Dan Western

Program: Human and Statistical Genetics

Current advisor: Carlos Cruchaga, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019

Enrollment year: 2020

Research summary
My work focuses on identifying the genetic determinants of protein levels and their relevance in neurodegenerative disease.

Graduate publications
Phillips B, Western D, Wang L, Timsina J, Sun Y, Gorijala P, Yang C, Do A, Nykänen NP, Alvarez I, Aguilar M, Pastor P, Morris JC, Schindler SE, Fagan AM, Puerta R, García-González P, de Rojas I, Marquié M, Boada M, Ruiz A, Perlmutter JS; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) Consortia; Ibanez L, Perrin RJ, Sung YJ, Cruchaga C. 2023 Proteome wide association studies of LRRK2 variants identify novel causal and druggable proteins for Parkinson’s disease. NPJ Parkinsons Dis, 9(1):107. PMCID: PMC10329646

Timsina J, Gomez-Fonseca D, Wang L, Do A, Western D, Alvarez I, Aguilar M, Pastor P, Henson RL, Herries E, Xiong C, Schindler SE, Fagan AM, Bateman RJ, Farlow M, Morris JC, Perrin RJ, Moulder K, Hassenstab J, Vöglein J, Chhatwal J, Mori H; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Consortia; Sung YJ, Cruchaga C. 2022 Comparative Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers Measurement by Multiplex SOMAscan Platform and Immunoassay-Based Approach. J Alzheimers Dis, 89(1):193-207. PMCID: PMC9562128