GARY A. BANKER

Education:

1964 - 1966  Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

1966 - 1968  B.S. magna cum laude, Mathematics and Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1968 - 1973  Ph.D., Psychobiology, University of California at Irvine, CA.
Advisor:  C.W. Cotman; Thesis:  Proteins of Synaptic Structures

1973 - 1976  Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.  Advisor:  W.M. Cowan

Academic Appointments:

1998-present  Senior Scientist and Director of the Program in Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

1997   John T. and Louise Nerancy Professor of Neurosciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia

1989-1997  Professor of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia

1976 - 1989  Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Neurobiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York

1988 - 1989  Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Neuroscience, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York

1987 ‑1988  Visiting Professor, Section of Molecular Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

1985   Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Salk Institute, San Diego, CA

1976 - 1979  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Honors and Awards:

1964 - 1968  National Merit Scholar
1968   Phi Beta Kappa
1968   National Science Foundation, Undergraduate Trainee
1968 - 1973  National Institute of Mental Health, Predoctoral Trainee and Fellow
1974 - 1976  National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Fellow
1976 - 1980  Research Fellow of the Sinsheimer Foundation
1980   Harold C. Wiggers Travel Fellowship
1985   Schaffer Faculty Development Award
1989 - 1996  Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award (NIH)
1994   Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
1996   David Harrison Award for Outstanding Teaching
1998, 1999, 2000 Grass Foundation Traveling Lecturer

Professional Activities:

Director, Multidisciplinary Training Program in Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University (1999-present).

Executive Committee, Nanobiotechnology Center, Cornell University (2000-present).

Editorial Board:  Journal of Neurocytology (1990-present); European Journal of Neuroscience (1999-2003).

National Institutes of Health Study Sections and Review Committees: Synapses, Cytoskeleton And Trafficking Study Section (2003-present); Javits Centers Program (1985); Neurology A, B1 and B2, NST ad hoc (1985-present); Neurology B2, regular member (1993-1995); NICHHD:  Intramural Programs Review (1990, 1998).

Neurobiology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA:  instructor (1989-1999); head, section on structure and development (1991-1994); course director (1995-1999)

Memberships:  American Society for Cell Biology; Society for Neuroscience (Hudson-Berkshire Chapter President, 1983‑1985)

Current Grant Support:

National Institutes of Health (R01 NS 17112‑22):  The development of hippocampal neurons in culture (Principal Investigator); 2/1/04 to 1/31/09; current year direct costs: $231,000.

National Institutes of Health (R01 MH66179-02): Neuronal polarity and membrane trafficking.  (Principal Investigator); 7/1/02 to 6/30/07; current year direct costs: $225,000.

National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (9876771): The Nanobiotechnology Center: Applications of nanofabrication to neurobiology (Co-investigator).  Subcontract from Cornell University;1/1/00 to 12/31/10; current year direct costs: $160,000.

National Institutes of Health (T32 NS07466-06): Multidisciplinary Training in Neuroscience (Principal Investigator); 7/1/99 to 6/30/09; current year direct costs: $150,298.

Publications--Books and Invited Chapters:

Cotman, C.W. and Banker, G.A. (1974)  The making of a synapse.  In: Reviews of Neuroscience, Ehrenpreis, S. and Kopin, I.J., (eds.), vol. 1, pp. 1‑61.

Steward, O., Davis, L., Reeves, T.M., and Banker, G. (1988)  Microcompartmentation of the protein synthetic machinery of neurons:  polyribosome localization under postsynaptic sites.  In:  Intracellullular Determinants of Neuronal Form and Function, (R. Lasek and M.B. Black, eds.), Alan R. Liss, New York, pps. 521‑544.

Banker, G.A., and Waxman, A.B. (1988) Hippocampal neurons generate natural shapes in cell culture.  In: Intracellullular Determinants of Neuronal Form and Function, (R. Lasek and M.B. Black, eds.), Alan R. Liss, New York, pps. 61‑82.

Steward, O., Banker, G.A., Davis, L., and Phillips, L.L. (1988)  The process of reinnervation of CNS neurons: evidence for local synthesis of constituents at postsynaptic sites.  In: Neural Degeneration and Regeneration (A. Gorio, J. deVellis, J.R. Perez-Polo, B. Haber, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pps. 469‑480.

