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Elijah Hammarlund

Boston Children's Hospital

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Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1

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Emily K. OsterweiliD· 2 shared Hart G.W. LidoviD· 2 shared Jordan S. FarrelliD· 2 shared Maxwell J. HeinrichiD· 2 shared Aditi SinghiD· 1 shared Akemi ShibataiD· 1 shared Alex FornitoiD· 1 shared Alexander RotenbergiD· 1 shared

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Competing Programs Shape Cortical Sensorimotor-Association Axis Development

Jeremiah Tsyporin, Menglei Zhang, Cai Qi, Ashlea Segal, Xinyun Li, Hyo‐Jin Kim, Sang-Hun Choi, Ivan Pavlović, Sara Bandiera, Thomas S. Finn, Suel–Kee Kim, Akemi Shibata, Takumi Nakamura, Kohei Onishi, Ziqin Zhang, , Nenad Šestan

The paper presents the MIND model, showing that competing induction and exclusion programs shape the sensorimotor-to-association axis in the neocortex across species.

Nature · Jul 1, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

FMR1 reduction alters cellular and circuit properties in human cortex

Aditi Singh, Saman Abbaspoor, Leeyup Chung, Maxwell J. Heinrich, Scellig S. D. Stone, Hart G.W. Lidov, Beatriz Maio, Phuoc Tien Tran, Jaeyoung Yoon, Jiawen Teng, Catalina Martínez, Elijah Hammarlund, Xiguang Xu, Alexander Rotenberg, Jeffrey P. Gavornik, , Emily K. Osterweil

This study reduces FMR1 expression in human cortical slices to model Fragile X syndrome, revealing cell type-specific transcriptomic and electrophysiological changes not observed in mouse models.

bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Modified self-amplifying RNA mediates robust and prolonged gene expression in the mouse and ex vivo human brain

Jennifer Freire, Sicheng Pang, Joshua E. McGee, Maxwell J. Heinrich, Jiancheng Xie, Elijah Hammarlund, Dana C. Shaw, Yuxin Zhou, Yangyang Wang, Colin Porter, Lauren Dang, Erynne San Antonio, Ziqing Yu, K. Li, Scellig Stone, , Xue Han

This paper demonstrates that modified self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) enables long-lasting protein expression in mouse and human brain tissues.

bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience