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Abdallah HAYAR, Ph.
D. Date of birth: 1969 Citizenship: Lebanese, American Married to Souraya Irani Position: Associate Professor Dept. Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street #847 Little Rock, AR 72205, U.S.A. Tel. 501-686-6362 (Work) Fax 501-526-7928 E-Mail: amhayar@uams.edu |
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1987: Lebanese Baccalaureate in Experimental Sciences. Collège des Frères (Tripoli, Lebanon)
1987-91: Bachelor of Sciences (B.S.) major Biology, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box: 11-2036, Beirut, LEBANON.
1991-92: Maitrise de Physiologie Animale at the University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg. Major courses: Physiology of Excitable Cells, Function and Regulation of Physiological Systems, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology.
1992-93: DEA Neurobiologie et Physiologie des Systèmes de Communication. (U.L.P.) Strasbourg. Training at the laboratory of Neurophysiology and Neurobiology of Endocrine Systems (URA CNRS 1446) of Prof. P. Feltz. Research supervised by Prof. Ken Marshall (Univ. d' Ottawa, Canada).
1993-96: Ph.D. in Neurosciences
supervised and directed by Prof. Paul Feltz,
University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg.
Thesis title: GABAergic and
noradrenergic responses in silent and spontaneously active neurons of
the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla in vitro.
Committee: Prof. Alan North, Pascal
Bousquet, Jean Champagnat, Rémy Schlichter.
1997-1999: Research Associate
at the University of Virginia.
Director:
Prof.
Patrice Guyenet
1999-: Research Assistant Professor
at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
2003-: Research Assistant Professor
at the University of Tennessee,
Memphis.
2006-: Associate Professor
at
the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences,
Little Rock.
Fluent English, French and Arabic.
| COMPUTER SKILLS
- Operating Systems:
MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh. Troubleshoot PC hardware and software. Custom
build high-end computers.
- Application programs:
Microsoft Office, Canvas, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, pClamp,
Spike2, Origin, MiniAnalysis, Neuroplex, SAP, ARIA, Micromanager, ImageJ,
Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media Encoder, Photoscape, Any Video
Converter.
- Languages: Visual Basic, Visual
C++, Origin C and Labtalk Script language, OriginLab, MatLab.
- Internet: Webpage design (see
my website
http://hayar.net),
Personal Web Server, FTP Server, Netscape Composer, Frontpage, Microsoft
Expression Web. |
RESEARCH
AND EXPERTISE
1991: - Autoradiographic technique on rat brain slices.
1992: - Intracellular pH
measurement by microfluorimetry using the BCECF probe.
- Intracellular
recordings in the locus coeruleus and the mesencephalic 5 trigeminal
nucleus in rat brainstem slices, and in substancia nigra slice-
Intracellular dye labeling.
1993: Job experience for 3 months in a pharmaceutical
industry, position held: “Cadre de Laboratoire” at Sanofi Research,
Montpellier, France.
1994-6: - Intracellular recordings of neurons in the rostral
ventrolateral medulla.
- In
situ hybridization (GABA mRNA subunits).
1997-9: - Intracellular,
extracellular and field potential recordings in brainstem slices.
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Patch-clamp technique: Whole-cell, outside-out, and single channel
recordings.
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Analysis of the properties of evoked, spontaneous, and miniature
postsynaptic currents mediated by glutamate and GABA.
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Recordings from bulbospinal neurons identified with retrograde tracing
of fluorescent dyes injected in the spinal cord.
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Immunocytochemical staining for tyrosine hydroxylase.
2000-6: - Simultaneous
whole-cell recordings from pairs of neurons in olfactory bulb slices.
- Auto- and
cross-correlation analysis of spike trains and waveforms.
2007: - Calcium and
voltage-sensitive dye imaging, confocal microscopy.
- Ultraviolet light
laser uncaging of glutamate in brain slices.
- Laser Doppler
measurement of cerebral blood flow.
Société
des Neurosciences (France), member (1994-2002).
Society for Neuroscience (U.S.A.),
member since 1996.
American Physiological Society
(U.S.A.), member since 1998.
International
Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, member since (1998-2002).
Association for
Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), member since 1999.
Graduate Faculty
of the University of Maryland Graduate School, member (2001-2003).
Washington-Baltimore Computational
Neuroscience Interest Group, member (2001-2003).
Current funding
1.
R01DC007123-04:
44.67% effort, funding
period: 7/01/2005 - 6/30/2010 Direct costs: $187,171/year. Role: Principal
Investigator, NIH/NIDCD, Title: “External tufted cells coordinate olfactory bulb
activity” (CRISP
Abstract).
2.
