Jenna Bakir
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Interests:
- Blast Traumatic Brain Injury
- Neuroimmunology
- Glia
Education:
- B.S. Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Post-baccalaureate Fellow, Intramural Research Training Award Fellowship Program, National Institutes of Health
Publications:
Allende ML, Lee YT, Byrnes C, Li C, Tuymetova G, Bakir JY, Nicoli E-R, James VK, Brodbelt JS, Tifft CJ, Proia RL. Sialidase NEU3 action on GM1 ganglioside is neuroprotective in GM1 gangliosidosis. Journal of Lipid Research. 2023;64(12):100463. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100463.
Zhu H, Byrnes C, Lee YT, Tuymetova G, Duffy HBD, Bakir JY, Pettit SN, Angina J, Springer DA, Allende ML, Kono M, Proia RL. SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a expression in brain disrupts the autophagy–lysosomal pathway, impairs sphingolipid homeostasis, and drives neuropathogenesis. The FASEB Journal. 2023;37(5):e22919. doi: 10.1096/fj.202300149R.