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Overview

Martin Kampmann is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience.

The primary fields of study in their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Kampmann's subfields emphasize:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Cell Biology
  • Immunology

Several key topics dominate their research output:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • eLife
  • Cell

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kampmann include:

  • "Genome-wide programmable transcriptional memory by CRISPR-based epigenome editing," 2021, Cell
  • "Mitochondrial stress is relayed to the cytosol by an OMA1-DELE1-HRI pathway," 2020, Nature
  • "LRP1 is a master regulator of tau uptake and spread," 2020, Nature
  • "Molecular characterization of selectively vulnerable neurons in Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Genome-wide CRISPRi/a screens in human neurons link lysosomal failure to ferroptosis," 2021, Nature Neuroscience

Kampmann has collaborated frequently with a core group of co-authors:

  • Kun Leng
  • Ruilin Tian
  • Indigo V.L. Rose
  • Michael E. Ward
  • Nina M. Dräger

Best Publications

  • Genome-Scale CRISPR-Mediated Control of Gene Repression and Activation

    Luke A. Gilbert;Max A. Horlbeck;Britt Adamson;Jacqueline E. Villalta

  • Compact and highly active next-generation libraries for CRISPR-mediated gene repression and activation

    Max A. Horlbeck;Luke A. Gilbert;Jacqueline E. Villalta;Brittany Susan Adamson

  • Genome-wide programmable transcriptional memory by CRISPR-based epigenome editing.

    James K. Nuñez;Jin Chen;Greg C. Pommier;J. Zachery Cogan

  • Mitochondrial stress is relayed to the cytosol by an OMA1-DELE1-HRI pathway

    Xiaoyan Guo;Giovanni Aviles;Yi Liu;Ruilin Tian

  • A Systematic Mammalian Genetic Interaction Map Reveals Pathways Underlying Ricin Susceptibility

    Michael C. Bassik;Martin Kampmann;Robert Jan Lebbink;Shuyi Wang

  • LRP1 is a master regulator of tau uptake and spread

    Jennifer N. Rauch;Gabriel Luna;Elmer Guzman;Morgane Audouard

  • CRISPR Interference-Based Platform for Multimodal Genetic Screens in Human iPSC-Derived Neurons

    Ruilin Tian;Mariam A. Gachechiladze;Connor H. Ludwig;Matthew T. Laurie

  • Targeting the AAA ATPase p97 as an Approach to Treat Cancer through Disruption of Protein Homeostasis

    Daniel J. Anderson;Ronan Le Moigne;Stevan Djakovic;Brajesh Kumar

  • Mapping the Genetic Landscape of Human Cells

    Max A. Horlbeck;Albert Xu;Min Wang;Neal K. Bennett

  • Genome-wide CRISPRi/a screens in human neurons link lysosomal failure to ferroptosis.

    Ruilin Tian;Ruilin Tian;Anthony Abarientos;Jason Hong;Sayed Hadi Hashemi

  • Pharmacological dimerization and activation of the exchange factor eIF2B antagonizes the integrated stress response

    Carmela Sidrauski;Jordan C Tsai;Martin Kampmann;Brian R Hearn

  • Combined CRISPRi/a-Based Chemical Genetic Screens Reveal that Rigosertib Is a Microtubule-Destabilizing Agent.

    Marco Jost;Yuwen Chen;Luke A. Gilbert;Max A. Horlbeck

  • Probing the Global Cellular Responses to Lipotoxicity Caused by Saturated Fatty Acids

    Manuele Piccolis;Laura M. Bond;Martin Kampmann;Pamela Pulimeno

  • Heterochromatin anomalies and double-stranded RNA accumulation underlie C9orf72 poly(PR) toxicity

    Yong Jie Zhang;Lin Guo;Patrick K. Gonzales;Tania F. Gendron

  • The mTOR Complex Controls HIV Latency

    Emilie Besnard;Emilie Besnard;Shweta Hakre;Shweta Hakre;Martin Kampmann;Hyung W. Lim;Hyung W. Lim

  • Parallel shRNA and CRISPR-Cas9 screens enable antiviral drug target identification

    Richard M Deans;David W Morgens;Ayşe Ökesli;Sirika Pillay

  • Tau Internalization is Regulated by 6-O Sulfation on Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans (HSPGs).

    Jennifer N. Rauch;John J. Chen;Alexander W. Sorum;Gregory M. Miller

  • Dual gene activation and knockout screen reveals directional dependencies in genetic networks.

    Michael Boettcher;Ruilin Tian;James A Blau;Evan Markegard

  • Integrated platform for genome-wide screening and construction of high-density genetic interaction maps in mammalian cells

    Martin Kampmann;Michael C. Bassik;Jonathan S. Weissman

  • Genome-wide CRISPRi/a screens in human neurons link lysosomal failure to ferroptosis

    Ruilin Tian;Anthony Abarientos;Jason Hong;Sayed Hadi Hashemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Bassik
Michael C. Bassik Stanford University
Peter Walter
Peter Walter University of California, San Francisco
Luke A. Gilbert
Luke A. Gilbert University of California, San Francisco
Lea T. Grinberg
Lea T. Grinberg University of California, San Francisco
Jason E. Gestwicki
Jason E. Gestwicki University of California, San Francisco
Li Gan
Li Gan Cornell University
Kenneth S. Kosik
Kenneth S. Kosik University of California, Santa Barbara
Sanford M. Simon
Sanford M. Simon Rockefeller University
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco

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