Nicholas Silva, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Awards

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• MOSAIC K99/R00, NIH NINDS, 2023-2028
• IRACDA (K12) fellowship, UCSF, 2019-2021

Education & Training

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• PhD Neuroscience University of Michigan 11/2018

Interests

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• Microglia
• Development
• Muller Glia
• Retina
• Zebrafish
• Regeneration
• Neuroscience

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Zebrafish ProteinsTranscriptomeNerve RegenerationAntigens, Differentiation, B-LymphocyteRhombencephalonInflammationSuperior ColliculiMesencephalonMatrix Metalloproteinase 9NeurogenesisZebrafishMicrogliaRegenerationAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCathepsin B

• Type-I-interferon-responsive microglia shape cortical development and behavior.
  Cell 2024 Escoubas CC, Dorman LC, Nguyen PT, Lagares-Linares C, Nakajo H, Anderson SR, Barron JJ, Wade SD, Cuevas B, Vainchtein ID, Silva NJ, Guajardo R, Xiao Y, Lidsky PV, Wang EY, Rivera BM, Taloma SE, Kim DK…
• Common and divergent gene regulatory networks control injury-induced and developmental neurogenesis in zebrafish retina.
  Nature communications 2023 Lyu P, Iribarne M, Serjanov D, Zhai Y, Hoang T, Campbell LJ, Boyd P, Palazzo I, Nagashima M, Silva NJ, Hitchcock PF, Qian J, Hyde DR, Blackshaw S
• Common and divergent gene regulatory networks control injury-induced and developmental neurogenesis in zebrafish retina.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Lyu P, Iribarne M, Serjanov D, Zhai Y, Hoang T, Campbell LJ, Boyd P, Palazzo I, Nagashima M, Silva NJ, HItchcock PF, Qian J, Hyde DR, Blackshaw S
• Type I interferon responsive microglia shape cortical development and behavior.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Escoubas CC, Dorman LC, Nguyen PT, Lagares-Linares C, Nakajo H, Anderson SR, Cuevas B, Vainchtein ID, Silva NJ, Xiao Y, Lidsky PV, Wang EY, Taloma SE, Nakao-Inoue H, Schwer B, Andino R, Nowakowski TJ,…
• In situ and transcriptomic identification of microglia in synapse-rich regions of the developing zebrafish brain.
  Nature communications 2021 Silva NJ, Dorman LC, Vainchtein ID, Horneck NC, Molofsky AV
• Inflammation and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (Mmp-9) regulate photoreceptor regeneration in adult zebrafish.
  Glia 2020 Silva NJ, Nagashima M, Li J, Kakuk-Atkins L, Ashrafzadeh M, Hyde DR, Hitchcock PF
• Divergent mechanisms for regulating growth and development after imaginal disc damage in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.
  The Journal of experimental biology 2019 Rosero MA, Abdon B, Silva NJ, Cisneros Larios B, Zavaleta JA, Makunts T, Chang ES, Bashar SJ, Ramos LS, Moffatt CA, Fuse M