Steward, O., Davis, L., Dotti, C., Phillips, L., Rao, A., and Banker, G. (1988)  Protein synthesis and processing in cytoplasmic microdomains beneath postsynaptic sites on CNS neurons: A mechanism for establishing and maintaining a mosaic postsynaptic receptive surface.  Molec. Neurobiol.  2:227‑261.

Banker, G. and Goslin K. (1988)  Developments in neuronal cell culture.  Nature 336:185‑186.

Banker, G. and Goslin, K. (1991)  Culturing Nerve Cells.  Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press.

Vale, R.D., Banker, G. and Hall, Z.W. (1992)  The neuronal cytoskeleton.  In:  Molecular Neurobiology (Z.W. Hall, ed.), Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA., pps. 247‑280.

Steward, O., and Banker, G. (1992)  Getting the message from the gene to the synapse: sorting and intracellular transport of RNA in neurons and other spatially complex cells.  Trends Neurosci. 15:180‑186.

Craig, A.M., Jareb, M., and Banker, G. (1992) Neuronal Polarity.  Curr. Opinion Neurobiol. 2: 602-606.

Craig, A.M., and Banker, G. (1994)  Neuronal Polarity.  Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 17: 267-310.

Steward, O., Kleiman, R., and Banker, G. (1994) Sorting and Intracellular transport of RNA in neurons: regulation of gene expression at synaptic sites.  In: Regulation of gene expression and brain function (P.J. Harrison, ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pps 17-29.

Futerman, A.H. and Banker, G.A. (1996) The economics of neurite outgrowth--the addition of new membrane to growing axons.  Trends Neurosci. 19: 144-149.

Mandell, J.W., and Banker, G. (1996)  Microtubule-associated proteins, phosphorylation gradients, and the establishment of neuronal polarity.  Perspectives Develop. Neurobiol.  4:  125-135.

Higgins, D., Burack, M., Lein, P., and Banker, G. (1997)  Mechanisms of Neuronal Polarity. Curr. Opinion Neurobiol. 7: 599‑604.

Banker, G. and Goslin, K. (1998)  Culturing Nerve Cells (Second Edition).  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Silverman, M. A., Kaech, S., Burack, M.A., and Banker, G. (2000) Vesicle transport in neurons.  In: GFP in Motion (ed. B. Ludin): a video supplement to Trends in Cell Biology.

Banker G.  (2003)  Pars, PI 3-kinase, and the establishment of neuronal polarity.
Cell 112: 4-5.

Original Articles:

Banker, G.A., Hunt, E., and Pagano, R. (1969) Evidence supporting the memory  disruption hypothesis of electro-convulsive shock action.  Physiol. and Behav. 4:895‑899.
 
Cotman, C.W., Banker, G.A., Zornetzer, S.F., and McGaugh,J.L. (1971)  Electro-shock effects on brain protein synthesis: Relation to brain seizures and retrograde amnesia.  Science 173:454‑456.

Banker, G.A. and Cotman, C.W. (1971) Characteristics of different amino acids as protein precursors in mouse brain:  Advantages of certain carboxyl-labeled amino acids.  Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 142:565‑573.

Cotman, C.W., Levy, W., Banker, G.A., and Taylor, D. (1971) An ultrastructural and chemical analysis of the effect of Triton X‑100 on synaptic plasma membrane.  Biochem. Biophys. Acta 249:406‑418.

Banker, G.A., Crain, B., and Cotman, C.W. (1972) Molecular weights of the polypeptide chains of synaptic plasma membranes.  Brain Res. 42:508‑513.

Banker, G.A. and Cotman, C.W. (1972) Measurement of free electrophoretic mobility and retardation coefficient of protein-sodium dodecyl sulfate complexes by gel electrophoresis:  A method to validate molecular weight estimates.  J. Biol. Chem. 247:5856‑5861.

Doyle, L.C., Banker, G.A., and Cotman, C.W. (1973) Gradient design to optimize rate zonal separations.  Anal. Biochem. 56:370‑382.
Cotman, C.W., Banker, G.A., Churchill, L., and Taylor, D. (1974) Isolation of  postsynaptic densities from rat brain.  J. Cell Biol. 63:441‑455.