CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME
AKIMENKO, Marie-Andrée, Professor
Member of School of Graduate Studies and Research
DEGREES
Doctorat ès Science, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France 1989
Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France 1981
Maîtrise de Génétique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France 1980
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2009Professor, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa
2005Professor (Cross-Appointment), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine,
University of Ottawa.
2005-2008
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa
1997-2008
Senior Scientist, Chronic Disease Program (Hormones, Growth and Development),
Ottawa Health Research Institute
1997-2005
Associate Professor (Cross-Appointment), Department of Cellular and Molecular
Medicine, University of Ottawa.
1998-2005
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa
1992-2008
Active Scientific Staff, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Ottawa
Hospital
1992-1998
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa
1992-1997
Cross-Appointment, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Ottawa
1991-1992
1987-1991
Chargée de Recherche, Institut Pasteur, France
Assistante de recherche, Institut Pasteur, France
HONOURS
1996
Marcus Singer Medal Award, from the Marcus Singer Society for
Regeneration and Development, London, UK
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (past 7 years only)
Memberships on committees, grant panels, editorial boards, etc.
2012
member, NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) grant panel for Genes, Cells
and Molecules Evaluation Committee 1501.
2011
Member, organization of the 50th meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, U.
of Ottawa, 16-20 May 2011.
2009
Panel Chair, Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Program
2008
Panel member, Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Program.
2008
member, « Fonds de Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies, Québec »
(FQRNT) grant panel; committee 507- Physiologie
2006
Guest Editor for a special issue on Limb and Fin Regeneration in The Scientific
World Journal, Embryology & Development
2005-2007 Co-Chair, 2nd year medical student Endocrine Block, Univ of Ottawa
2003-pres Member, Editorial Board of Developmental Dynamics
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Scholarly and professional activities (last 7 years) continued
Last 7 years Member theses committees: PhD theses: 2 as an external and 7 as an
internal examiner. Examiner on 15 M.Sc. theses and on 14 comprehensive
exams for PhD students of the Biology, CMM and Biochemistry Depts.
Invited Lectures and presentations at international and national meetings (last 7 years only)
1. 12th international conference on limb development and regeneration, Mont-Tremblant,
QC, Canada, June 3 – 7, 2012.
2. Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, May 2010. Host : Dr. B. Robert.
3. Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore, May 2010. Host: Dr. V. Korzh.
4. Invited speaker to the Symposium on Zebrafish as Models for Postembryonic
Development as part of the Canadian Society of Zoologists annual meeting in Halifax in
May 2008.
5. Centre de Recherches de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Université Laval in May, 2008. Host:
Dr. Pierre Savard.
6. Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, Education Rounds of the
Genetics Department, January 8, 2008. Host : Drs. C. Armour and M. Carter.
7. Center for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, CAREG, University of
Ottawa, October 18, 2007. Host: Dr. S. Perry.
8. Clarkson University, NY, USA. October 12, 2007. Host: K. Wallace.
9. Invited speaker to the 34th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 5-9 May, 2007.
10. Invited speaker to the EMBO Conference on Regeneration, September 10-15, 2006,
Ascona, Switzerland.
11. Institute for Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe, Germany. September 2006. Host: Dr.
Uwe Strähle.
12. Invited speaker to the 74e Congrès de l’Association canadienne française pour
l’avancement des sciences (ACFAS), Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 16, 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Papers in refereed Journals
1. Jackson, R., Braubach, O.R., Bilkey, J., Zhang, J., Akimenko, M.-A, Fine, A., Croll, R.P.
and Jonz, M.G. Expression of sall4 in taste buds of zebrafish. Developmental Neurobiology
(2013) Feb 28. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22079.
2. Zhang, J., Jeradi, S., Strähle, U. and Akimenko, M.-A. Laser ablation of the sonic
hedgehog-expressing cells during fin regeneration affects ray branching morphogenesis.
Developmental Biology (2012) 365, 424-433.
3. Rolland-Lagan, A.-G., Paquette, M., Tweedle, V. and Akimenko, M.-A. Morphogen-based
simulation model of ray growth and joint patterning during fin development and
regeneration. Development (2012) 139, 1188-1197.
