Gardner C Quarton Distinguished University Professor of Neurosciences
Gardner C Quarton Collegiate Professor of Neurosciences in the Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences Institute
Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
[email protected]
Available to mentor
Huda Akil
Research Professor
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Center MemberEisenberg Family Depression Center
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Anderson AG, Moyers BA, Loupe JM, Rodriguez-Nunez I, Felker SA, Lawlor JMJ, Bunney WE, Bunney BG, Cartagena PM, Sequeira A, Watson SJ, Akil H, Mendenhall EM, Cooper GM, Myers RM. Genome Res, 2024 Sep 20; 34 (8): 1224 - 1234.Journal ArticleAllele-specific transcription factor binding across human brain regions offers mechanistic insight into eQTLs.
DOI:10.1101/gr.278601.123 PMID: 39152038 -
Loupe JM, Anderson AG, Rizzardi LF, Rodriguez-Nunez I, Moyers B, Trausch-Lowther K, Jain R, Bunney WE, Bunney BG, Cartagena P, Sequeira A, Watson SJ, Akil H, Cooper GM, Myers RM. Nat Neurosci, 2024 Jul; 27 (7): 1387 - 1399.Journal ArticleMultiomic profiling of transcription factor binding and function in human brain.
DOI:10.1038/s41593-024-01658-8 PMID: 38831039 -
O'Connor AM, Hagenauer MH, Thew Forrester LC, Maras PM, Arakawa K, Hebda-Bauer EK, Khalil H, Richardson ER, Rob FI, Sannah Y, Watson SJ, Akil H. Neurobiol Stress, 2024 Jul; 31: 100651Journal ArticleAdolescent environmental enrichment induces social resilience and alters neural gene expression in a selectively bred rodent model with anxious phenotype.
DOI:10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100651 PMID: 38933284 -
Hagenauer MH, Sannah Y, Hebda-Bauer EK, Rhoads C, O'Connor AM, Flandreau E, Watson SJ, Akil H. MethodsX, 2024 Dec; 13: 102788Journal ArticleResource: A curated database of brain-related functional gene sets (Brain.GMT).
DOI:10.1016/j.mex.2024.102788 PMID: 39049932 -
de Jong TV, Pan Y, Rastas P, Munro D, Tutaj M, Akil H, Benner C, Chen D, Chitre AS, Chow W, Colonna V, Dalgard CL, Demos WM, Doris PA, Garrison E, Geurts AM, Gunturkun HM, Guryev V, Hourlier T, Howe K, Huang J, Kalbfleisch T, Kim P, Li L, Mahaffey S, Martin FJ, Mohammadi P, Ozel AB, Polesskaya O, Pravenec M, Prins P, Sebat J, Smith JR, Solberg Woods LC, Tabakoff B, Tracey A, Uliano-Silva M, Villani F, Wang H, Sharp BM, Telese F, Jiang Z, Saba L, Wang X, Murphy TD, Palmer AA, Kwitek AE, Dwinell MR, Williams RW, Li JZ, Chen H. Cell Genom, 2024 Apr 10; 4 (4): 100527Journal ArticleA revamped rat reference genome improves the discovery of genetic diversity in laboratory rats.
DOI:10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100527 PMID: 38537634 -
Hagenauer MH, Sannah Y, Hebda-Bauer EK, Rhoads C, O'Connor AM, Watson SJ, Akil H. 2024 Apr 10;PreprintResource: A Curated Database of Brain-Related Functional Gene Sets (Brain.GMT).
DOI:10.1101/2024.04.05.588301 PMID: 38645214 -
Krolewski DM, Waselus M, Bunney BG, Myers RM, Barchas JD, Lee FSY, Schatzberg AF, Bunney WE, Akil H, Watson SJ. bioRxiv,PreprintCell-Type Specific Reductions in Interneuron Gene Expression within Subregions of the Anterior and Posterior Cingulate Gyrus of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Subjects
DOI:10.1101/2024.03.20.585908 -
Turner CA, Khalil H, Murphy-Weinberg V, Hagenauer MH, Gates L, Tang Y, Weinberg L, Grysko R, Floran-Garduno L, Dokas T, Samaniego C, Zhao Z, Fang Y, Sen S, Lopez JF, Watson SJ, Akil H. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Dec 5; 120 (49): e2305779120Journal ArticleThe impact of COVID-19 on a college freshman sample reveals genetic and nongenetic forms of susceptibility and resilience to stress.
DOI:10.1073/pnas.2305779120 PMID: 38011555
Medical School News
Two Medical School leaders are being honored for their efforts to help women forge successful careers in academic medicine and science. Sally A. Camper, Ph.D., and Lori J. Pierce, M.D., will receive the Karin Muraszko, M.D., Advancing Women in Academic Medicine and Science Award on Feb. 5 at the third annual Celebration of Women in Academic Medicine and Science.
