Sami J Barmada
Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research Professor
Associate Professor of Neurology
[email protected]

Available to mentor
Sami J Barmada
Associate Professor
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  • Recent Publications
    • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Taubman Institute
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
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    • Preprint
      AAGGG repeat expansions trigger RFC1-independent synaptic dysregulation in human CANVAS Neurons.
      Maltby CJ, Krans A, Grudzien SJ, Palacios Y, Muiños J, Suárez A, Asher M, Khurana V, Barmada SJ, Dijkstra AA, Todd PK. 2023 Dec 14; DOI:10.1101/2023.12.13.571345
      PMID: 38168171
    • Journal Article
      Roadmap for C9ORF72 in Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Report on the C9ORF72 FTD/ALS Summit.
      Sattler R, Traynor BJ, Robertson J, Van Den Bosch L, Barmada SJ, Svendsen CN, Disney MD, Gendron TF, Wong PC, Turner MR, Boxer A, Babu S, Benatar M, Kurnellas M, Rohrer JD, Donnelly CJ, Bustos LM, Van Keuren-Jensen K, Dacks PA, Sabbagh MN, Attendees of the inaugural C9ORF72 FTD/ALS Summit . Neurol Ther, 2023 Dec; 12 (6): 1821 - 1843. DOI:10.1007/s40120-023-00548-8
      PMID: 37847372
    • Journal Article
      Ubiquilin-2 regulates pathological alpha-synuclein.
      Sandoval-Pistorius SS, Gerson JE, Liggans N, Ryou JH, Oak K, Li X, Negron-Rios KY, Fischer S, Barsh H, Crowley EV, Skinner ME, Sharkey LM, Barmada SJ, Paulson HL. Sci Rep, 2023 Jan 6; 13 (1): 293 DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-26899-0
      PMID: 36609661
    • Preprint
      Stress granule formation helps to mitigate neurodegeneration.
      Glineburg MR, Yildirim E, Gomez N, Li X, Pak J, Altheim C, Waksmacki J, McInerney G, Barmada SJ, Todd PK. 2023 Nov 11; DOI:10.1101/2023.11.07.566060
      PMID: 37986813
    • Journal Article
      The MLO-down on TDP-43.
      Dykstra M, Barmada SJ. Brain, 2023 Sep 1; 146 (9): 3565 - 3567. DOI:10.1093/brain/awad268
      PMID: 37540028
    • Preprint
      Ribosomal quality control factors inhibit repeat-associated non-AUG translation from GC-rich repeats.
      Tseng Y-J, Malik I, Deng X, Krans A, Jansen-West K, Tank EMH, Gomez NB, Sher R, Petrucelli L, Barmada SJ, Todd PK. 2023 Jun 7; DOI:10.1101/2023.06.07.544135
      PMID: 37333274
    • Journal Article
      C-terminal frameshift variant of TDP-43 with pronounced aggregation-propensity causes rimmed vacuole myopathy but not ALS/FTD.
      Ervilha Pereira P, Schuermans N, Meylemans A, LeBlanc P, Versluys L, Copley KE, Rubien JD, Altheimer C, Peetermans M, Debackere E, Vanakker O, Janssens S, Baets J, Verhoeven K, Lammens M, Symoens S, De Paepe B, Barmada SJ, Shorter J, De Bleecker JL, Bogaert E, Dermaut B. Acta Neuropathol, 2023 Jun; 145 (6): 793 - 814. DOI:10.1007/s00401-023-02565-1
      PMID: 37000196
    • Preprint
      TorsinA is essential for the timing and localization of neuronal nuclear pore complex biogenesis.
      Kim S, Phan S, Shaw TR, Ellisman MH, Veatch SL, Barmada SJ, Pappas SS, Dauer WT. 2023 Apr 27; DOI:10.1101/2023.04.26.538491
      PMID: 37162852
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