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Simon T. Schafer

Technical University of Munich · DE
Area of research
Developmental Neuroscience · Genetics
Research interest
Research focused on Neuroscience and Microglia, with related work in Enhancer, Bipolar disorder, SOX2. Notable publications include 'Brain cell type–specific enhancer–promoter interactome maps and disease - risk association', 'Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder', and 'Pathological priming causes developmental gene network heterochronicity in autistic subject-derived neurons'.
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2,691
works
13
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Recent publications

Expansions of circulating plasmablasts producing commensal-reactive IgA antibodies are predictors for chronic GVHD
Blood 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Peripheral plasmablast expansion as a predictor and therapeutic target in chronic GVHD
Blood 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Long interspersed nuclear elements safeguard neural progenitors from precocious differentiation
Cell Reports 2024cited by 22position: middledoi
An in vivo neuroimmune organoid model to study human microglia phenotypes
Cell 2023cited by 219position: firstdoi
Reduced synaptic activity and dysregulated extracellular matrix pathways in midbrain neurons from Parkinson’s disease patients
npj Parkinson s Disease 2022cited by 61position: middledoi
Age-dependent instability of mature neuronal fate in induced neurons from Alzheimer’s patients
Cell stem cell 2021cited by 243position: middledoi
Incorporation of a nucleoside analog maps genome repair sites in postmitotic human neurons
Science 2021cited by 117position: middledoi
Immunizations with diverse sarbecovirus receptor-binding domains elicit SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies against a conserved site of vulnerability
Immunity 2021cited by 54position: middledoi
Zika Virus Targets Glioblastoma Stem Cells through a SOX2-Integrin αvβ5 Axis
Cell stem cell 2020cited by 183position: middledoi
Brain cell type–specific enhancer–promoter interactome maps and disease <b>-</b> risk association
Science 2019cited by 784position: middledoi
Pathological priming causes developmental gene network heterochronicity in autistic subject-derived neurons
Nature Neuroscience 2019cited by 315position: firstdoi
Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder
Nature 2015cited by 579position: middledoi
Evidence for Substrate Binding-Induced Zwitterion Formation in the Catalytic Cys-His Dyad of the SARS-CoV Main Protease
Biochemistry 2014cited by 108position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Fred H. Gage · Salk Institute for Biological Studies6 papers (2015–2024)Christopher K. Glass · University of California San Diego4 papers (2019–2023)Jérôme Mertens · Salk Institute for Biological Studies3 papers (2015–2021)Johannes C. M. Schlachetzki · University of California San Diego3 papers (2021–2023)Monique Pena · Technical University of Munich3 papers (2019–2024)Abed AlFatah Mansour · Hebrew University of Jerusalem3 papers (2019–2024)Lisa E. Mitchell · Salk Institute for Biological Studies2 papers (2023–2024)Julia K. Winkler · Klinikum Konstanz2 papers (2025–2025)Jana Wanzek · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg2 papers (2025–2025)Steve Horvath · Banyan Biomarkers (United States)2 papers (2021–2021)Stefan Wirtz · Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin2 papers (2025–2025)Sara B. Linker · Pfizer (United States)2 papers (2021–2024)Ingrid Vášová · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg2 papers (2025–2025)Apuã C.M. Paquola · Johns Hopkins University2 papers (2019–2021)Matthias Fante · University Hospital Regensburg2 papers (2025–2025)Petra Hoffmann · University of Regensburg2 papers (2025–2025)Dylan A. Reid · New York University2 papers (2021–2021)Addison J. Lana · University of Miami2 papers (2021–2023)Daniel Wolff · Polyclinic Medical Center2 papers (2025–2025)Michael Rehli · University Hospital Regensburg2 papers (2025–2025)