Hugh Robinson
Affiliated to Research
E-mail: hugh.robinson@ki.se
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, Biomedicum C4, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C3 Fysiologi och farmakologi, C3 FyFa Genetisk och farmakologisk epidemiologi, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience,
University of Cambridge, UK.
Research
- .. *Cancer Neuroscience*
My lab carries out research in the emerging field of cancer neuroscience:
how cancer cells use neural mechanisms, how they interact with the nervous
system, and how cancer arises in, or metastasizes to the brain. We focus on
how ion channels control membrane potential and intracellular calcium
signalling in cancer cells. Cancers such as pancreatic neuroendocrine
tumours, small-cell lung cancer and some breast and prostate cancers show
neural or neuroendocrine characteristics, including excitability and
vesicular release of peptides and neurotransmitters. We want to understand
how such signalling participates in the invasiveness and progression of these
cancers. As well as these neuroendocrine-differentiated cancers, we are
interested in how brain-metastatic cancer cells interact with neurons, and
how neurotransmitter signalling at synapses promotes survival, invasion and
growth of brain metastases, for example of breast cancer. We use a
combination of patch-clamp and optical recording techniques, cell culture and
computational modelling.
*Selected Recent Publications*
Zeberg H, Dannemann M, Sahlholm K, Tsuo K, Maricic T, Wiebe V, Hevers W,
Robinson HPC, Kelso J, and Pääbo S (2020). A Neanderthal sodium channel
increases pain sensitivity in present-day humans. C*urrent Biology
*30:3465–3469 (See also: “Neanderthal gene linked to pain sensitivity”
News, Nature 583:665).
Zeng Q, Michael IP, Zhang P, Saghafinia S, Knott G, Jiao W, McCabe BD,
Galván, JA, Robinson HPC, Zlobec I, Ciriello G, Hanahan D (2019) /Synaptic
proximity enables NMDAR signalling to promote brain
metastasis/. *Nature *573:526–531. (See also /News and Views: /Barria A
(2019) Dangerous liaisons as tumour cells form synapses with
neurons. /Nature /573:499–501).
Li, L., Zeng, Q., Bhutkar, A., Galván, J.A., Karamitopoulou, E.,
Noordermeer, D., Peng, M.-W., Piersigilli, A., Perren, A., Zlobec, I.,
Robinson, H., Iruela-Arispe M.L. and Hanahan, D. (2018)./ GKAP acts as a
genetic modulator of NMDAR signaling to govern invasive tumor
growt/h. *Cancer Cell *33, 1–16.
Mendonça, P.R.F., Kyle, V., Yeo, S.-H., Colledge, W.H., and Robinson, H.P.C.
(2018). /Kv4.2 channel activity controls intrinsic firing dynamics of
arcuate kisspeptin neurons: Kv4.2 potassium channels and firing irregularity
in kisspeptin neurons/. *J. Physiol. *596, 885–899.
Robinson, H.P.C., and Li, L. (2017). /Autocrine, paracrine and necrotic NMDA
receptor signalling in mouse pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour cells/. *Open
Biol.* 7, 170221.
Scheppach, C., and Robinson, H.P.C. (2017). /Fluctuation analysis in
nonstationary conditions: single Ca/2+/ channel current in pyramidal
neurons./ *Biophys. J.* 113, 2383–2395.
Butler, J.L., Mendonca, P.R.F., Robinson, H.P.C., and Paulsen, O.
(2016)./ Intrinsic Cornu Ammonis Area 1 theta-nested gamma oscillations
induced by optogenetic theta frequency stimulation./ *J. Neurosci. *36,
4155–4169.
Mendonça, P.R., Vargas-Caballero, M., Erdélyi, F., Szabó, G., Paulsen, O.,
and Robinson, H.P. (2016). /Stochastic and deterministic dynamics of
intrinsically irregular firing in cortical inhibitory
interneurons./ *Elife* 5, e16475.
Articles
- Article: CURRENT BIOLOGY. 2020;30(17):3465-3469.e4Zeberg H; Dannemann M; Sahlholm K; Tsuo K; Maricic T; Wiebe V; Hevers W; Robinson HPC; Kelso J; Paeaebo S
- Article: NATURE. 2019;573(7775):526-531Zeng Q; Michael IP; Zhang P; Saghafinia S; Knott G; Jiao W; McCabe BD; Galván JA; Robinson HPC; Zlobec I; Ciriello G; Hanahan D
- Article: CANCER CELL. 2018;33(4):736-751.e5Li L; Zeng Q; Bhutkar A; Galván JA; Karamitopoulou E; Noordermeer D; Peng M-W; Piersigilli A; Perren A; Zlobec I; Robinson H; Iruela-Arispe ML; Hanahan D
- Article: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 2018;596(5):885-899Mendonça PRF; Kyle V; Yeo S-H; Colledge WH; Robinson HPC
- Article: BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 2017;113(11):2383-2395Scheppach C; Robinson HPC
- Article: OPEN BIOLOGY. 2017;7(12):170221Robinson HPC; Li L
- Article: ELIFE. 2016;5:e16475Mendonça PR; Vargas-Caballero M; Erdélyi F; Szabó G; Paulsen O; Robinson HP
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;36(15):4155-4169Butler JL; Mendonça PRF; Robinson HPC; Paulsen O
- Article: DEVELOPMENT. 2015;142(18):3178-3187Kirwan P; Turner-Bridger B; Peter M; Momoh A; Arambepola D; Robinson HPC; Livesey FJ
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2015;113(2):537-549Zeberg H; Robinson HPC; Arhem P
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROINFORMATICS. 2014;8:38Vella M; Cannon RC; Crook S; Davison AP; Ganapathy G; Robinson HPC; Silver RA; Gleeson P
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2013;109(11):2739-2756Li X; Morita K; Robinson HPC; Small M
- Article: FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2013;7:134Carmeli C; Bonifazi P; Robinson HPC; Small M
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2012;32(41):14064-14073Catterall WA; Raman IM; Robinson HPC; Sejnowski TJ; Paulsen O
- Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2012;15(3):477-S1Shi Y; Kirwan P; Smith J; Robinson HPC; Livesey FJ
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2011;106(4):1901-1922Tateno T; Robinson HPC
- Article: COGNITIVE NEURODYNAMICS. 2011;5(3):241-251Li X; Morita K; Robinson HPC; Small M
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2011;34(2):199-212Kim N-K; Robinson HPC
- Article: JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY. 2010;61(4):501-526Small M; Robinson HPC; Kleppe IC; Tse CK
- Article: PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY. 2010;6(9):e1000951Gouwens NW; Zeberg H; Tsumoto K; Tateno T; Aihara K; Robinson HPC
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(3):e9608Kang J; Robinson HPC; Feng J
- Article: FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2010;3:10Subkhankulova T; Yano K; Robinson HPC; Livesey FJ
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2009;101(2):1056-1072Tateno T; Robinson HPC
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS. 2008;169(2):271-281Robinson HPC
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2008;28(8):1871-1881Morita K; Kalra R; Aihara K; Robinson HPC
- Article: BIOESSAYS. 2007;29(2):178-187Juusola M; Robinson HPC; de Polavieja GG
- Article: BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 2007;92(2):683-695Tateno T; Robinson HPC
- Article: PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 2006;74(4 Pt 1):041909Kleppe IC; Robinson HPC
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2006;95(4):2650-2663Tateno T; Robinson HPC
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;25(23):5657-5665de Polavieja GG; Harsch A; Kleppe I; Robinson HPC; Juusola M
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;25(10):2597-2608Garcia-Perez E; Mazzoni A; Zoccolan D; Robinson HPC; Torre V
- Article: BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 2005;88(1):739-750Mason MJ; Simpson AK; Mahaut-Smith MP; Robinson HPC
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;134(2):425-437Tateno T; Jimbo Y; Robinson HPC
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE. 2005;134(2):439-448Tateno T; Jimbo Y; Robinson HPC
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2004;92(4):2283-2294Tateno T; Harsch A; Robinson HPC
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2004;24(27):6171-6180Vargas-Caballero M; Robinson HPC
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 2003;89(5):2778-2783Vargas-Caballero M; Robinson HPC
- Article: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. 2003;50(2):241-248Jimbo Y; Kasai N; Torimitsu K; Tateno T; Robinson HPC
- Article: PHYSICAL REVIEW E. 2002;66(6 Pt 1):061902Robinson HPC; Harsch A
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2000;20(16):6181-6192Harsch A; Robinson HP
- Article: BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY. 2000;51(2):107-115Jimbo Y; Robinson HP
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 2000;12(6):1961-1970Sahara Y; Gotoh M; Konno K; Miwa A; Tsubokawa H; Robinson HP; Kawai N
- Article: BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 1999;77(3):1418-1427Kleppe IC; Robinson HP
- Article: BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 1999;76(2):670-678Jimbo Y; Tateno T; Robinson HP
- Article: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. 1998;45(11):1297-1304Jimbo Y; Robinson HP; Kawana A
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 1998;252(1):49-52Harsch A; Konno K; Takayama H; Kawai N; Robinson H
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 1998;10(2):488-496Maeda E; Kuroda Y; Robinson HP; Kawana A
- Article: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 1996;497 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):67-78Tsubokawa H; Oguro K; Robinson HP; Masuzawa T; Kawai N
- Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 1996;206(2-3):109-112Kamioka H; Maeda E; Jimbo Y; Robinson HP; Kawana A
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 1995;15(10):6834-6845Maeda E; Robinson HP; Kawana A
- Article: NEUROREPORT. 1995;6(3):527-523Tsubokawa H; Oguro K; Robinson HP; Masuzawa T; Kawai N
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All other publications
- Published conference paper: BIOSYSTEMS. 2007;89(1-3):110-116Tateno T; Robinson HPC
- Meeting abstract: NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2007;58:s28Robinson HPC; de Polavieja GG; Juusola M
- Review: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 2006;575(Pt 2):361-365Yano K; Subkhankulova T; Livesey FJ; Robinson HPC
- Published conference paper: LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. 2005;3561:150-155de Polavieja GG; Harsch A; Robinson H; Juusola M