Matthew Zunitch, MD, PhD
RESIDENT
Pathology
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Dr. Frank Inserra Award in Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2023
• NIH F30 (Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award), Tufts University School of Medicine, 2018-2022
• Highest Honors in Neuroscience, Brandeis University, 2013
• Magna Cum Laude, Brandeis University, 2013

Education & Training

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• M.S. Neuroscience Brandeis University
• B.S. Neuroscience, Biology Brandeis University
• Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology Tufts University School of Medicine
• M.D. Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine

Websites

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• Nasal Mucosal Cell Atlas (zunitchmj.shinyapps.io)

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Nasal CavityOlfactory Receptor NeuronsExtracellular VesiclesParanasal Sinus NeoplasmsCellular ReprogrammingDrosophila ProteinsMultipotent Stem Cellsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsCell DedifferentiationDrosophila melanogasterOlfactory MucosaPresynaptic TerminalsNose NeoplasmsGene Regulatory NetworksEsthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory

• Molecular Evidence for Olfactory Neuroblastoma as a Tumor of Malignant Globose Basal Cells.
  Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 2023 Zunitch MJ, Fisch AS, Lin B, Barrios-Camacho CM, Faquin WC, Tachie-Baffour Y, Louie JD, Jang W, Curry WT, Gray ST, Lin DT, Schwob JE, Holbrook EH
• An in vitro model of acute horizontal basal cell activation reveals gene regulatory networks underlying the nascent activation phase.
  Stem cell reports 2024 Barrios-Camacho CM, Zunitch MJ, Louie JD, Jang W, Schwob JE
• An in vitro model of acute horizontal basal cell activation reveals dynamic gene regulatory networks underlying the acute activation phase.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Barrios-Camacho CM, Zunitch MJ, Louie JD, Jang W, Schwob JE
• Horizontal basal cells self-govern their neurogenic potential during injury-induced regeneration of the olfactory epithelium.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2023 Louie JD, Bromberg BH, Zunitch MJ, Schwob JE
• Rapid fluorescent vital imaging of olfactory epithelium.
  iScience 2022 Nishijima H, Zunitch MJ, Yoshida M, Kondo K, Yamasoba T, Schwob JE, Holbrook EH
• Opposing functions for retromer and Rab11 in extracellular vesicle traffic at presynaptic terminals.
  The Journal of cell biology 2021 Walsh RB, Dresselhaus EC, Becalska AN, Zunitch MJ, Blanchette CR, Scalera AL, Lemos T, Lee SM, Apiki J, Wang S, Isaac B, Yeh A, Koles K, Rodal AA
• Injury Induces Endogenous Reprogramming and Dedifferentiation of Neuronal Progenitors to Multipotency.
  Cell stem cell 2017 Lin B, Coleman JH, Peterson JN, Zunitch MJ, Jang W, Herrick DB, Schwob JE