Jenelle Wallace, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Neurology
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• PhD Molecular and cellular biology Harvard University 04/2020
• B.S. Major in biology, minor in statistics Stanford University 06/2013

Grants and Projects

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• Development and refinement of functional properties of adult-born olfactory bulb neurons, NIH, 2017-2019
• , Schmidt Science Fellows

Publications (17)

Top publication keywords:
Species SpecificityNeurogliaMicrogliaSynapsesOlfactory PerceptionPrefrontal CortexWaste ManagementGTPase-Activating ProteinsNeurogenesisMammalsNeuronsOlfactory BulbConservation of Energy ResourcesOdorantsras GTPase-Activating Proteins

• Dissecting gene regulatory networks governing human cortical cell fate.
  Nature 2026 Ding JW, Kim CN, Ostrowski MS, Abeykoon Y, Pavlovic BJ, Wallace JL, Schaefer NK, Nowakowski TJ, Pollen AA
• Interrogating the Regulatory Function of HAQERs during Human Cortical Development.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025 Abeykoon Y, Dzikowski N, Luo Y, Sinniah E, Weaver S, Pavlovic BJ, Wallace JL, Mangan RJ, Lowe CB, Pollen AA
• The new frontier in understanding human and mammalian brain development.
  Nature 2025 Nowakowski TJ, Nano PR, Matho KS, Chen X, Corrigan EK, Ding W, Gao Y, Heffel M, Jayakumar J, Kaplan HS, Kronman FN, Kovner R, Mannens CCA, Song M, Steyert MR, Venkatesan S, Wallace JL, Wang L, Werner …
• Dissecting Gene Regulatory Networks Governing Human Cortical Cell Fate.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025 Ding JW, Kim CN, Ostrowski MS, Abeykoon Y, Pavlovic BJ, Wallace JL, Nowakowski TJ, Pollen AA
• Interspecies Organoids Reveal Human-Specific Molecular Features of Dopaminergic Neuron Development and Vulnerability.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025 Nolbrant S, Wallace JL, Ding JW, Zhu T, Sevetson JL, Kajtez J, Baldacci IA, Corrigan EK, Hoglin K, McMullen R, Ostrowski MS, Schmitz MT, Breevoort A, Swope D, Wu F, Pavlovic BJ, Salama SR, Kirkeby A, …

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• Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny.
  Neuron 2024 Wallace JL, Pollen AA
• Human neuronal maturation comes of age: cellular mechanisms and species differences.
  Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2023 Wallace JL, Pollen AA
• The genetic symphony underlying evolution of the brain's prefrontal cortex.
  Nature 2021 Wallace JL, Pollen AA
• How neuroscience labs can limit their environmental impact.
  Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2020 Zak JD, Wallace J, Murthy VN
• Microglial depletion disrupts normal functional development of adult-born neurons in the olfactory bulb.
  eLife 2020 Wallace J, Lord J, Dissing-Olesen L, Stevens B, Murthy VN
• Neuronal integration in the adult mouse olfactory bulb is a non-selective addition process.
  eLife 2019 Platel JC, Angelova A, Bugeon S, Wallace J, Ganay T, Chudotvorova I, Deloulme JC, Béclin C, Tiveron MC, Coré N, Murthy VN, Cremer H
• Development and Refinement of Functional Properties of Adult-Born Neurons.
  Neuron 2018 Wallace JL, Wienisch M, Murthy VN
• Development and Refinement of Functional Properties of Adult-Born Neurons.
  Neuron 2017 Wallace JL, Wienisch M, Murthy VN
• Advanced age dissociates dual functions of the perirhinal cortex.
  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2014 Burke SN, Maurer AP, Nematollahi S, Uprety A, Wallace JL, Barnes CA
• Age-associated deficits in pattern separation functions of the perirhinal cortex: a cross-species consensus.
  Behavioral neuroscience 2011 Burke SN, Wallace JL, Hartzell AL, Nematollahi S, Plange K, Barnes CA
• The influence of objects on place field expression and size in distal hippocampal CA1.
  Hippocampus 2011 Burke SN, Maurer AP, Nematollahi S, Uprety AR, Wallace JL, Barnes CA
• Pattern separation deficits may contribute to age-associated recognition impairments.
  Behavioral neuroscience 2010 Burke SN, Wallace JL, Nematollahi S, Uprety AR, Barnes CA