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  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Nenad Sestan is affiliated with Yale University in the United States, focusing on research within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, genetics, developmental neuroscience, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their research addresses several main topics such as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Recent publications by Nenad Sestan include the following papers:

  • Molecular topography of an entire nervous system, 2021, Cell
  • Transcriptomic taxonomy and neurogenic trajectories of adult human, macaque, and pig hippocampal and entorhinal cells, 2021, Neuron
  • Molecular and cellular evolution of the primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, 2022, Science
  • Spatial and cell type transcriptional landscape of human cerebellar development, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Rewiring of human neurodevelopmental gene regulatory programs by human accelerated regions, 2021, Neuron

Frequent co-authors working with Nenad Sestan include Shaojie Ma, Gabriel Santpere, André M. M. Sousa, Mingfeng Li, and Sirisha Pochareddy. Collaboration with these researchers appears across numerous publications.

They have published extensively in journals and venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Biological Psychiatry

Nenad Sestan was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism

    Stephan J. Sanders;Michael T. Murtha;Abha R. Gupta;John D. Murdoch

  • Spatio-temporal transcriptome of the human brain

    Hyo Jung Kang;Yuka Imamura Kawasawa;Feng Cheng;Ying Zhu

  • Transcriptional landscape of the prenatal human brain

    Jeremy A. Miller;Song Lin Ding;Susan M. Sunkin;Kimberly A. Smith

  • Sequence variants in SLITRK1 are associated with Tourette's syndrome.

    Jesse F. Abelson;Kenneth Y. Kwan;Brian J. O'Roak;Danielle Y. Baek

  • Coexpression Networks Implicate Human Midfetal Deep Cortical Projection Neurons in the Pathogenesis of Autism

    A. Jeremy Willsey;A. Jeremy Willsey;Stephan J. Sanders;Stephan J. Sanders;Mingfeng Li;Shan Dong;Shan Dong

  • Comprehensive functional genomic resource and integrative model for the human brain

    Daifeng Wang;Daifeng Wang;Shuang Liu;Jonathan Warrell;Hyejung Won

  • Microarray analysis of microRNA expression in the developing mammalian brain

    Eric A Miska;Ezequiel Alvarez-Saavedra;Matthew Townsend;Matthew Townsend;Akira Yoshii

  • Integrative functional genomic analysis of human brain development and neuropsychiatric risks

    Mingfeng Li;Gabriel Santpere;Yuka Imamura Kawasawa;Yuka Imamura Kawasawa;Oleg V Evgrafov

  • The Cellular and Molecular Landscapes of the Developing Human Central Nervous System.

    John C. Silbereis;Sirisha Pochareddy;Ying Zhu;Mingfeng Li

  • Prolonged myelination in human neocortical evolution

    Daniel J. Miller;Tetyana Duka;Cheryl D. Stimpson;Steven J. Schapiro

  • Satb2 Is a Postmitotic Determinant for Upper-Layer Neuron Specification in the Neocortex

    Olga Britanova;Camino de Juan Romero;Amanda Cheung;Kenneth Y. Kwan

  • Molecular topography of an entire nervous system.

    Seth R. Taylor;Gabriel Santpere;Gabriel Santpere;Alexis Weinreb;Alec Barrett

  • Contact-dependent inhibition of cortical neurite growth mediated by notch signaling.

    Nenad Šestan;Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas;Pasko Rakic

  • Functional and Evolutionary Insights into Human Brain Development through Global Transcriptome Analysis

    Matthew B. Johnson;Yuka Imamura Kawasawa;Christopher E. Mason;Željka Krsnik

  • Whole-exome sequencing identifies recessive WDR62 mutations in severe brain malformations

    Kaya Bilgüvar;Ali Kemal Oztürk;Angeliki Louvi;Kenneth Y Kwan

  • Adolescent mental health—Opportunity and obligation

    Francis S. Lee;Hakon Heimer;Jay N. Giedd;Edward S Lein

  • Processing of the Notch Ligand Delta by the Metalloprotease Kuzbanian

    Huilin Qi;Matthew D. Rand;Xiaohui Wu;Nenad Sestan

  • Evolution of the Human Nervous System Function, Structure, and Development.

    André M.M. Sousa;Kyle A. Meyer;Gabriel Santpere;Forrest O. Gulden

  • Notch regulates cell fate and dendrite morphology of newborn neurons in the postnatal dentate gyrus.

    Joshua J. Breunig;John Silbereis;Flora M. Vaccarino;Nenad Šestan

  • The PsychENCODE project

    Schahram Akbarian;Chunyu Liu;James A Knowles;Flora M Vaccarino

  • Transcriptional co-regulation of neuronal migration and laminar identity in the neocortex

    Kenneth Y. Kwan;Nenad Šestan;E. S. Anton

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew W. State
Matthew W. State University of California, San Francisco
Pasko Rakic
Pasko Rakic Yale University
Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton Rockefeller University
Murat Gunel
Murat Gunel Yale University
Bernie Devlin
Bernie Devlin University of Pittsburgh
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Flora M. Vaccarino
Flora M. Vaccarino Yale University
Hongyu Zhao
Hongyu Zhao Yale University
Michael E. Talkowski
Michael E. Talkowski Harvard University
Shrikant Mane
Shrikant Mane Yale University

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