Sami J Barmada, MD, PhD
Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research Professor
Associate Professor of Neurology
Medical School
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Sami J Barmada, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
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Center MemberTaubman Institute
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Center MemberCenter for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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Center MemberCaswell Diabetes Institute
Recent Publications
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Replogle JM, Marks JD, Fernandez MG, Yuan H, Yu D, Winters E, Jawahar VM, Deshmukh R, Sutanto R, Kowal I, Frankenfield A, Shi R, Carlomagno Y, Jansen-West K, Todd TW, Kopach A, Sandra Ndayambaje I, Qi YA, Shantaraman A, Pozo-Cabanell I, Sheth U, Yue M, Duong D, Ferguson SM, Bennett DA, Damme M, Boeve BF, Day GS, Kellman B, Skarnes WC, Petersen RC, Josephs KA, Graff-Radford NR, McDonough JA, Prudencio M, Barmada SJ, Zhang Y, Hao L, DeTure M, Rawlinson B, Engelberg-Cook E, Casey MC, Perez N, Dickson DW, Wingo A, Liu Y, Seyfried NT, Wingo TS, Mosalaganti S, Petrucelli L, Ward ME. 2026 Mar 28;PreprintNeurodegeneration risk variants promote lysosomal TMEM106B fibril accumulation.
DOI:10.64898/2026.03.26.714634 PMID: 41929000 -
White MA, Crowley L, Massenzio F, Li X, Niblock M, Milani S, Coleman MP, Barmada SJ, Sreedharan J. Mol Neurobiol, 2026 Jan 17; 63 (1): 370Journal ArticleInhibiting Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Suppresses TDP-43-Mediated Neurotoxicity in a Caspase-Dependent Manner.
DOI:10.1007/s12035-026-05675-5 PMID: PMC12812098 -
Best MN, Lamp J, Umstead A, Sierra M, Spencer A, Erturk I, Tank EM, Sexton J, Barmada S, Vega IE, Paulson HL. Alzheimer S Dementia the Journal of the Alzheimer S Association, 2025 Dec 1; 21: e102339Journal ArticleBasic Science and Pathogenesis
DOI:10.1002/alz70855_102339 PMID: 41436380 -
Vargas‐González J, Alotibi HA, Cortez K, Dimal NP, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Appleby BS, Barmada S, Bozoki A, Clark DG, Cobigo Y, Darby R, Dickerson BC, Domoto‐Reilly K, Galasko DR, Geschwind DH, Ghoshal N, Graff‐Radford NR, Grant IM, Irwin DJ, Hsiung GR, Honig LS, Kantarci K, Leger GC, Litvan I, MacKenzie IR, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Onyike CU, Pascual B, Pressman PS, Ramos EM, Roberson ED, Rogalski EJ, Knopman DS, Boeve BF, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Tartaglia C. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025 Dec 31; 21 (Suppl 3):Journal ArticleFemale Informants are associated with higher CDR PLUS NACC‐FTLD scores in patients with Frontotemporal Dementia
PMID: PMC12737986 -
Best MN, Lamp J, Umstead A, Sierra M, Spencer A, Erturk I, Tank EM, Sexton J, Barmada S, Vega IE, Paulson HL. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025 Dec 26; 21 (Suppl 1):Journal ArticlePreliminary and Ongoing Investigation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell‐Derived Frontotemporal Dementia Cortical Organoids Assessed by Mass Spectrometry
PMID: PMC12727468 -
Sakran CN, Vargas‐González J, Dimal NP, Cortez K, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Appleby BS, Barmada S, Bozoki A, Clark DG, Cobigo Y, Darby R, Dickerson BC, Domoto‐Reilly K, Galasko DR, Geschwind DH, Ghoshal N, Graff‐Radford NR, Grant IM, Irwin DJ, Hsiung GR, Honig LS, Kantarci K, Leger GC, Litvan I, MacKenzie IR, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Onyike CU, Pascual B, Pressman PS, Ramos EM, Roberson ED, Rogalski EJ, Boeve BF, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Tartaglia C. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025 Dec 31; 21 (Suppl 3):Journal ArticleSex Differences in Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Associated with Agitation in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
PMID: PMC12740085 -
Lee KH, Yao M, Ghaemmanghami J, DeLong C, Zhao N, Moline J, Sexton JZ, Barmada SJ, Welch JD. 2025 Nov 5; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,PreprintVISTA-FISH: Video Imaging with Spatial-Temporal Analysis by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
DOI:10.1101/2025.11.03.686351 -
Rana JK, Pinarbasi ES, Fernandez MG, Navratna V, Conway KS, Lieberman AP, Barmada S, Mosalaganti S. 2025 Oct 23; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,PreprintCTE-Type Tau Filaments in Alzheimer's Disease with Co-morbid LATE-NC
DOI:10.1101/2025.10.21.683735
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