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Glia, Circuits, Astrocytes, Oligodendrocytes, Schwann Cells
United States

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Employment (2)

Washington University in St Louis Washington University Physicians: St Louis, MO, US

Assistant Professor (Pathology and Immunology, Center for Brain Immunology and Glia)
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Sarah Ackerman

University of Oregon: Eugene, OR, US

2016-05-15 to present | Postdoctoral Fellow (Institute of Neuroscience)
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Sarah Ackerman

Education and qualifications (2)

Washington University in Saint Louis: Saint Louis, MO, US

2011-08-15 to 2016-03-25 | PhD in Molecular Genetics and Genomics (Developmental Biology)
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Sarah Ackerman

The College of New Jersey: Ewing, NJ, US

2007-08-15 to 2011-05-13 | BS (Biology)
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Sarah Ackerman

Works (18)

Astrocyte regulation of critical period plasticity across neural circuits

Current Opinion in Neurobiology
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Jacob P. Brandt; Sarah D. Ackerman
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Neuronal cadherins: The keys that unlock layer-specific astrocyte identity?

Journal of Cell Biology
2023-11-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Haley Jetter; Sarah D. Ackerman
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A Drosophila glial cell atlas reveals a mismatch between transcriptional and morphological diversity

PLOS Biology
2023-10-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Inês Lago-Baldaia; Cody J. Smith; Maia Cooper; Austin Seroka; Chintan Trivedi; Gareth T. Powell; Stephen W. Wilson; Sarah D. Ackerman; Vilaiwan M. Fernandes
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ADrosophilaglial cell atlas reveals a mismatch between detectable transcriptional diversity and morphological diversity

2022-08-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Inês Lago-Baldaia; Maia Cooper; Austin Seroka; Chintan Trivedi; Gareth T. Powell; Stephen Wilson; Sarah D. Ackerman; Vilaiwan M. Fernandes
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Synapse-associated astrocyte mitochondria stabilize motor circuits to prevent excitotoxicity

2021-12-01 | Other
Contributors: Sonja A. Zolnoski; Emily L. Heckman; Chris Q. Doe; Sarah D. Ackerman
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Postembryonic screen for mutations affecting spine development in zebrafish

Developmental Biology
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Ryan S. Gray; Roberto Gonzalez; Sarah D. Ackerman; Ryoko Minowa; Johanna F. Griest; Melisa N. Bayrak; Benjamin Troutwine; Stephen Canter; Kelly R. Monk; Diane S. Sepich et al.
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The role of astrocyte‐mediated plasticity in neural circuit development and function

Neural Development
2021-01-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Nelson A. Perez-Catalan; Chris Q. Doe; Sarah D. Ackerman
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Astrocytes close a critical period of motor circuit plasticity

2020-05-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Sarah D. Ackerman; Nelson A. Perez-Catalan; Marc R. Freeman; Chris Q. Doe
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Myelinating Schwann cells ensheath multiple axons in the absence of E3 ligase component Fbxw7.

Nature communications
2019-07-05 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman

Mutations in dock1 disrupt early Schwann cell development.

Neural development
2018-08-08 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman

Microglial transglutaminase-2 drives myelination and myelin repair via GPR56/ADGRG1 in oligodendrocyte precursor cells

eLife
2018-05-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Stefanie Giera; Rong Luo; Yanqin Ying; Sarah D Ackerman; Sung-Jin Jeong; Hannah M Stoveken; Christopher J Folts; Christina A Welsh; Gregory G Tall; Beth Stevens et al.
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GPR56/ADGRG1 regulates development and maintenance of peripheral myelin.

The Journal of experimental medicine
2018-01-24 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman

Dynein/dynactin is necessary for anterograde transport of Mbp mRNA in oligodendrocytes and for myelination in vivo.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2017-10-12 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman

Whole Genome Sequencing-Based Mapping and Candidate Identification of Mutations from Fixed Zebrafish Tissue.

G3 (Bethesda, Md.)
2017-10-05 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman

Structural Basis for Regulation of GPR56/ADGRG1 by Its Alternatively Spliced Extracellular Domains.

Neuron
2016-09-01 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman

The scales and tales of myelination: using zebrafish and mouse to study myelinating glia.

Brain research
2015-10-20 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman

The adhesion G protein-coupled receptor GPR56 is a cell-autonomous regulator of oligodendrocyte development.

Nature communications
2015-01-21 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman

The adhesion GPCR Gpr56 regulates oligodendrocyte development via interactions with Gα12/13 and RhoA.

Nature communications
2015-01-21 | Journal article
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Sarah Ackerman