Sami J Barmada, MD, PhD
Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research Professor
Associate Professor of Neurology
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Available to mentor

Sami J Barmada, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
  • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Taubman Institute
    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Gene-Specific Effects on Brain Volume and Cognition of TMEM106B in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.
      Vandebergh M, Ramos EM, Corriveau-Lecavalier N, Ramanan VK, Kornak J, Mester C, Kolander T, Brushaber DE, Staffaroni AM, Geschwind DH, Wolf AA, Kantarci K, Gendron T, Petrucelli L, Van den Broeck M, Wynants S, Baker M, Borrego-Écija S, Appleby B, Barmada S, Bozoki AC, Clark D, Darby RR, Dickerson BC, Domoto-Reilly K, Fields JA, Galasko D, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford NR, Grant IM, Honig LS, Hsiung G-YR, Huey ED, Irwin DJ, Knopman DS, Kwan JY, Léger GC, Litvan I, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Onyike CU, Pascual B, Pressman PS, Ritter A, Roberson ED, Snyder A, Sullivan AC, Tartaglia MC, Wint D, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Boeve BF, Rademakers R, ALLFTD Consortium . Neurology, 2024 Oct 22; 103 (8): e209832 DOI:10.1212/WNL.0000000000209832
      PMID: 39321401
    • Journal Article
      Stress granule formation helps to mitigate neurodegeneration.
      Glineburg MR, Yildirim E, Gomez N, Rodriguez G, Pak J, Li X, Altheim C, Waksmacki J, McInerney GM, Barmada SJ, Todd PK. Nucleic Acids Res, 2024 Sep 9; 52 (16): 9745 - 9759. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkae655
      PMID: 39106168
    • Journal Article
      AAGGG repeat expansions trigger RFC1-independent synaptic dysregulation in human CANVAS neurons.
      Maltby CJ, Krans A, Grudzien SJ, Palacios Y, Muiños J, Suárez A, Asher M, Willey S, Van Deynze K, Mumm C, Boyle AP, Cortese A, Ndayisaba A, Khurana V, Barmada SJ, Dijkstra AA, Todd PK. Sci Adv, 2024 Sep 6; 10 (36): eadn2321 DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adn2321
      PMID: 39231235
    • Journal Article
      TorsinA is essential for neuronal nuclear pore complex localization and maturation.
      Kim S, Phan S, Tran HT, Shaw TR, Shahmoradian SH, Ellisman MH, Veatch SL, Barmada SJ, Pappas SS, Dauer WT. Nat Cell Biol, 2024 Sep; 26 (9): 1482 - 1495. DOI:10.1038/s41556-024-01480-1
      PMID: 39117796
    • Journal Article
      Molecular Visualization of Neuronal TDP43 Pathology In Situ.
      Erwin AL, Chang ML, Fernandez MG, Attili D, Russ JE, Sutanto R, Pinarbasi ES, Bekier M, Brant TS, Hahn T, Dykstra M, Thomas D, Li X, Baldridge RD, Tank EMH, Barmada SJ, Mosalaganti S. bioRxiv, 2024 Aug 19; DOI:10.1101/2024.08.19.608477
      PMID: 39229019
    • Preprint
      TDP43 autoregulation gives rise to shortened isoforms that are tightly controlled by both transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms.
      Dykstra MM, Weskamp K, Gómez NB, Waksmacki J, Tank E, Glineburg MR, Snyder A, Pinarbasi E, Bekier M, Li X, Bai J, Shahzad S, Nedumaran J, Wieland C, Stewart C, Willey S, Grotewold N, McBride J, Moran JJ, Suryakumar AV, Lucas M, Tessier P, Ward M, Todd P, Barmada SJ. 2024 Jul 4; DOI:10.1101/2024.07.02.601776
      PMID: 39005384
    • Journal Article
      Ribosomal quality control factors inhibit repeat-associated non-AUG translation from GC-rich repeats.
      Tseng Y-J, Krans A, Malik I, Deng X, Yildirim E, Ovunc S, Tank EMH, Jansen-West K, Kaufhold R, Gomez NB, Sher R, Petrucelli L, Barmada SJ, Todd PK. Nucleic Acids Res, 2024 Jun 10; 52 (10): 5928 - 5949. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkae137
      PMID: 38412259
    • Journal Article
      Rescuing Alpha-synuclein Toxicity Through Neuron-specific Enhancement of Autophagy (P7-3.003)
      Chua J, Barmada S, Weisman L, Dawson V, Dawson T. Neurology, 2024 Apr 9; 102 (17_supplement_1): DOI:10.1212/wnl.0000000000208252
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