R01 DC007876-01A2:
16.67% effort (subcontract direct costs: $41,400/year, duration
4/1/2009-3/31/2012) funding period: 3/1/2008 – 2/29/2012 Direct costs:
$270,000/year for 4 years. Role: co-PI, PI: Kathryn Hamilton, Louisiana State
Univ. Title: “Contribution of EPL interneurons to olfactory processing” (CRISP
Abstract).
3.
R01 NS020246-23:
20% effort, Funding period: 12/1/2008 - 11/30/2013 Hayar, Direct
costs: $250,000/year for 5 years. Role: co-I, PI: Edgar Garcia-Rill, Title:
“Central Modulation of Rhythms” (CRISP
Abstract).
4.
P20RR020146-0609: 13.66% effort, funding period: 9/16/2004-7/31/2009
Direct costs: $1,500,000/year for 5 years. Role: Mentor, PI: Edgar Garcia-Rill,
Title: “Center for Translational Neuroscience” (CRISP
Abstract).
5.
231 G1−35435−01: UAMS Tobacco Fund Award: Arkansas Bioscience Institute (ABI)
Collaborative Research Program,
Title: “Novel treatment for smoking dependence and
relapse”. Role:
Principal Investigator, co-PI: Roger Buchanan, Arkansas State University,
1/1/2009 - 12/31/2010, Grant total $38,500/year. UAMS costs: $14,500.00/year
Pending funding
1.
R01HL097107-01: Percentile: 5, PI: Sung Rhee, Role, co-I, 10% effort,
Title: “PSD95 scaffolding of vascular K+ channels in hypertension”,
04/01/2010-03/31/2015, Direct costs: $1,250,000, Total costs: $1,812,500/5
years.
PUBLICATIONSEnnis M, Hamilton KA, Hayar A (2007) Neurochemistry of the main olfactory system, In: Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, 3rd Edition (Lajtha A, Editor-in-Chief), Vol. 20, pp 137-204, Sensory Neurochemistry (Johnson DA, Volume Editor), Heidelberg: Springer, (PDF, 987 KB).
Ennis M, Hayar A (2008) Physiology of the Main Olfactory Bulb, in Allan I. Basbaum, Akimichi Kaneko, Gordon M. Shepherd and Gerald Westheimer, editors The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference, Vol 4, Olfaction and Taste, Stuart Firestein and Gary K. Beauchamp. San Diego: Academic Press; pp. 641-686. (Proof, PDF 10 MB).
Karnup SV, Hayar A (2008) Neuronal modules of the olfactory bulb. In: New Research on Neuronal Networks (Momoka Yoshida and Haruka Sato, editors), pp 1-54, Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York. (PDF, 1288 KB).
SEMINARS AND
SLIDE TALKS
Marshall
K,
Hayar A,
Feltz P. Responses of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons to
g-aminobutyric
acid. Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. Vol.72 (1994).
Hayar A,
Poulter MO, Feltz P.
g-Aminobutyric
acid responses in different electrophysiologically characterized neurons
within the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla
in vitro. (24th Annual Meeting of
the Society for Neuroscience, Miami,
November 1994).
Hayar A,
Feltz P. Réponses pré et postsynaptic GABAergiques dans le noyau rostral
ventrolatéral bulbaire de rat in vitro.
Societé des Neurosciences (France,
Lyon, May 1995).
Hayar A,
Piguet P, Poulter MO, Feltz P. Monophasic and multiphasic GABA responses in
neurons of the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla
in vitro. (25th Annual Meeting of
the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego,
November 1995).
Hayar A,
Piguet P, Feltz, P. Réponses GABAergiques monophasiques et multiphasiques
dans les neurones du noyau rostral ventrolatéral bulbaire de rat
in vitro. (63ème Congrès de la
Société de Physiologie, France,
Strasbourg, December 1995).
Hayar A,
Feltz P, Piguet P. Adrenergic responses in silent and putative inhibitory
pacemaker-like neurons of the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla
in vitro. (European Neuroscience
Meeting, France, Strasbourg,
September 1996).
Hayar A,
Piguet P, Schlichter R. Properties of irregular firing neurons in the
rostral ventrolateral medulla in vitro
and possible involvement in sympathoexcitatory function. (26th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
Washington D.C., November 1996).
Hayar
A,
Guyenet
P. Pre-and postsynaptic inhibitory actions of methionine-enkephalin on
identified bulbospinal neurons of the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla.
FASEB Journal 12 (5): 4290 Part 2 Suppl. S MAR 20, 1998. (Experimental
Biology Meeting, San Francisco,
April 1998).
Hayar A,
Guyenet P.
Presynaptic effects mediated by alpha2-adrenoceptors in the rat
rostral ventrolateral medulla in vitro.
(28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
Los Angeles, November 1998).
Hayar A,
Guyenet P. Tyramine releases
predominantly serotonin in the lower brainstem of neonate rats
in vitro. FASEB
Journal
13 (4): A473-A473 Part 1
Suppl. S MAR 12, 1999. (Washington D.C., April 1999).
