Djuna von Maydell — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Area of research

Physiology · Neurology

Research interest

Research focused on Neuroscience and Disease, with related work in Human brain, Microglia, Tau pathology. Notable publications include 'APOE4 impairs myelination via cholesterol dysregulation in oligodendrocytes', 'Lipid accumulation induced by APOE4 impairs microglial surveillance of neuronal-network activity', and 'Amyloid-β42/40 ratio drives tau pathology in 3D human neural cell culture models of Alzheimer’s disease'.

Recent publications

ABCA7 variants impact phosphatidylcholine and mitochondria in neurons

Nature 2025cited by 5position: firstdoi

Integrative pathway analysis across humans and 3D cellular models identifies the p38 MAPK-MK2 axis as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease

Neuron 2024cited by 16position: middledoi

Author Correction: APOE4 impairs myelination via cholesterol dysregulation in oligodendrocytes

Nature 2024cited by 7position: middledoi

APOE4 impairs myelination via cholesterol dysregulation in oligodendrocytes

Nature 2022cited by 486position: middledoi

Lipid accumulation induced by APOE4 impairs microglial surveillance of neuronal-network activity

Cell stem cell 2022cited by 280position: middledoi

Amyloid-β42/40 ratio drives tau pathology in 3D human neural cell culture models of Alzheimer’s disease

Nature Communications 2020cited by 139position: middledoi

Grants

No grants ingested yet.

Frequent collaborators

Weiming Xia · Boston University2 papers (2020–2024)Murat Çetinbaş · Harvard University2 papers (2020–2024)George Samaan · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2022–2025)Ruslan I. Sadreyev · Harvard University2 papers (2020–2024)— · 2 papers (2020–2024)Aine Ni Scannail · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2022–2025)— · 2 papers (2020–2024)Li‐Huei Tsai · Broad Institute2 papers (2022–2025)— · 2 papers (2020–2024)Gwyneth Welch · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2022–2025)Noelle Leary · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2022–2025)Jenna Aronson · Massachusetts Institute of Technology1 papers (2020–2020)Mehdi Jorfi · University of Fribourg1 papers (2024–2024)Pourya Naderi Yeganeh · Harvard University1 papers (2024–2024)Xochitl Luna · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research1 papers (2022–2022)Hsin-Lan Wen · Massachusetts Institute of Technology1 papers (2022–2022)— · 1 papers (2024–2024)Manolis Kellis · Broad Institute1 papers (2025–2025)Carles A. Boix · Broad Institute1 papers (2025–2025)Joseph Park · Scripps Institution of Oceanography1 papers (2024–2024)

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