Maria Eleni Fafouti

The paper identifies reduced SST mRNA and depletion of specific upper-layer Sst interneurons in schizophrenia using single-nucleus RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics.

The paper maps cellular and molecular changes in the mouse brain during pregnancy and postpartum using spatial single-cell technologies, identifying three gene expression programs and linking depression risk genes to specific brain regions.

The paper generates a high-resolution proteogenomic atlas of human neuronal development using long-read RNA sequencing and proteomics, revealing novel isoforms and their role in neurodevelopmental risk mechanisms.