University of Tasmania, Australia

Lecturer

BSc(Hons), PhD

General Responsibilities

Dr Canty completed a BSc(Hons) at the University of Tasmania and a PhD at The University of Melbourne.

Her current roles include lecturing to undergraduate students in the School of Medicine and conducting research as part of the Neurorepair group.

Teaching Responsibilities

Dr Canty predominantly teaches into the Bachelors of Nursing and Paramedic Studies as well as the Bachelor of Biotechnology and Medical Research (neuroscience major).

Units Taught

• CHP311 - Neuroscience A
• CXA107 - Foundations of Bioscience
• CXA204 - Bioscience 1
• CXA205 - Bioscience 2

Publications

• Canty, A. J., Dietze, J., Harvey, M., Enomoto, H., Milbrandt, J. & Ibanez, C. F. (2009). Regionalized loss of Parvalbumin interneurons in the cerebral cortex of mice lacking RET-independent GFRalpha1. The Journal of Neuroscience, 29(34), 10695-10705.
• Canty, A. J. & Murphy, M. (2008). Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance in the developing corticospinal tract. Progress in Neurobiology, 85(2), 214-235.
• Berghuis, P., Rajnicek, A. M., Morozov, Y. M., Ross, R. A., Mulder, J., Urbán, G. M., Monory, K., Marsicano, G., Matteoli, M., Canty, A., Irving, A.J., Katona, I., Yanagawa, Y., Rakic, P., Lutz, B., Mackie, K. & Harkany, T. (2007). Hardwiring the Brain: Endocannabinoids Control Axon Guidance, Science, 316(5828), 1212-1216.
• Canty, A. J., Greferath, U., Turnley, A. M., Murphy, M. (2006). Eph tyrosine kinase receptor EphA4 is required for the topographic mapping of the corticospinal tract, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(42), 15629-15634.

Web Access Research Portal (WARP)

Additional Information

Research Interests

Dr Canty has a long-standing interest in the formation and plasticity of neural circuitry. This interest has seen her move around the globe, from Melbourne University for her PhD studies in axon guidance in the developing spinal cord, to the Karolinska institute in Stockholm, Sweden, to investigate the integration of interneurons into the juvenile cerebral cortex.

Her research interests have gradually moved from investigating molecules involved in central nervous system development, to understanding circuitry rearrangements in the mature brain in both health and disease. Most recently, she had a 2.5 year appointment at Imperial College in London where she learnt the technique of in vivo imaging through a cranial window using 2-photon microscopy. This ground-breaking technique provides a novel tool to assess cortical circuitry rearrangements in real time.

Dr Canty is particularly interested in rearrangements that occur following trauma or brain injury. She arrived in Tasmania for a lectureship/research position at the School of Medicine at the end of 2010.