Melanie Piller
Current Program Year: Grad 2
Current Student, Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine
M.D./Ph.D. Program Students, School of Medicine
Biography
Research interests: Glia in the development and/or repair of the nervous system
Clinical interests: Neurology, Neuroimmunology, Pediatrics
Education and training
B.S., 2019, University of Virginia
Publications
Selected publications
Wiltbank AT, Steinson ER, Criswell SJ, Piller M, Kucenas S. Cd59 and inflammation regulate Schwann cell development. Elife. 2022 Jun 24;11:e76640. doi: 10.7554/eLife.76640. PMID: 35748863; PMCID: PMC9232220.
Piller M, Werkman IL, Brown EA, Latimer AJ, Kucenas S. Glutamate signaling via the AMPAR subunit GluR4 regulates oligodendrocyte progenitor cell migration in the developing spinal cord. J Neurosci. 2021. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2562-20.2021
Fontenas L, Welsh TG, Piller M, Coughenour P, Gandhi AV, Prober DA, Kucenas S. The neuromodulator adenosine regulates OPC migration at motor exit point transition zones. Cell Rep. 2019 Apr 2;27(1):115-128.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.013