Leonard Levin
Tél. bureau : 514-252-3400 poste 4462
Fax : 514-251-7094
Tél. laboratoire : 514-252-3400 poste 7250
leonard.levin@umontreal.ca
Axe de recherche Santé de la vision
Unité de recherche Mécanismes pathophysiologiques
Titre
- Professeur agrégé
- Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en ophtalmologie et sciences visuelles
FORMATION
- Ph.D., Harvard University, Department of Neurobiology. Thesis: Immune Functions of Astrocytes; Thesis Advisor: Howard L. Weiner, M.D. (1988).
- M.D., Harvard Medical School and Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology. (1988).
- Fellow in Neuro-Ophthalmology (Simmons Lessell and Joseph Rizzo, preceptors), Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA. (1992)
DISTINCTIONS ET RÉALISATIONS
- Grass Foundation fellowship. (1983)
- NATO fellowship for Advanced Study Institute. (1984)
- Heed Foundation fellowship. (1992-93)
- National Eye Institute Travel Fellowship. (1993)
- Rudin Prize paper co-author. (1996)
- North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Young Investigator Award. (1997)
- Research to Prevent Blindness Dolly Green Special Scholar Award. (1997)
- Retina Research Foundation Sam and Bertha Brochstein Award. (1997)
- Listed in The Best Doctors in America® 1999
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship. (1999)
- Listed in The Best Doctors in America® 2001-2
- Retina Research Foundation Marjorie W. Margolin Prize. (2003)
- Listed in The Best Doctors in America® 2003-4
- Retina Research Foundation Sam and Bertha Brochstein Award. (2004)
- Listed in The Best Doctors in America® 2005-6
- Listed in The Best Doctors in America® 2007-8
PERSONNEL DE RECHERCHE
- Katrina Mears (maîtrise)
- Rachel Beaubien (maîtrise)
INTÉRêTS DE RECHERCHE
- Mécanismes de signalisation intracellulaire de la mort des cellules rétiniennes après dommage axonal - Glaucome et autres neuropathies optiques
- Neuroprotection des neurones rétiniennes dans la neuropathie optique et la DMLA
- Différentiation des cellules souches des cellules rétiniennes ganglionnaires
PUBLICATIONS CHOISIES
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Schlieve CR, Lieven CJ, Levin LA. Biochemical activity of reactive oxygen species scavengers do not predict retinal ganglion cell survival. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 47:3878-86, 2006.
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Niederkohr RD, Levin LA. A Bayesian analysis of the true sensitivity of a temporal artery biopsy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 48:675-680, 2007.
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Vrabec JP, Levin LA. Type II protein C deficiency in a sixteen-year-old girl with central retinal vein occlusion. Am J Ophthalmol, 143:341-342, 2007.
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Nguyen SM, Lieven CJ, Levin LA. Simultaneous labeling of projecting neurons and apoptotic state, J Neurosci Methods 161:281-284, 2007.
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Levin LA. Axonal loss and neuroprotection in optic neuropathies. Can J Ophthalmol, 42:403-408, 2007.
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Schwechter BR, Millet LE, Levin LA. Histone deacetylase inhibition-mediated differentiation of RGC-5 cells and interaction with survival. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:2845-2857, 2007.
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Lieven CJ, Millet LE, Levin LA. Induction of axon and dendrite formation during early RGC-5 cell differentiation. Exp Eye Res, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2007.08.001.
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Levin LA. The Ischemic Optic Nerve Compression Decompression Trial: A decade later. Arch Ophthalmol, in press.
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Levin LA, Mechanisms of retinal ganglion specific-cell death in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc, in press.
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Hoegger MJ, Levin LA. Differential production of superoxide by neuronal mitochondria. BMC Neurosci. 2008 Jan 8;9:4.
Liste complète des publications du Dr Levin (PubMed)
INFORMATIONS COMPLEMENTAIRES
Collaborations
- Adriana DiPolo, Université de Montréal
Subventions
- Chaire de recherche du Canada en ophtalmologie et sciences visuelles
- IRSC
- National Eye Institute (E.U.)
- FCI




