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Olivia Gautier

Stanford MedicineORCID 0009-0002-1864-9281Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Organism:human· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Assay:scRNA-seq· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2

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KIF5A downregulation in spinal muscular atrophy links axonal regeneration defects with ALS

Tetsuya Akiyama, Yi Zeng, Caiwei Guo, Olivia Gautier, Lauren S. Koepke, Heankel Lyons, Elana Molotsky, Juliane Bombosch, Odilia Sianto, Jay P. Ross, Phuong T. Hoang, Luke Zhao, Cole Spencer, Charlotte J. Sumner, Michelle Monje, , Aaron D. Gitler

This study shows that SMN deficiency reduces KIF5A in SMA, impairing axon regeneration, and links SMA and ALS through KIF5A stabilization by SMN.

JCI Insight · Mar 26, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A consensus spinal cord cell type atlas across mouse, macaque, and human

Matthew T. Schmitz, Nelson Johansen, Niklas Kempynck, Inkar Kapen, Yuanyuan Fu, Madeleine N. Hewitt, Stephanie C. Seeman, Emily Kussick, Olivia Gautier, Michael J. Leone, Ding Song-lin, Yuan Gao, Ashwin A. Bhandiwad, Jeanelle Ariza, Angela P. Ayala, , Trygve E. Bakken

The paper creates a cross-species spinal cord cell type atlas integrating data from mouse, macaque, and human, identifying conserved and species-specific features.

bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

An emergent disease-associated motor neuron state precedes cell death in a mouse model of ALS

Olivia Gautier, Jacob A. Blum, Thao P. Nguyen, Sandy L. Klemm, Mai Yamakawa, Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, Yi Zeng, Chung-ha O. Davis, Juliane Bombosch, Lisa Nakayama, Kevin A. Guttenplan, Derek C. Chen, Arwa Kathira, Luke Zhao, Jessica E. Rexach, , Aaron D. Gitler

The paper identifies a disease-associated motor neuron state in a mouse ALS model that precedes cell death and links it to human ALS genetic risk factors.

bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Human motor neurons are rare and can be transcriptomically divided into known subtypes

Olivia Gautier, Jacob A. Blum, James Maksymetz, Derek C. Chen, Christoph Schweingruber, Irene Mei, Anita Hermann, David H. Hackos, Eva Hedlund, John Ravits, Aaron D. Gitler

The paper analyzes single-nucleus RNA-seq data from human spinal cord neurons, identifies motor neurons as rare, and highlights discrepancies with a prior study due to potential misclassification of cholinergic debris.

Neuron · Dec 1, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience