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Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    Amherst CollegeB.A.
    University of MichiganM.D.
    University of MichiganPh.D
    University of California-San FranciscoAdult Psychiatry Residency
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    1997Phi Beta Kappa
    2006Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
    2015Burroughs Wellcome Career Award for Medical Scientists
    2017 Pew Biomedical Scholar
    2017NIH New Innovator Award

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    Astrocyte-microglial communication in developmental synapse formation
    NIH R01MH119349Feb 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Coordinate regulation of neural circuit remodeling by glia: a prospective molecular approach
    NIH/NIMH DP2MH116507Sep 1, 2017 - May 31, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Investigating innate immune mechanisms of synapse remodeling by glia
    Pew Charitable Trusts 519807Aug 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Astrocyte-Encoded Regional cues in Developmental Synapse Formation.
    Burroughs Wellcome Fund 1014757Sep 1, 2015 - Aug 31, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Vainchtein ID, Molofsky AV. Astrocytes and Microglia: In Sickness and in Health. Trends Neurosci. 2020 Mar; 43(3):144-154. PMID: 32044129.
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    2. Dahlgren MW, Jones SW, Cautivo KM, Dubinin A, Ortiz-Carpena JF, Farhat S, Yu KS, Lee K, Wang C, Molofsky AV, Tward AD, Krummel MF, Peng T, Molofsky AB. Adventitial Stromal Cells Define Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Tissue Niches. Immunity. 2019 03 19; 50(3):707-722.e6. PMID: 30824323.
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    3. Dorman LC, Molofsky AV. Demystifying Microglia: And Now the Work Begins. Immunity. 2019 01 15; 50(1):11-13. PMID: 30650371.
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    4. Kelley KW, Nakao-Inoue H, Molofsky AV, Oldham MC. Variation among intact tissue samples reveals the core transcriptional features of human CNS cell classes. Nat Neurosci. 2018 09; 21(9):1171-1184. PMID: 30154505.
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    5. Kelley KW, Ben Haim L, Schirmer L, Tyzack GE, Tolman M, Miller JG, Tsai HH, Chang SM, Molofsky AV, Yang Y, Patani R, Lakatos A, Ullian EM, Rowitch DH. Kir4.1-Dependent Astrocyte-Fast Motor Neuron Interactions Are Required for Peak Strength. Neuron. 2018 04 18; 98(2):306-319.e7. PMID: 29606582.
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    6. Vainchtein ID, Chin G, Cho FS, Kelley KW, Miller JG, Chien EC, Liddelow SA, Nguyen PT, Nakao-Inoue H, Dorman LC, Akil O, Joshita S, Barres BA, Paz JT, Molofsky AB, Molofsky AV. Astrocyte-derived interleukin-33 promotes microglial synapse engulfment and neural circuit development. Science. 2018 03 16; 359(6381):1269-1273. PMID: 29420261.
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    7. Poskanzer KE, Molofsky AV. Dynamism of an Astrocyte In Vivo: Perspectives on Identity and Function. Annu Rev Physiol. 2018 02 10; 80:143-157. PMID: 29166242.
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    8. Molofsky AV, Deneen B. Astrocyte development: A Guide for the Perplexed. Glia. 2015 Aug; 63(8):1320-9. PMID: 25963996.
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    9. Anna V. Molofsky. KaurLingReview of Glial Cells: Embryonic Development, Types/Functions and Role in Disease2013Nova Science PublishersNew York, NY. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 2015 Feb 1; 44:270-271.
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    10. Molofsky AV, Kelley KW, Tsai HH, Redmond SA, Chang SM, Madireddy L, Chan JR, Baranzini SE, Ullian EM, Rowitch DH. Astrocyte-encoded positional cues maintain sensorimotor circuit integrity. Nature. 2014 May 08; 509(7499):189-94. PMID: 24776795.
