Nicole Coufal
MSTP Assistant Director · University of California (San Diego) Medical Center
Credentials: · · ·
History
Research
An environment-dependent transcriptional network specifies human microglia identity
Science · 2017 · 978 citations
L1 retrotransposition in human neural progenitor cells
Nature · 2009 · First of 10 authors · 654 citations
Brain cell type-specific enhancer-promoter interactome maps and disease-risk association
Science · 2019 · Co-first of 26 authors · 586 citations
16 papers · 6 as a fellow
12 papers · 7 as a fellow
11 papers
10 papers · 6 as a resident
- EK
7 papers · 3 as a fellow
7 papers
David Gonda
6 papers
6 papers
Grants
- 2024–2029
Contribution of AD Genetic Risk and Microglial BIN1 to Tauopathy
National Institute on Aging · R01
Contact PI · $2.2M · University of California, San Diego
- 2023–2028
Microgial Contribution and Therapeutic Potential in Friedreich's Ataxia
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R01
PI · $1.8M · University of California, San Diego
- 2023–2027
Microglial Contribution to Down Syndrome Neuropathology
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · R01
Contact PI · $2M · University of California, San Diego
- 2024–2027
Perturbing the LXR/SREBP Axis to Decipher Protective and Pathogenic AD/ADRD Microglial Phenotypes
National Institute on Aging · RF1
PI · $3.8M · University of California, San Diego