Richard D Smrt's Profile: Research and Presentations

Student Research Day 2006. 2nd Place Poster Winner. (Click to enlarge)

PUBLICATIONS
Basam Z. Barkho, Hongjun Song, James B. Aimone, Richard D. Smrt, Tomoko Kuwabara, Kinichi Nakashima, Fred H. Gage, and Xinyu Zhao. Identification of astrocyte-expressed factors that modulate neural stem/progenitor cell differentiation. Stem Cell and Dev. 2006.

Zhao X, Pak C, Smrt RD, Jin P. “Epigenetics and Neural Developmental Disorders” Epigenetics 2007 Apr;2(2):130-138. (invited meeting review).

Richard D Smrt, Julia Eaves, Basam Barkho, Tomoko Kuwabara, Kinichi Nakashima, Fred H Gage, and Xinyu Zhao. Mecp2 deficiency leads to delayed maturation and altered gene expression in hippocampal neurons. Neurobiol. of Diseases 2007 Jul;27(1):77-89.

Li X., Barkho BZ, Luo Y, Smrt RD, Liu C, Kuwabara T, Gage FH, and Zhao X#. Epigenetic regulation of stem cell mitogen FGF-2 by Mbd1 in adult neural stem/progenitor cells. J. Biol. Chem. 2008 (in press)

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
Abstracts:
Basam Barkho, Hongjun Song, Tomoko Kuwabara, Kinichi Nakashima, Richard D Smrt, Fred H Gage, and Xinyu Zhao*. Identification of astrocytes-expressed factors that affect neural stem/progenitor cell lineage determination. 34th Annual Meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, October 2004, San Diego, CA.

Julialee Eaves*, Richard Smrt, Basam Barkho, Fred Gage, Xinyu Zhao. “Function of MeCP2 in Post-natal Neurogenesis and Neuronal Maturation.” Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, November 2004, UNM, Albuquerque NM.

Richard D. Smrt*, Julialee Eaves, Basam Z. Barkho, Chunmei Zhao, Tomoko Kuwabara, Kinichi Nakashima, Fred H Gage, and Xinyu Zhao. “Function of MeCP2 in postnatal neurogenesis and neuronal maturation.” 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 2005, Washington DC

Richard D. Smrt, Julialee Eaves, Basam Z. Barkho, Chunmei Zhao, Tomoko Kuwabara, Kinichi Nakashima, Fred H Gage, and Xinyu Zhao. “MeCP2 in postnatal neurogenesis and neuronal maturation.” UNM Neuroscience Day, March 2006, UNM, Albuquerque NM

Richard D. Smrt, Nicholas J. Santistevan*, Julialea Eaves-Egenes, Basam Z. Barkho, Chunmei Zhao, James B. Aimone, Fred H. Gage, Xinyu Zhao. “MeCP2 is an epigenetic regulator critical to neuronal maturation in brain development.” UNM Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, April 2007, UNM, Albuquerque NM (Poster winner)

Rebecca Pfeiffer*, Richard D. Smrt, Yuping Luo, Xuekun Li, Keith Szulwach, Peng Jin, Xinyu Zhao. "Mecp2 regulates expression of microRNAs that are critical for neuronal development." UNM undergraduate research and creativity symposium, spring 2008

Richard D. Smrt, Rebecca Pfeiffer*, Xinyu Zhao. "Effect of Mecp2 on X-chromosome Inactivation in the Brain." October 2008 SACNAS conference.

Richard D. Smrt*, Rebecca Pfeiffer, Xinyu Zhao. “Effect of Mecp2 mutation on X-Chromosome inactivation in a novel mouse model of Rett syndrome." Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 2008, Washington DC

Invited oral presentation:
October 2005: Imaging eGFP expressing mature granule cell neurons in the mouse hippocampus using confocal microscopy. Microscopy Facility Open House, Cancer Research and Training Center, UNM.

Richard D. Smrt, Julialee Eaves, Basam Z. Barkho, Chunmei Zhao, Tomoko Kuwabara, Kinichi Nakashima, Fred H Gage, and Xinyu Zhao. “MeCP2 in postnatal neurogenesis and neuronal maturation.” UNM BSGP Student Research Day, March 2006, UNM, Albuquerque NM (2nd place poster winner)