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Papers in refereed Journals cont’d.
4. Huang L, Szymanska K, Jensen VL, Janecke AR, Innes AM, Davis EE, Frosk P, Li C,
Willer JR, Chodirker BN, Greenberg CR, McLeod DR, Bernier FP, Chudley AE, Müller T,
Shboul M, Logan CV, Loucks CM, Beaulieu CL, Bowie RV, Bell SM, Adkins J, Zuniga FI,
Ross KD, Wang J, Ban MR, Becker C, Nürnberg P, Douglas S, Craft CM, Akimenko MA,
Hegele RA, Ober C, Utermann G, Bolz HJ, Bulman DE, Katsanis N, Blacque OE, Doherty
D, Parboosingh JS, Leroux MR, Johnson CA, Boycott KM. TMEM237 is mutated in
individuals with a Joubert syndrome related disorder and expands the role of the TMEM
family at the ciliary transition zone. American Journal of Human Genetics (2011) 89, 713730.
5. Khatib, A.-M., Lahlil, R., Scamuffa, N., Akimenko, M.-A., Ernest, S., Lomri, A., Lalou, C.,
Seidah, N.G., Villoutreix, B.O., Calvo, F. and Siegfried, G. Zebrafish ProVEGF-C
expression, proteolytic processing and inhibitory effect of unprocessed ProVEGF-C during
fin regeneration. PLoS One (2010) 5(7):e11438.
6. Zhang, J., Wagh, P., Guay, D., Sanchez-Pulido, L., Padhi, B.K., Korzh, V., Andrade, M. &
Akimenko, M.-A. Loss of actinotrichia and the fin-to-limb transition. Nature (2010) 466,
234-237.
7. Smith, A., Zhang, J., Guay, D., Quint, E., Johnson, A. & Akimenko, M.-A. Gene expression
analysis on sections of zebrafish regenerating fins reveals limitations in the whole-mount in
situ hybridization method. Developmental Dynamics (2008) 237, 417-425.
8. Murciano, C., Pérez-Claros, J., Smith, A., Avaron, F., Fernández, T.D., Durán, I., RuizSánchez, J., García, F., Becerra, J., Akimenko, M.-A., Marí-Beffa, M.
Position
dependence of hemiray morphogenesis during tail fin regeneration in Danio Rerio.
Developmental Biology (2007) 312, 272-283.
9. Smith, A, Avaron, F., Guay, D., Padhi, B.K. and Akimenko, M.-A. Inhibition of BMP
signaling during zebrafish fin regeneration disrupts fin growth and scleroblast
differentiation and function. Developmental Biology (2006) 299, 438-454.
10. Avaron, F., Hoffman, L., Guay, D. and Akimenko, M.-A. Characterization of two new
zebrafish members of the hedgehog family: atypical expression of the zebrafish Indian
hedgehog gene in skeletal elements of both endochondral and dermal origins.
Developmental Dynamics (2006) 235; 478-489.
11. Padhi, B.K., Akimenko, M.-A. and Ekker, M. Independent expansion of the keratin gene
family in teleostean fish and mammals: An insight from phylogenetic analysis and radiation
hybrid mapping of keratin genes in zebrafish. Gene, (2006) 368, 37-45.
12. Padhi, B.K., Joly, L., Tellis, P., Smith, A., Purushotama, N., Chevrette, M., Ekker, M. and
Akimenko, M.-A. A screen for genes differentially expressed during regeneration of the
zebrafish caudal fin. Developmental Dynamics, (2004) 231, 527-541.
13. Sire, J.-Y. and Akimenko, M.-A. Scale development in fish: a review, with description of
sonic hedgehog (shh) expression in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). International Journal of
Developmental Biology (2004) 48, 233-247.
14. Schoft, V.K., Beauvais, A.J., Lang, C., Gajewski, A., Prufert, K., Winkler, C., Akimenko,
M.-A., Paulin-Levasseur, M. & Krohne, G. The lamina-associated polypeptide 2 (LAP2)
isoforms , γ and ω of zebrafish: developmental expression and behavior during the cell
cycle. J. Cell Science (2003) 116, 2505-2517.
