David Wassarman
Position title: Professor
Email: dawassarman@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-6648
Address:
Genetics
Mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration
- Address
- 4262 Genetics/Biotech
- Education
- B.S., Bates College, Ph.D., Yale University, Postdoctoral Research, Univ. of California - Berkeley
- Department
- Medical Genetics
- Research Interests
- The genetics of neurodegenerative diseases
- Research Fields
- Disease Biology, Cell Biology, Development, Neuro & Behavioral Genetics, Drosophila
Research Description:
My laboratory is interested in understanding the role that genetic diversity plays in determining the variable outcomes of traumatic brain injury.
Representative Publications:
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Katzenberger RJ, Ganetzky B, Wassarman DA. Age and Diet Affect Genetically Separable Secondary Injuries that Cause Acute Mortality Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila. G3 (Bethesda). 2016 Dec 7;6(12):4151-4166. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.036194. PMID: 27754853; PMCID: PMC5144983.
Katzenberger RJ, Chtarbanova S, Rimkus SA, Fischer JA, Kaur G, Seppala JM, Swanson LC, Zajac JE, Ganetzky B, Wassarman DA. Death following traumatic brain injury in Drosophila is associated with intestinal barrier dysfunction. Elife. 2015 Mar 5;4:e04790. doi: 10.7554/eLife.04790. PMID: 25742603; PMCID: PMC4377547.
Katzenberger RJ, Loewen CA, Wassarman DR, Petersen AJ, Ganetzky B, Wassarman DA. A Drosophila model of closed head traumatic brain injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 29;110(44):E4152-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1316895110. Epub 2013 Oct 14. PMID: 24127584; PMCID: PMC3816429.