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Debora VanHeyningen

University of Michigan

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Delayed forebrain excitatory and inhibitory neurogenesis inSTRADA-related megalencephaly via mTOR hyperactivity

Tong Pan, Grace Lin, Xuan Li, Debora VanHeyningen, J. Clayton Walker, Sahej Kohli, Aiswarya Saravanan, Amrita Kondur, Daniel C. Jaklic, Saul Pantoja-Gutierrez, Shivanshi Vaid, Julie S. Sturza, Ken Inoki, Tomozumi Imamichi, Weizhong Chang, Louis T. Dang

This study shows that mTOR hyperactivity in STRADA-deficient brain organoids causes delayed neurogenesis and altered interneuron fate, which can be rescued by rapamycin.

Stem Cell Reports · Mar 5, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Cryopreservation of Human Cortical Organoids Using Vitrification.

Sandra P. Mojica-Perez, Kyle Stokes, Samantha Jacobs, Joy Huang, Shivanshi Vaid, Yukun Yuan, Caroline Alayne Pearson, Daniel Montes, Andrew M. Tidball, Debora VanHeyningen, Jonathan Read Gaillard, Louis T. Dang, Margaret Elizabeth Ross, Lori L. Isom, Michael D. Uhler, , Jack M. Parent

This paper demonstrates that vitrification can effectively cryopreserve human cortical organoids, maintaining their structure, cell type composition, and function.

bioRxiv · Apr 8, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience