Email

larissa.nitschke@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

Pathology and Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Education

BSc from Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf

07/2012 - Duesseldorf, Germany

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine

01/2021 - Houston

Professional Interests

• Human Genetics
• Molecular Biology
• Repeat Expansion Disorders
• Gene Regulation

Websites

Selected Publications

• Modulation of ATXN1 S776 phosphorylation reveals the importance of allele-specific targeting in SCA1. " ;
• MiR760 regulates ATXN1 levels via interaction with its 5' untranslated region. " ;
• Loss of Ataxin-1 Potentiates Alzheimer's Pathogenesis by Elevating Cerebral BACE1 Transcription. " ;
• Reduction of Nuak1 Decreases Tau and Reverses Phenotypes in a Tauopathy Mouse Model " ;
• Intercellular Genetic Interaction Between Irf6 and Twist1 during Craniofacial Development " ;
• Epigenetic modification and antibody-dependent expansion of memory-like NK cells in human cytomegalovirus-infected individuals " ;
• An etiologic regulatory mutation in IRF6 with loss- and gain-of-function effects " ;

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Languages

German