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  • 2005 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Erik M. Ullian is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience.

The scientist's subfields of study focus primarily on Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Physiology, with additional work in Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Their work addresses various aspects of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, and neurodegenerative disease research such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. Other notable topics include CRISPR and genetic engineering, glioma diagnosis and treatment, and the role of immune cells in cancer.

Erik M. Ullian has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Astrocyte layers in the mammalian cerebral cortex revealed by a single-cell in situ transcriptomic map (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Neurotoxic microglia promote TDP-43 proteinopathy in progranulin deficiency (2020, Nature)
  • Tropism of SARS-CoV-2 for human cortical astrocytes (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • CRISPRi-based radiation modifier screen identifies long non-coding RNA therapeutic targets in glioma (2020, Genome Biology)
  • CRISPRi screens in human iPSC-derived astrocytes elucidate regulators of distinct inflammatory reactive states (2022, Nature Neuroscience)

Their frequent co-authors include Mark Koontz, Martina de Majo, Martin Kampmann, Kyounghee Seo, and Eric J. Huang.

Publication venues where Erik M. Ullian consistently contributes include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Nature.

Their research has garnered recognition, exemplified by the award of Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Thrombospondins Are Astrocyte-Secreted Proteins that Promote CNS Synaptogenesis

    Karen S. Christopherson;Erik M. Ullian;Caleb C.A. Stokes;Christine E. Mullowney

  • Control of synapse number by glia.

    Erik M. Ullian;Stephanie K. Sapperstein;Karen S. Christopherson;Ben A. Barres

  • Astrocytes and disease: a neurodevelopmental perspective

    Anna V. Molofsky;Robert Krenick;Erik Ullian;Hui-hsin Tsai

  • Zika virus cell tropism in the developing human brain and inhibition by azithromycin

    Hanna Retallack;Elizabeth Di Lullo;Carolina Arias;Kristeene A Knopp

  • Conditional Loss of Dicer Disrupts Cellular and Tissue Morphogenesis in the Cortex and Hippocampus

    Tigwa H. Davis;Trinna L. Cuellar;Selina M. Koch;Allison J. Barker

  • Role for glia in synaptogenesis.

    Erik M. Ullian;Karen S. Christopherson;Ben A. Barres

  • Astrocyte layers in the mammalian cerebral cortex revealed by a single-cell in situ transcriptomic map

    Omer Ali Bayraktar;Omer Ali Bayraktar;Omer Ali Bayraktar;Theresa Bartels;Staffan Holmqvist;Vitalii Kleshchevnikov

  • Astrocyte-encoded positional cues maintain sensorimotor circuit integrity

    Anna V. Molofsky;Kevin W. Kelley;Hui-Hsin Tsai;Stephanie A. Redmond

  • Differential Control of Clustering of the Sodium Channels Nav1.2 and Nav1.6 at Developing CNS Nodes of Ranvier

    Miriam R. Kaplan;Min Hee Cho;Erik M. Ullian;Lori L. Isom

  • Architecture and activity-mediated refinement of axonal projections from a mosaic of genetically identified retinal ganglion cells.

    Andrew D. Huberman;Mihai Manu;Selina M. Koch;Michael W. Susman

  • Dicer loss in striatal neurons produces behavioral and neuroanatomical phenotypes in the absence of neurodegeneration

    Trinna L. Cuellar;Tigwa H. Davis;Peter T. Nelson;Gabriel B. Loeb

  • Schwann cells and astrocytes induce synapse formation by spinal motor neurons in culture.

    E.M Ullian;B.T Harris;A Wu;J.R Chan

  • Neuronal Pentraxins Mediate Synaptic Refinement in the Developing Visual System

    Lisa Bjartmar;Andrew D Huberman;Erik M Ullian;Rene C Renterıa

  • Neurotoxic microglia promote TDP-43 proteinopathy in progranulin deficiency

    Jiasheng Zhang;Dmitry Velmeshev;Kei Hashimoto;Yu-Hsin Huang

  • Dynamic Modulation of Myelination in Response to Visual Stimuli Alters Optic Nerve Conduction Velocity.

    Ainhoa Etxeberria;Kenton C. Hokanson;Dang Q. Dao;Sonia R. Mayoral

  • CRISPRi screens in human iPSC-derived astrocytes elucidate regulators of distinct inflammatory reactive states

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  • Invulnerability of retinal ganglion cells to NMDA excitotoxicity

    E.M Ullian;W.B Barkis;S Chen;J.S Diamond

  • Selective vulnerability of specific retinal ganglion cell types and synapses after transient ocular hypertension

    Yvonne Ou;Rebecca E. Jo;Erik M. Ullian;Rachel O.L. Wong

  • Restoring hippocampal glucose metabolism rescues cognition across Alzheimer’s disease pathologies

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  • Rapid Synaptic Transmission in the Avian Ciliary Ganglion Is Mediated by Two Distinct Classes of Nicotinic Receptors

    Erik M. Ullian;J. Michael McIntosh;Peter B. Sargent

  • Cellular Phenotypes in Human iPSC-Derived Neurons from a Genetic Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Aditi Deshpande;Smita Yadav;Dang Q. Dao;Zhi-Yong Wu

  • Astrocytes and Synaptic Plasticity

    Alison J. Barker;Erik M. Ullian

  • A role for noncanonical microRNAs in the mammalian brain revealed by phenotypic differences in Dgcr8 versus Dicer1 knockouts and small RNA sequencing

    Joshua E. Babiarz;Ruby Hsu;Collin Melton;Molly Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben A. Barres
Ben A. Barres Stanford University
Katherine A. Rauen
Katherine A. Rauen University of California, Davis
Lauren A. Weiss
Lauren A. Weiss University of California, San Francisco
Jonah R. Chan
Jonah R. Chan University of California, San Francisco
Arnold R. Kriegstein
Arnold R. Kriegstein University of California, San Francisco
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Louis F. Reichardt
Louis F. Reichardt University of California, San Francisco
Bruce D. Gelb
Bruce D. Gelb Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joseph F. Costello
Joseph F. Costello University of California, San Francisco
Rachel O.L. Wong
Rachel O.L. Wong University of Washington

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