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Maria Camila Almeida

University of California, Santa BarbaraORCID 0000-0002-2012-3169Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neuroscience· 2 Cell Biology· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Daniel Carneiro CarrettieroiD· 3 shared Carolina M. CamargoiD· 2 shared Kenneth S. KosikiD· 2 shared Albert Han· 1 shared Andrew P. LonghiniiD· 1 shared Anna Ngo· 1 shared Aurora ArghiriD· 1 shared Bárbara Mejía Cupajita· 1 shared

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Disrupted Brain Organoid Circuitry, Structural Organization, and Spine Morphology in 7q11.23 Copy Number Variant Syndromes

In Young Hwang, Jasmine Soobin Yeo, Maria Camila Almeida, Bárbara Mejía Cupajita, Daniel Carneiro Carrettiero, Juliana Acosta‐Uribe, Albert Han, Anna Ngo, Carolina Camargo, Magdalena Budișteanu, Aurora Arghir, Lucy R. Osborne, James Ellis, Ikuko T. Smith, Michael J. Goard, Kenneth S. Kosik

This study investigates how 7q11.23 copy number variations disrupt brain organoid development, showing structural and functional abnormalities in neural circuits and spine morphology.

bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

BAG2 Condensates Couple Proteostasis to CD8+T Cell Surveillance

Maria Camila Almeida, Tian Wang, Andrew P. Longhini, Samuel Lobo, Carolina M. Camargo, Eric D Tinkle, Mookwang Kwon, Guilherme Zussa Duarte, Isabel Olionis Hirsch, C. Ribeiro, Fernando A. O. Ribeiro, M. Scott Shell, Joan‐Emma Shea, Judith A. J. Steen, Kenneth S. Kosik, Daniel Carneiro Carrettiero

This paper identifies I-PDBs as BAG2-driven organelles that link proteostasis to CD8+ T cell surveillance by processing pathological tau into antigenic peptides.

bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology

Progranulin loss induces mitochondrial dysfunction and ferroptosis in human cerebral organoids

Carolina M. Camargo, Maria Camila Almeida, Bárbara Mejía‐Cupajita, Inyoung Hwang, Mohamed A. Faynus, Daniel Carneiro Carrettiero, K S Kosik

This study shows that PGRN loss in human cerebral organoids causes mitochondrial dysfunction and ferroptosis through oxidative stress and iron accumulation.

bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience