Sarah Schurr

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: Stanford University, 2019

Enrollment year: 2020

Research summary
Investigating SARM1 interactions with glial cells

SARM1 is known to be a crucial executioner of axon degeneration. Regulation of SARM1 enzymatic function is a key determinant of whether an axon will go on to degenerate. In the DiAntonio lab, I am interested in identifying links between glial cells and SARM1-mediated axon degeneration.

Graduate publications