Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Collaborators
Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale
Neurobiology: Kavli Foundation
Research Interests
Molecular Evolution and Development of Neuronal Circuits of the Human Cerebral Cortex more...
Education
- M.D., University of Zagreb, 1995
- Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 1999
Selected Publications
- Kwan KY, Sestan N, Anton ES (2012) Transcriptional co-regulation of neuronal migration and laminar identity in the neocortex. Development 139, 1535-1546.
- Kang HJ, Kawasawa YI, Cheng F, Zhu Y, Xu X, Li M, Sousa AM, Pletikos M, Meyer KA, Sedmak G, Guennel T, Shin Y, Johnson MB, Krsnik Z, Mayer S, Fertuzinhos S, Umlauf S, Lisgo SN, Vortmeyer A, Weinberger DR, Mane S, Hyde TM, Huttner A, Reimers M, Kleinman JE, Sestan N (2011) Spatio-temporal transcriptome of the human brain. Nature 478, 483-489.
- Han W, Kwan KY, Shim S, Lam MM, Shin Y, Xu X, Zhu Y, Li M, Sestan N (2011) TBR1 directly represses Fezf2 to control the laminar origin and development of the corticospinal tract. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108, 3041-3046.
