Author

Dana M. Cairns

Tufts UniversityORCID 0000-0003-0574-8395Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Developmental Biology· 1 Neuroscience· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

David Lee KaplaniD· 2 shared Anna Augart-Welwood· 1 shared Artem ArkhangelskiyiD· 1 shared Barbara J. CaldaroneiD· 1 shared Caroline WaséniD· 1 shared Casey R. Stein· 1 shared Charu RamakrishnaniD· 1 shared Colette Cywes‐BentleyiD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2019-2026 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 31 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

2 shared papersNeuroscience

David Lee KaplanORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

2 papers

Recent·Most cited

NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 23, 2026

Persistent microbial material contributes to Alzheimer disease and is targetable by vaccination

Evan C. Marcet, Mariana Vinacur, Tanweer Zaidi…·Colette Cywes‐Bentley

This study identifies persistent microbial material as a contributor to Alzheimer disease and shows that vaccination targeting it can improve cognition and reduce pathology.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.20.739171

mouseexperimental assay

𝕏 PostBluesky

Developmental BiologyScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedNov 29, 2019

Functional maturation of human neural stem cells in a 3D bioengineered brain model enriched with fetal brain matrix

Disha Sood, Dana M. Cairns, Jayanth M. Dabbi…·David Lee Kaplan

This study shows that using fetal brain matrix in 3D cultures enhances the functional differentiation of human neural stem cells into neurons and astrocytes.

70 citationstop 2%

humanbulk RNA-seq

𝕏 PostBluesky