15. Akimenko, M.-A., Mari-Beffa, M, Becerra, J. & Géraudie, J. Old questions, new tools, and
some answers to the mystery of fin regeneration. Dev. Dyn. (2003) 226, 190-201. Review
article in the special issue on Regeneration.
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Papers in refereed Journals cont’d.
Quint, E., Smith, A., Avaron, F., Laforest, L., Miles, J., Gaffield, W., and Akimenko, M.A. Bone patterning is altered in the regenerating zebrafish caudal fin following ectopic
expression of sonic hedgehog and bmp2b or exposure to cyclopamine. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. USA (track II)(2002) 99, 8713-8718.
Hoffman, L., Miles, J., Avaron, F., Laforest, L. & Akimenko, M.-A. Exogenous retinoic
acid induces a stage-specific, transient and progressive extension of Sonic hedgehog
expression across the pectoral fin bud of Zebrafish. International Journal of Developmental
Biology (2002) 46, 949-956.
Murciano, C., Fernandez, T.D., Duran, I., Maseda, D., Ruiz-Sanchez, J., Becerra, J.,
Akimenko, M.-A & Mari-Beffa, M. Ray-interray interactions during fin regeneration of
Danio rerio. Developmental Biology (2002), 252, 214-224.
Poleo, G., Brown, C.W. , Laforest, L. and Akimenko, M.-A. Cell proliferation and
movement during early fin regeneration in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics (2001)
221, 380-390.
Boué-Grabot, E., Akimenko, M.-A. & Séguéla, P. Unique functional properties of a
developmentally-regulated neuronal P2X ATP-gated channel from zebrafish. Journal of
Neurochemistry (2000), 75, 1600-1607.
Wang, J.M., Préfontaine, G.G., Lemieux, M.E., Pope, L., *Akimenko, M.-A. &
*Haché,R.J.G. Developmental effects of ectopic expression of the glucocorticoid receptor
DNA binding domain are alleviated by an amino acid substitution that interferes with
homeodomain binding. Mol. Cell. Biol., (1999) 19, 7106-7122. (*corresponding authors)
Martin, C.C., Laforest, L., Akimenko, M.-A. & Ekker, M. A role for DNA methylation in
gastrulation and somite patterning. Developmental Biology, (1999) 206, 189-205.
Monnot, M.-J., Babin, P.J., Poleo, G., André, M., Laforest, L., Ballagny, C. & Akimenko,
M.-A. Epidermal expression of apolipoprotein E during fin and scale development and fin
regeneration in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics, (1999) 21, 207-215.
Laforest, L., Brown, C., Poleo, G., Géraudie, J., Tada, M., Ekker, M & Akimenko, M.-A.
Involvement of the Sonic Hedgehog, patched-1 and bmp2 genes in patterning of the
zebrafish dermal fin rays. Development, (1998) 125, 4175-4184.
Ekker, M., Akimenko, M.-A., Allende, M., Smith, R., Drouin, G., Langille, R. M.,
Weinberg, E. & Westerfield, M. Relationship among msx gene structure and function in
zebrafish and other vertebrates. Molecular Biology and Evolution, (1997) 14, 1008-1022.
Babin, P.J., Thisse, C., Durliat, M., André, M., Akimenko, M.-A. & Thisse, B. Both
apolipoprotein E and A-I genes are present in non-mammalian vertebrates and are highly
expressed during embryonic development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. (1997) 94, 86228627.
Ellies, D. L., Langille, R. M., Martin, C., Akimenko, M.-A. & Ekker, M. Specific
craniofacial dysmorphogenesis coincides with a loss of dlx gene expression in retinoic acid
treated zebrafish embryos. Mechanisms of Development. (1997) 61, 23-36.
Akimenko, M.-A. & Ekker, M. Anterior duplication of the Sonic Hedgehog expression
pattern in the pectoral fin buds of zebrafish treated with retinoic acid. Developmental
Biology (1995) 170, 243-247.
Akimenko, M.-A., Johnson, S.L., Westerfield, M. & Ekker, M. Differential induction of
four msx homeobox genes during fin development and regneration in zebrafish.
Development (1995) 121, 347-357.
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Papers in refereed Journals cont’d.
Akimenko, M.-A., Ekker, M., Wegner, J., Lin, W. & Westerfield, M. Combinatorial
expression of three zebrafish genes related to distal-less: part of a homeobox gene code for
the head. J. Neuroscience (1994) 14, 3475-3486.
Ekker, M., Wegner, J., Akimenko, M.-A. & Westerfield, M. Coordinate embryonic
expression
of three zebrafish engrailed genes. Development (1992) 116, 1001-1012.
Ekker, M., Akimenko, M.-A., Bremiller, R. & Westerfield, M. Regional expression of
three homeobox transcripts in the inner ear of zebrafish embryos. Neuron (1992) 9, 27-35.
Ekker, M. & Akimenko, M.-A.,
Embryologie et Génétique du danio rério.
Médecine/Sciences, (1991), 7, 553-560.
Akimenko, M.-A., Mariamé, B. & Rougeon, F. Rearrangement of the immunoglobulin
kappa light chain genes in a b4 rabbit and a Basilea rabbit. Res. Immunol. (1989) 140,
739-756.
Akimenko, M.-A., Ekker, M., Doyen, N., Biben, C. & Rougeon, F. Determinant
differences between the rabbit and mouse immunoglobulin kappa enhancers impair the
activity of the rabbit enhancer in mouse myeloma cells. Nucleic Acids Res. (1989) 17,
4745-4755.
Mariamé, B., Akimenko, M.-A. & Rougeon, F. Intergenic and interallelic conversion
events could induce differential evolution of the two rabbit immunoglobulin k light chain
genes. Nucleic Acids Res. (1987) 15, 6171-6179.
Goodhardt, M., Cavelier, P., Akimenko, M.-A., Lutfalla, G., Babinet, C. & Rougeon, F.
Rearrangement and expression of rabbit immunoglobulin k light chain gene in transgenic
mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1987) 84, 4229-4233.
Akimenko, M.-A., Mariamé, B. & Rougeon, F. Evolution of the immunoglobulin k light
chain locus in the rabbit: evidence for differential gene conversion events. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA (1986) 83, 5180-5183.
Akimenko, M.-A., Heidmann, O. & Rougeon, F. Complex allotypes of the rabbit
immunoglobulin k light chains are encoded by structural alleles. Nucleic Acids Res.
(1984) 12, 4691-4701.
Robert, B., Daubas, P., Akimenko, M.-A., Cohen, A., Garner, I., Guénet, J-.L &
Buckingham, M. A single locus in the mouse encodes both myosin light chains 1 and 3, a
second locus corresponds to a related pseudogene. Cell (1984) 39, 129-140.
Papers submitted
1. McMillan, S.C., Xu, T., Zhang, J., Teh, C., Korzh, V., Trudeau, V.L. & Akimenko, M.-A.
Regeneration of breeding tubercles on the pectoral fins of zebrafish requires androgens and
two waves of re-vascularization. Submitted to Development (MS ID#:
DEVELOP/2013/095992)
2. Beaulieu, C.L., Huang, L., Innes, A.M., Akimenko, M.-A., Puffenberger, E.G., Schwartz,
C., Jerry, P., Ober, C., Hegele, R.A., McLeod, D.R., Schwartzentruber, J., FORGE Canada
Consortium, Majewski, J., Bulman, D.E., Parboosingh, J.S. and Boycott, K.M. Intellectual
Disability Associated with a Homozygous Missense Mutation in THOC6. Submitted to
Orphanet Journal of Rare Disease (MS ID : 2794662169180919)
Papers in preparation
1. Rolland-Lagan, A.-G., Lefebvre V.D and Akimenko, M.-A. Quantitative framework for the
analysis of fin ray patterns.
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Chapters in Books
1. Ekker, M. and Akimenko, M.-A. Genetic Tools. In Zebrafish, a volume of Fish
Physiology. (2010) edited by Perry, S.F., Ekker, M., Farrell, A.P. and Brauner, C.J.
Elsevier Inc.
2. Smith, A. and Akimenko, M.-A. Fin repair and regeneration. In Fins into Limbs:
Evolution, Development, and Transformations. (2007) Editor Hall, B.K., The University of
Chicago Press.
3. Avaron, F. and Akimenko, M.-A. Sonic hedgehog signaling in the developing and
regenerating fins of zebrafish. In: The role of Shh and Gli signaling during development.
Howie, S. and Fisher, C. eds., Landes, Bioscience (2005).
http://www.eurekah.com/abstract.php?chapid=2542&bookid=178&catid=20.
4. Géraudie, J., Akimenko, M.-A. & Smith, M. The Dermoskeleton: Fins, Scales and Teeth.
In: Cellular and Molecular Basis of Regeneration: from Invertebrates to Humans; Ferretti,
P & Géraudie, J. eds, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., (1998). pp167-185.
5. Westerfield, M., Akimenko, M.-A., Ekker, M. & Pueschel, A. Eyes, ears and homeobox
genes in zebrafish embryos. In: Bernfield, M. (ed.), Molecular Basis of Morphogenesis,
51st Annual Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology, John Wiley & Sons,
Wiley-Liss Division, New York, NY. (1993), pp 67-75.
6. Akimenko, M.-A., Ekker, M. & Westerfield, M., Characterization of three zebrafish genes
related to Hox-7. In: Developmental Patterning of the Vertebrate Limb; NATO ASI
Series, Hinchliffe, J.R., Hurle, J. and Summerbell, D. eds., Plenum Press, (1991), pp 61-63.
Abstracts (last 7 years only)
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Akimenko, M.-A. invited speaker at the 12th international conference on limb development
and regeneration, Mont-Tremblant, QC, Canada, June 3 – 7, 2012. (oral)
Rolland-Lagan, A.-G., Paquette, M, Tweedle, V. and Akimenko, M.-A. Simulation model of
bony ray growth and segmentation during fin development and regeneration suggests an
integrated mechanism for the control of fin size and shape. 12th International Conference on
limb development and regeneration. Mont-Tremblant, Qc, Canada, June 3-7, 2012. (poster)
Zhang, J, Jeradi, S., Strähle, U. & Akimenko, M.-A. Laser ablation of the sonic hedgehog-aexpressing cells during fin regeneration affects ray branching patterning. Conférences Jacques
Monod: Emergence and evolution of developmental patterns. Roscoff (Brittany), France,
April 25-29, 2012. (poster)
Rolland-Lagan, A.-G., Paquette, M, Tweedle, V. and Akimenko, M.-A. Simulation model of
bony ray growth and segmentation during fin development and regeneration suggests an
integrated mechanism for the control of fin size and shape. Conférences Jacques Monod:
Emergence and evolution of developmental patterns. Roscoff (Brittany), France, April 25-29,
2012. (oral).
McMillan, S., Xu, T., Zhang, J., Trudeau, V. and Akimenko, M.-A. Formation of Sexually
Dimorphic Breeding Tubercle Clusters During Development and Regeneration of the
Zebrafish Pectoral Fins. The 6th Canadian Developmental Biology Conference, Banff, March
8-11, 2012. (oral at the zebrafish workshop; poster at the CDBC, received the prize for the
best poster).
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Abstracts continued
6.
