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S. Andrew Shuster

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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The functional diversification of somatosensory neuron repertoires across Mammalia

S. Andrew Shuster, Jia Yin Xiao, Bruno Gegenhuber, Shamsuddin A. Bhuiyan, Min Dai, Yongting Chen, Michelle M. DeLisle, Preston Sheng, Elizabeth Howell, Michael Brecht, Elena O. Gracheva, Cynthia F. Moss, David L. Paul, Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Gord Fishell, , David D. Ginty

The paper shows that somatosensory neuron repertoires in mammals diversify through changes to conserved neuron types, enabling adaptation to different habitats and body forms.

bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Cell-surface proteomic profiling identifies CD72 as a regulator of microglial tiling

Tamara C. Chan, Mohit Rastogi, Micah X. Williams, Samuel Zhang, Sophia M. Shi, Steven R. Shuken, Teresa Bartling, Katleen Wild, Micaiah Atkins, Oliver Hahn, João A. Paulo, Saša Jereb, S. Andrew Shuster, Yongjin Yoo, Alan Napole, , Marius Wernig

The paper identifies CD72 as a regulator of microglial tiling through proteomic profiling and functional assays.

bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Transcription Factor Acj6 Controls Dendrite Targeting via CombinatorialCell-Surface Codes

Qijing Xie, Jun Li, Hongjie Li, Namrata D. Udeshi, Tanya Svinkina, Daniel J. Orlin, Sayeh Kohani, Ricardo Guajardo, D.R. Mani, Chuanyun Xu, Tongchao Li, Shuo Han, Wei Wei, S. Andrew Shuster, David J. Luginbuhl, , Liqun Luo

This study identifies Acj6 as a transcription factor that controls dendrite targeting in Drosophila PNs by regulating combinatorial expression of cell-surface proteins.

Neuron · May 24, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

The Relationship between Birth Timing, Circuit Wiring, and Physiological ResponseProperties of Cerebellar Granule Cells

S. Andrew Shuster, Mark J. Wagner, Nathan Pan-Doh, Jing Ren, Sophie M. Grutzner, Kevin Thomas Beier, Tony Hyun Kim, Mark J. Schnitzer, Liqun Luo

This study investigates how birth timing influences the wiring and physiological response properties of cerebellar granule cells by comparing early- and late-born cells using viral tracing and in vivo imaging.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jun 4, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

GluD2- and Cbln1-mediated Competitive Synaptogenesis Shapes the Dendritic Arbors of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells

Yukari H. Takeo, S. Andrew Shuster, Linnie Jiang, Miley Hu, David J. Luginbuhl, Thomas Rülicke, Ximena Contreras, Simon Hippenmeyer, Mark J. Wagner, Surya Ganguli, Liqun Luo

This study shows that GluD2 and Cbln1 mediate competitive synaptogenesis, shaping Purkinje cell dendritic arbors in the cerebellum through competitive synapse formation.

Neuron · Dec 21, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience