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Overview

Kimberly M. Christian is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans several fields within neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on molecular biology and various subfields of neuroscience.

Their published work includes recent papers such as Applications of Brain Organoids for Infectious Diseases (2021) in the Journal of Molecular Biology, Pharmacological rescue in patient iPSC and mouse models with a rare DISC1 mutation (2021) in Nature Communications, and Flexible encoding of objects and space in single cells of the dentate gyrus (2022) in Current Biology. In 2025, they contributed to the paper Brain-wide neuronal circuit connectome of human glioblastoma published in Nature. Another notable publication is CYFIP1 Dosages Exhibit Divergent Behavioral Impact via Diametric Regulation of NMDA Receptor Complex Translation in Mouse Models of Psychiatric Disorders (2021), featured in Biological Psychiatry.

Their frequent coauthors include Guo-li Ming, Hongjun Song, Sang Hoon Kim, Yusha Sun, and Ki-Jun Yoon. The collaboration with these researchers is reflected in the breadth of topics and venues represented in their publications.

Kimberly M. Christian publishes regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics, UNC Libraries, and Neuro-Oncology.

Their main fields of study concentrate on Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, while subfields include Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, and Genetics.

Research topics covered by Kimberly M. Christian encompass:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Best Publications

  • Brain-Region-Specific Organoids Using Mini-bioreactors for Modeling ZIKV Exposure

    Xuyu Qian;Ha Nam Nguyen;Mingxi M. Song;Christopher Hadiono

  • Zika Virus Infects Human Cortical Neural Progenitors and Attenuates Their Growth

    Hengli Tang;Christy Hammack;Sarah C. Ogden;Zhexing Wen

  • A Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Organoid Model and Biobank Recapitulates Inter- and Intra-tumoral Heterogeneity

    Fadi Jacob;Fadi Jacob;Ryan D. Salinas;Daniel Y. Zhang;Phuong T.T. Nguyen

  • BDNF: A key regulator for protein synthesis-dependent LTP and long-term memory?

    Yuan Lu;Kimberly Christian;Bai Lu

  • Single-Cell RNA-Seq with Waterfall Reveals Molecular Cascades underlying Adult Neurogenesis.

    Jaehoon Shin;Daniel A. Berg;Yunhua Zhu;Joseph Y. Shin

  • Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of Zika virus infection and induced neural cell death via a drug repurposing screen

    Miao Xu;Emily M. Lee;Zhexing Wen;Yichen Cheng

  • Neural substrates of eyeblink conditioning: acquisition and retention.

    Kimberly M. Christian;Richard F. Thompson

  • Synaptic dysregulation in a human iPS cell model of mental disorders

    Zhexing Wen;Ha Nam Nguyen;Ziyuan Guo;Matthew A. Lalli

  • Neuronal circuitry mechanism regulating adult quiescent neural stem-cell fate decision

    Juan Song;Chun Zhong;Michael A. Bonaguidi;Gerald J. Sun

  • Functions and Dysfunctions of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

    Kimberly M. Christian;Hongjun Song;Guo Li Ming

  • Epigenetic mechanisms in neurogenesis

    Bing Yao;Kimberly M. Christian;Chuan He;Peng Jin

  • Spatial Representations of Granule Cells and Mossy Cells of the Dentate Gyrus.

    Douglas GoodSmith;Xiaojing Chen;Cheng Wang;Sang Hoon Kim

  • Modeling a Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia in iPSCs and Mice Reveals Neural Stem Cell Deficits Associated with Adherens Junctions and Polarity

    Ki Jun Yoon;Ha Nam Nguyen;Gianluca Ursini;Fengyu Zhang

  • Parvalbumin interneurons mediate neuronal circuitry–neurogenesis coupling in the adult hippocampus

    Juan Song;Jiaqi Sun;Jiaqi Sun;Jonathan Moss;Zhexing Wen

  • A human brain microphysiological system derived from induced pluripotent stem cells to study neurological diseases and toxicity.

    David Pamies;Paula Barreras;Katharina Block;Georgia Makri

  • Interplay between DISC1 and GABA Signaling Regulates Neurogenesis in Mice and Risk for Schizophrenia

    Ju Young Kim;Cindy Y. Liu;Fengyu Zhang;Xin Duan

  • Adult Neurogenesis and Psychiatric Disorders

    Eunchai Kang;Zhexing Wen;Hongjun Song;Kimberly M. Christian

  • Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 3 Regulates Activity-Dependent Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

    Mi Hyeon Jang;Michael A. Bonaguidi;Yasuji Kitabatake;Yasuji Kitabatake;Jiaqi Sun;Jiaqi Sun

  • Zika-Virus-Encoded NS2A Disrupts Mammalian Cortical Neurogenesis by Degrading Adherens Junction Proteins

    Ki Jun Yoon;Guang Song;Xuyu Qian;Jianbo Pan

  • Molecular signatures associated with ZIKV exposure in human cortical neural progenitors

    Feiran Zhang;Christy Hammack;Sarah C. Ogden;Yichen Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongjun Song
Hongjun Song University of Pennsylvania
Guo Li Ming
Guo Li Ming University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Hartung
Thomas Hartung Johns Hopkins University
Peng Jin
Peng Jin Emory University
Richard F. Thompson
Richard F. Thompson University of Southern California
Kuei Sen Hsu
Kuei Sen Hsu National Cheng Kung University
James J. Knierim
James J. Knierim Johns Hopkins University
Katherine E. Burdick
Katherine E. Burdick Brigham and Women's Hospital
Judith L. Rapoport
Judith L. Rapoport National Institutes of Health
Pei-Yong Shi
Pei-Yong Shi GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

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