Arnold Kriegstein
21 posts
@Kriegsteinlab
I am a neurologist and a developmental neuroscientist with a lifelong fascination with the workings of the human brain.
Brain cancer leverages the same tools as the developing brain 🧠! In our new study, published today in @Nature, we mapped neocortical development to explore brain cancer and neuropsychiatric risks. #stemcells #brainresearch nature.com/articles/s4158…
Please hold the date for the next CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING in Giardini Naxos, Sicily, Italy - May 25-28, 2025 @corticaldev2022 @Kriegsteinlab @GordFishell @FloraVaccarino
Evolutionary theorists have proposed that #neoteny is a key feature in human #evolution. Is it true? Our new paper at @Nature provides some insights into this topic—the slower development of synapses may contribute to our unique cognitive function. (1/12) nature.com/articles/s4158…
What makes humans unique? In our new preprint from the @KriegsteinLab, we generated a cross-species proteomic map of synapse development in the human, macaque, and mouse neocortex. Here is a brief summary of what we found: (1/8) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Excited about the new spatial transcriptomics platform @rebusbio @Kriegsteinlab @stem_at
Excited to confirm that cortical development is on for May 29th to June 2nd. Here is the updated poster, now including Ed Lein of the Allen Institute and Pasko Rakic as plenary speaker! Registration limited to 250 people! Register now at: corticaldevelopment.wordpress.com/registration/