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    11. Molofsky AV, Glasgow SM, Chaboub LS, Tsai HH, Murnen AT, Kelley KW, Fancy SP, Yuen TJ, Madireddy L, Baranzini S, Deneen B, Rowitch DH, Oldham MC. Expression profiling of Aldh1l1-precursors in the developing spinal cord reveals glial lineage-specific genes and direct Sox9-Nfe2l1 interactions. Glia. 2013 Sep; 61(9):1518-32. PMID: 23840004.
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    12. A.V. Molofsky, C. Hochstim, B. Deneen, D. Rowitch. Chapter 36 Mechanisms of Astrocyte Development. Patterning and Cell Type Specification in the Developing CNS and PNS. 2013 Jan 1; 723-742.
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    13. A.-C. Tien, H.-H. Tsai, A. V. Molofsky, M. McMahon, L. C. Foo, A. Kaul, J. D. Dougherty, N. Heintz, D. H. Gutmann, B. A. Barres, D. H. Rowitch. Regulated temporal-spatial astrocyte precursor cell proliferation involves BRAF signalling in mammalian spinal cord. Journal of Cell Science. 2012 Jul 15; 125(14):e1-e1.
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    14. Tsai HH, Li H, Fuentealba LC, Molofsky AV, Taveira-Marques R, Zhuang H, Tenney A, Murnen AT, Fancy SP, Merkle F, Kessaris N, Alvarez-Buylla A, Richardson WD, Rowitch DH. Regional astrocyte allocation regulates CNS synaptogenesis and repair. Science. 2012 Jul 20; 337(6092):358-62. PMID: 22745251.
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    15. Tien AC, Tsai HH, Molofsky AV, McMahon M, Foo LC, Kaul A, Dougherty JD, Heintz N, Gutmann DH, Barres BA, Rowitch DH. Regulated temporal-spatial astrocyte precursor cell proliferation involves BRAF signalling in mammalian spinal cord. Development. 2012 Jul; 139(14):2477-87. PMID: 22675209.
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    16. Molofsky AV, Krencik R, Krenick R, Ullian EM, Ullian E, Tsai HH, Deneen B, Richardson WD, Barres BA, Rowitch DH. Astrocytes and disease: a neurodevelopmental perspective. Genes Dev. 2012 May 01; 26(9):891-907. PMID: 22549954.
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    17. He S, Iwashita T, Buchstaller J, Molofsky AV, Thomas D, Morrison SJ. Bmi-1 over-expression in neural stem/progenitor cells increases proliferation and neurogenesis in culture but has little effect on these functions in vivo. Dev Biol. 2009 Apr 15; 328(2):257-72. PMID: 19389366.
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    18. Molofsky AV, Slutsky SG, Joseph NM, He S, Pardal R, Krishnamurthy J, Sharpless NE, Morrison SJ. Increasing p16INK4a expression decreases forebrain progenitors and neurogenesis during ageing. Nature. 2006 Sep 28; 443(7110):448-52. PMID: 16957738.
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    19. Molofsky AV, He S, Bydon M, Morrison SJ, Pardal R. Bmi-1 promotes neural stem cell self-renewal and neural development but not mouse growth and survival by repressing the p16Ink4a and p19Arf senescence pathways. Genes Dev. 2005 Jun 15; 19(12):1432-7. PMID: 15964994.
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    20. Pardal R, Molofsky AV, He S, Morrison SJ. Stem cell self-renewal and cancer cell proliferation are regulated by common networks that balance the activation of proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressors. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2005; 70:177-85. PMID: 16869752.
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    21. Molofsky AV, Pardal R, Morrison SJ. Diverse mechanisms regulate stem cell self-renewal. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2004 Dec; 16(6):700-7. PMID: 15530784.
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    22. Molofsky AV, Pardal R, Iwashita T, Park IK, Clarke MF, Morrison SJ. Bmi-1 dependence distinguishes neural stem cell self-renewal from progenitor proliferation. Nature. 2003 Oct 30; 425(6961):962-7. PMID: 14574365.
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