Hayar A,
Guyenet P. Effect of tyramine and other indirectly acting monoamines in the
rostral ventrolateral medulla in vitro. (29th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Neuroscience, Miami, October
1999).
Hayar A,
Shipley MT, Ennis M. Direct excitation of mitral cells by activation of
alpha1-adrenergic receptors in rat olfactory bulb slices. (Sarasota,
April 2000).
Hayar A,
Shipley MT, Ennis M. Norepinephrine excites mitral cells by activation of
alpha1-adrenergic receptors in rat olfactory bulb slices. Pogram# 45.3
(30th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, New Orleans,
November 2000,
Abstract).
Karnup SV,
Hayar A, Ennis M, Shipley MT.
Morphology & Physiology of juxtaglomerular (JG) cells in rat main olfactory
bulb (MOB). Program# 623.8 (31st Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, San Diego, November
2001,
Abstract).
Heinbockel T,
Hayar A, Laaris N,
Shipley MT, Ennis M. Metabotropic glutamate receptors shape neuronal
excitability and synaptic responsiveness in mouse olfactory bulb slices.
Program# 623.5 (31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
San Diego, November 2001,
Abstract).
Aungst J, Karnup SV,
Hayar A, Shipley MT, Puche AC. Interglomerular circuits in the main
olfactory bulb. Program# 561.10 (32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, Orlando, November
2002,
Abstract).
Hayar A,
Heinbockel T, Karnup S, Ennis M, Shipley MT. Activation of metabotropic
glutamate receptors enhances synaptic interactions among juxtaglomerular
neurons in olfactory bulb glomeruli. Program # 168.4 (33rd Annual Meeting of
the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans,
November 2003,
Abstract).
Shipley MT, Karnup S,
Ennis M, Hayar A. Olfactory bulb external tufted (ET) cells provide
monosynaptic excitatory input to periglomerular (PG) and short axon (SA)
cells. Program# 489.14 (33rd
Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
New Orleans, November 2003,
Abstract).
Hamilton KA, Heinbockel
T, Hayar A, Szabo G, Erdelyi F, Ennis M. Functional properties of
interneurons in the external plexiform layer of the olfactory bulb. Program#
821.7 (33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
New Orleans, November 2003,
Abstract).
Li C, Hayar A,
Smith DV. Patch-clamp recording of medullary taste neurons identified by
retrograde labeling from the pons. Program# 594.3 (33th Annual Meeting of
the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans,
November 2003,
Abstract).
Hayar AM,
Ennis M. Activation of
metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) enhances bursting in external
tufted cells of the olfactory bulb. Program# 412.11 (34th Annual Meeting of
the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego,
October 2004,
Abstract).
Hayar A,
Shipley MT, Ennis M. The bursting of olfactory bulb external tufted (ET)
cells is coordinated by synaptic and gap junction currents. (27th Annual
Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences,
Sarasota, April 2005,
Abstract).
Hayar A,
Ennis M. Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) enhances
bursting in external tufted cells of the olfactory bulb. (27th Annual
Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences,
Sarasota, April 2005,
Abstract).
Hamilton KA, Hayar A,
Ennis M. Spiking properties of EPL interneurons. (27th Annual Meeting of the
Association for Chemoreception Sciences,
Sarasota, April 2005,
Abstract).
Hayar AM,
Shipley MT, Ennis M. The activity of olfactory bulb external tufted cells
(ET) is synchronized by various intraglomerular connections. Program# 614.17
(35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
Washington DC, November 2005,
Abstract).
Dong HW,
Hayar A, Ennis M. Activation of
metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs1) in the glomerular layer (GL) and
granule cell layer (GCL) of the olfactory bulb enhances synaptic inhibition
of mitral cells (MCs) (28th Annual Meeting of the Association for
Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota,
April 2006). Chemical Senses Volume: 31 Issue: 5 Pages: A68-A68 Published:
JUN 2006
Karnup SV,
Hayar A, Shipley MT, Kurnikova
MG. Spontaneous glomerular field potentials in slices of the olfactory bulb.
(36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
Atlanta, October 2006,
Abstract). Program# 542.7 Poster# P8.
Dong HW,
Hayar A, Ennis M Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs)
enhances synaptic inhibition of olfactory bulb mitral cells (MCs) via
actions on GABAergic interneurons in the glomerular layer (GL) and granule
cell layer (GCL). (36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
Atlanta, October 2006,
Abstract). Program# 542.5, Poster# P6.
Ennis M, Shipley
MT, Hayar A.
Glomeruli: dynamic portals into the olfactory brain. American Association of
Anatomists,
Washington DC, April 28 -
May 2, FASEB Journal 21 (5): A84-A84 APR 2007.
