Lilianne Barbar

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Case Western Reserve University, 2018

Enrollment year: 2020

Research summary
Investigating the role of NAD+ metabolism in axon maintenance

My research project focuses on identifying genes required for axonal maintenance of metabolically impaired axons, with a particular focus on mitochondrial metabolism

Graduate publications
Choi J, Strickland A, Loo HQ, Dong W, Barbar L, Bloom AJ, Sasaki Y, Jin SC, DiAntonio A, Milbrandt. 2025 Diverse cell types establish a pathogenic immune environment in peripheral neuropathy. J Neuroinflammation, 22(1):138. PMCID: PMC12100903