Zhang, J, Jeradi, S., Strähle, U. & Akimenko, M.-A. Role of the sonic hedgehog-expressing
cells in ray branching morphogenesis during caudal fin regeneration in zebrafish. The “2nd
Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology Workshop” Tavira, Portugal, 26-28
April, 2011. (oral)
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Rolland-Lagan, A.-G. & Akimenko, M.-A. Morphogen-based model of ray growth and
segment formation during fin development and regeneration. The 50th Canadian Society of
Zoologists meeting. Ottawa, 16-20 May, 2011. (oral)
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Tweedle, V., Lefebvre, V., Akimenko, M.-A & Rolland-Lagan, A.-G. Model of segment
formation and ray branching in zebrafish caudal fins. The 50th Canadian Society of
Zoologists meeting. Ottawa, 16-20 May, 2011. (poster)
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Zhang, J., Wagh, P., Padhi, B.K., Andrade-Navarro, M.A. & Akimenko, M.-A. The teleostspecific actinodin gene family: regulation and function during fin development. The 4th
Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators, Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific
Grove, California, January 29- February 2nd, 2011. (poster)
10. Jeradi, S., Zhang, J., Stainier, D., Strähle, U. & Akimenko, M.-A. Understanding the role of
the shh-expressing cells during caudal fin regeneration in zebrafish. The 9th International
conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June
16-20, 2010. (poster)
11. Jeradi, S, Zhang, J. & Akimenko, M.-A. Understanding the role of the shh-expressing cells
during caudal fin regeneration in zebrafish. The 5th Canadian Developmental Biology
Conference, Mont-Tremblant, Québec. April 8-11, 2010. (poster)
12. Zhang, J., Wagh, P., Sanchez-Pulido, L, Padhi, B.K., Andrade-Navarro, M.A. and Akimenko,
M.-A. Actinodin, a new fish-specific gene family essential for actinotrichia formation.
Presented at the first “Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fish Skeletal Biology Workshop”
Tavira, Portugal, 27-29 April, 2009. (oral)
13. Akimenko, M.-A, Smith, A., Zhang, J. and Avaron, F. Roles of the hedgehog and bone
morphogenetic protein signaling pathways during fin regeneration in zebrafish. Symposium
on Zebrafish as Models for Postembryonic Development as part of the Canadian Society of
Zoologists annual meeting May 2008, Halifax. (oral)
14. Zhang, J., Strähle, U. & Akimenko, M.-A. Role of hedgehog signaling in branching
morphogenesis during fin regeneration in zebrafish. Selected for an oral presentation at the
Canadian Zebrafish Workshop, February 27-28, 2008, Banff, Alberta. (oral)
15. Zhang, J., Wagh, P., Guay, D., Padhi, B., Andrade, M. & Akimenko, M.-A. Actinodin, a
novel and fish-specific gene family encoding for structural components of the actinotrichia
fibrils is required for fin fold formation in zebrafish embryos. The 4th Canadian
Developmental Biology Conference, February 28- March 2, 2008, Banff, Alberta. (poster)
16. Akimenko, M.-A. Hedgehog and bone morphogenetic protein signaling during dermal bone
regeneration of the zebrafish fin rays. The 34th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues,
Copenhagen, Denmark, 5-9 May, 2007. (oral)
17. Akimenko, M.-A., Smith, A., Zhang, J. & Avaron, F. Multiple roles for hedgehog and bone
morphogenetic protein signaling during fin regeneration in zebrafish. The 3rd EMBO
Conference on Regeneration, September 10-15, 2006, Ascona, Switzerland. (oral)
18. Duran, I., Murciano, C., Akimenko, M.-A. & Mari-Beffa, M. Contralateral interactions
between right and left hemiblastema and developing hemirays are altered in Danio rerio
another long fin mutant fins. EMBO Conference series. The 3rd European Conference on
Regeneration, Ascona, Switzerland, September 10-15, 2006. (poster)
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Abstracts continued
19. Akimenko, M.-A. Un hedgehog peut en cacher un autre; rôle dans la régénération des rayons
osseux des nageoires du danio. 74e Congrès de l’Association canadienne française pour
l’avancement des sciences (ACFAS), Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 16, 2006. (oral)
20. Zhang, J., & Akimenko, M.-A. Role of hedgehog signaling in patterning ray branching
during fin regeneration. The 7th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and
Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 14-19, 2006. (poster)
21. Wagh, P., Padhi, B. & Akimenko, M.-A. Characterization of two novel zebrafish genes
specifically involved in fin development. 3rd Canadian Developmental Biology Conference,
Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, April 6-9, 2006. (poster)
22. Ray, B., Paulin-Levasseur, M. & Akimenko, M.-A. Functional analysis of lamina-associated
proteins 2 (LAP2) during early development of zebrafish, danio rerio. 3rd Canadian
Developmental Biology Conference, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, April 6-9, 2006. (poster)
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