Karpuk, N,
Hayar A. Activation of
postsynaptic GABAB receptors directly modulates the bursting pattern and
synaptic activity of olfactory bulb juxtaglomerular neurons. (29th Annual
Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences,
Sarasota, April 2007).
Hamilton KA, Ennis M,
Hayar A. Interneuron EPSC bursts are correlated with tufted cell
spike bursts in the superficial external plexiform layer of the olfactory
bulb. (29th Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences,
Sarasota, April 2007).
Dong HW,
Hayar A, Ennis M . mGluR1 Activation Enhances Nonselective Cation
Currents and Rhythmic Bursting in External Tufted (ET) Cells. Chemical
Senses 31 (5): A68-A68 JUN 2006. (29th Annual Meeting of the Association for
Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota,
April 2007).
Heister D, Hayar A, Garcia-Rill
E. Electrical coupling in whole cell recorded SubCoeruleus neurons.
Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). Sleep 30: A10-A11 Suppl. S.
Meeting Abstract: 30
Minneapolis, June 2007.
Hayar A,
Heister D, Garcia-Rill E. Carbachol induces synchronization of IPSCs at
theta frequency in whole-cell recorded SubCoeruleus neurons. Associated
Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). Sleep 30: A12-A12 35 Suppl. S
Minneapolis, June 2007.
Karpuk N,
Hayar A. Activation of
postsynaptic GABAB receptors directly modulates the bursting
pattern and synaptic activity of olfactory bulb juxtaglomerular neurons.
(37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
San Diego, November 2007).
Hayar A. Spontaneous
population activity revealed by calcium- and voltage-sensitive dyes in the
neuropil of olfactory bulb glomeruli in vitro. (37th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Neuroscience, San Diego,
November 2007).
Al-Chaer ED, Gu C,
Hayar A. An improved method for patch clamp recording of neurons in
the intact dorsal root ganglion (DRG). (37th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Neuroscience, San Diego,
November 2007).
Dong HW,
Hayar A, Ennis M. Activation of
Group I mGluRs enhances rhythmic bursting and nonselective cation currents
in olfactory bulb external tufted cells. (37th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Neuroscience, San Diego,
November 2007).
Nai
Q, Dong HW, Hayar A, Linster C,
Ennis M. Activation of
a1
and
a2
noradrenergic receptors differentially regulate GABAergic inhibition of
mitral cells in the main olfactory bulb. (37th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Neuroscience, San Diego,
November 2007).
Heister D, Hayar A, Garcia-Rill
E. Differentiating SubCoeruleus neurons by responses to carbachol and
developmental changes in resistance.
(37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
San Diego, November 2007).
Ye
M, Hayar A, Garcia-Rill E.
Electrical Coupling in Pedunculopontine (PPN) Nucleus Neurons. (37th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San
Diego, November 2007).
Burkovetskaya M,
Hayar A, Karpuk N, Kielian T.
Characterization of Astrocyte Activation in Acute Brain Slices from Mice
Harboring Brain Abscesses. (American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN) annual
meeting,
San Antonio, March 2008). J Neurochemistry Volume: 104 Pages:
54-55 Supplement: Suppl.1 Published: MAR 2008.
Heister D, Hayar A, Garcia-Rill
E. Cholinergic modulation of fast excitatory and inhibitory input to the
dorsal subcoeruleus. Sleep Volume:
31 Pages: A10-A10
Supplement: Suppl. S Meeting Abstract:
31 Published: 2008
Nai Q, Dong HW,
Hayar A, Linster C, Ennis M.
Noradrenergic modulation of GABAergic inhibition of main olfactory bulb
mitral cells. Chemical Senses Volume: 33 Issue: 8 Pages: S134-S135
Published: OCT 2008
Hayar A,
Center-surround interactions among neighboring olfactory bulb glomeruli
revealed by optical imaging of the spatiotemporal propagation of spontaneous
population activity. (38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,
Washington DC, November 2008).
Pierce DR, Hayar A, Wiley CA,
Light KE. Rat Purkinje cells that survive postnatal ethanol exposure are
altered morphologically and physiologically. (32nd Annual Meeting of the
Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego,
June 2009).
Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research, Volume: 33 Issue: 6 Special
Issue: Sp. Iss. S1 Pages:
168A-168A.
Hayar AM,
Light KE, Pierce DR. Coincident inhibitory inputs induce synchronized pauses
in the firing of Purkinje cells (39th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, Chicago, October
2009,
Abstract). Program # 622.3, Poster # F4.
Ye M, Hayar A, Strotman B, Garcia-Rill E. Cholinergic modulation of fast synaptic transmission of pedunculopontine thalamic projecting neurons (39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, October 2009, Abstract). Program # 375.16, Poster # FF16.

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