Sciences

Bio

Dr. Shernaz Bamji is associate director of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health and a professor in the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences at the University of British Columbia. She is also the current president of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience.

Dr. Bamji has a long-standing interest in understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neural connectivity and synaptic plasticity. Her work has provided valuable information about fundamental mechanisms underlying learning and memory, as well as how these processes are perturbed in diseased states.

Awards

  • 2007/7 - 2012/7 New Investigator: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • 2006/7 - 2012/7 Career Investigator Award: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
  • 2005/10 - 2010/10 Salary Award, TULA Foundation

Recent Publications

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The X-Linked Intellectual Disability Gene, ZDHHC9, Is Important for Oligodendrocyte Subtype Determination and Myelination

Mechanisms and functions of protein S-acylation

Synaptic activity-dependent changes in the hippocampal palmitoylome