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Susan K. McConnell

Susan K. McConnell

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Neuroscience

D-Index
66
Citations
21078
World Ranking
2963
National Ranking
1374

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Susan K. McConnell is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience, with notable work in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Susan K. McConnell has published work in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Cell Reports
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Two significant papers from recent years include:

  • Transcriptional repression by FEZF2 restricts alternative identities of cortical projection neurons, published in 2021 in Cell Reports
  • Transcription factor expression defines subclasses of developing projection neurons highly similar to single-cell RNA-seq subtypes, published in 2020 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist has collaborated with a number of co-authors, among whom are:

  • Jeremiah Tsyporin
  • David Tastad
  • Xiaokuang Ma
  • Antoine Nehme
  • Thomas S. Finn

Susan K. McConnell's work bridges multiple disciplines to explore molecular and cellular mechanisms in neuroscience and cancer research, employing techniques like single-cell transcriptomics and focusing on gene regulation in neuronal development and disease processes.

Recognized for their contributions, the scientist was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1991.

Best Publications

  • Doublecortin is a developmentally regulated, microtubule-associated protein expressed in migrating and differentiating neurons.

    Fiona Francis;Annette Koulakoff;Dominique Boucher;Philippe Chafey

  • Cleavage orientation and the asymmetric inheritance of notchl immunoreactivity in mammalian neurogenesis

    Anjen Chenn;Susan K. McConnell

  • Satb2 regulates callosal projection neuron identity in the developing cerebral cortex.

    Elizabeth A. Alcamo;Laura Chirivella;Marcel Dautzenberg;Gergana Dobreva

  • Subplate neurons pioneer the first axon pathway from the cerebral cortex

    Susan K. McConnell;Anirvan Ghosh;Carla J. Shatz

  • Requirement for subplate neurons in the formation of thalamocortical connections

    Anirvan Ghosh;Antonella Antonini;Susan K. McConnell;Carla J. Shatz

  • Targeting of cre to the Foxg1 (BF-1) locus mediates loxP recombination in the telencephalon and other developing head structures.

    Jean M Hébert;Susan K McConnell

  • Constructing the cerebral cortex: Neurogenesis and fate determination

    Susan K. McConnell

  • Differential expression of synaptic vesicle protein 2 (SV2) isoforms

    Sandra M. Bajjalieh;Gretchen D. Frantz;James M. Weimann;Susan K. McConnell

  • Diverse migratory pathways in the developing cerebral cortex.

    Nancy A. O'Rourke;Michael E. Dailey;Stephen J. Smith;Susan K. McConnell

  • The Fezf2–Ctip2 genetic pathway regulates the fate choice of subcortical projection neurons in the developing cerebral cortex

    Bin Chen;Song S. Wang;Alexis M. Hattox;Helen Rayburn

  • Progressive restriction in fate potential by neural progenitors during cerebral cortical development.

    Aparna R. Desai;Susan K. McConnell

  • Restriction of Late Cerebral Cortical Progenitors to an Upper-Layer Fate

    Gretchen D Frantz;Susan K McConnell

  • The determination of projection neuron identity in the developing cerebral cortex

    Dino P Leone;Karpagam Srinivasan;Bin Chen;Elizabeth Alcamo

  • Cytoskeletal coordination during neuronal migration

    Bruce T. Schaar;Susan K. McConnell

  • Cortical Degeneration in the Absence of Neurotrophin Signaling: Dendritic Retraction and Neuronal Loss after Removal of the Receptor TrkB

    Baoji Xu;Keling Zang;Naomi L Ruff;Y.Alex Zhang

  • Fezl regulates the differentiation and axon targeting of layer 5 subcortical projection neurons in cerebral cortex

    Bin Chen;Laura R. Schaevitz;Susan K. McConnell

  • Fates of visual cortical neurons in the ferret after isochronic and heterochronic transplantation

    SK McConnell

  • Otx1 and Otx2 define layers and regions in developing cerebral cortex and cerebellum

    GD Frantz;JM Weimann;ME Levin;SK McConnell

  • BMP Signaling Is Required Locally to Pattern the Dorsal Telencephalic Midline

    Jean M. Hébert;Yuji Mishina;Susan K. McConnell

  • Boc is a receptor for sonic hedgehog in the guidance of commissural axons

    Ami Okada;Frédéric Charron;Frédéric Charron;Steves Morin;David S. Shin

Frequent Co-Authors

Carla J. Shatz
Carla J. Shatz Stanford University
Anirvan Ghosh
Anirvan Ghosh Unity Biotechnology
John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Salvador Martinez
Salvador Martinez Miguel Hernandez University
Gill Bejerano
Gill Bejerano Stanford University
John R. Huguenard
John R. Huguenard Stanford University
Richard S. Nowakowski
Richard S. Nowakowski Florida State University
Jamel Chelly
Jamel Chelly Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology

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